1014 VACCINIACEAE 
lanceolate or oblanceolate, 3-7 cm. long, or some 12 cm., firm in age, finely 
pubescent at least beneath, "NES. Em shallowly Lage? A B entire: 
ekr ovate to Hr Or Pos Md DN obtuse: red or E ed sh, RUE 9 
long: stam long: ber peu bose, Pa dde: in dia 
nans ek "ow ie ade sandhil and ancient dun nes, Coas tal "Plain, 
Fla. to La., Ark., Ga.—Charae md by its RPM branehing and irregu- 
lar leaves with RUD Doc coUe pie 
: - pissed i. ) Small. Stem 2-3 dm. tall or rarely more, from underground 
branchlets copiously ela leaf-blades oblanceolate, 
ub hue dee or spatulate, 1-2.5 em. long, m a obscurely toothed: 
a ovate to us : oid, ia ae conic, 5-7 mm. long: stamens about 
. long: ber n diam black eae the bloom. —Pinelands, 
oe o and asid ane margins, Goan stal Plain and adj. provinces, Fla. 
to Miss., Tenn., and S Va. Often growing in lar pi E LA The flowers, 
a pink or z whitish, are sometimes tinged with gree 
4. C. Elliottii (Chapm.) Small. Stem 1-2.5 m. tall, dd dd the branchlets 
pubescent: leaf-blades ovate, oval, or elliptic, 1-2.5 c ong, or rarely longer, 
often uu eden uniform in size, acute or obtuse, ea eo or erenu- 
late, finely pubescent on both sides, or sometimes above only on the midribs: 
sepals Mun n F E no than long, n ea ne pink or pinkish, 5-6 
. long: 5.5 mm. long: berry subglobose, 7-8 mm. in diameter, 
m to bluish. black. a ee bloom. ee pin nelands acid swamps, stream- 
banks, and thickets, Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, N Fla. to Tex. , Ark., 
and Va. —The leaves often suggest Hote of cassena (Ilez vomitoria.) 
5. C. amoenus (Ait.) Small. Stem 1-5 m. tall, the branches ii id eel 
pubescent: leaf-blades variously elliptic  9- 8 em. long, acute tim 
short-acu 
au 
rarely reniform-ovate, bani about as broad as E Ms pur corolla 
white to pinkish, 7-10 m ir pac: cylindraceous- eampanulate: stamens 6-9 m 
long: berry globular, 6—10 mm. in diameter, black with a bloom causing di 
to appear blue. [V. corym onm in UT CFL. SE U.S. ee bogs, meadows, 
woods and yaa various provinces, re to Ark., Mich., and N. S.—Long con- 
fuse iP vith - orymbosus from which t differs in its s leaves, and its 
more narro and differently shaped My A form with non-glaucous hy- 
panthium, ieee and ea and with the leaf-blades Bo det beyond the middle 
may bea eeu spec A form with glaucous foliage occurs in W Fla., where 
various forms are cultivated asa the ic prre blueberry. Vaccinium 
Ashei Read seems to belong her 
6. C. virgatus (Ait.) Small. Stem 1-3 m. tall, branched, with glabrous branch- 
in leaf-blades ~ or oval, or some slightly ovate or obovate, mostly 4-8 
long, deep-green above, more or less glaucous bd ie glabrous: sepals 
deltoid or nearly so, o, corolla "white or ee 8-10 mm. long: stamens 8-9 mm. 
eo pass 7-9 m n diameter, glaucous. [V. ae Small. ape woods 
ams, ds and lake shores, "Coastal Plain, Fla. to Ala. 
pide before the leaves appear or "with their appearance, and cera 
by the total absence of hairs on the foliage. 
Ts a hg coccus (A. ay) Small 1-2 tall, with 2 a 
branches and sparingly ‘pubescent E E blades elliptic or oval, 
ae een upward, 3—7 cm. long, entire, mostly acute or short-acun E 
dark-green above, lai and more or less pubescent beneath: oe and 
