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Corolla campanulate or globose campanulate ; leaves destitute of sticky resin, 
Stems horizontal, underground, the branches erect. 
Pubescence consisting of gland-tipped hairs. 
Twigs and racemes pilose. : I. G. dumosa. 
Twigs and racemes bristly-hispid. 2. G. hirtella. 
Pubescence consisting of simple non-glandular hairs. 
Leaves glaucous, glabrous or nearly so. 3. G. nana, 
Leaves densely tomentose, especially beneath. 4. G. tomentosa, 
Stems erect, the branches spreading. 
Leaves leathery, obtuse or retuse; drupe glaucous, 5. G. frondosa, 
Leaves thin, acuminate and apiculate; drupe black. 6. G. ursina. 
Corolla conic; leaves sticky with a resinous secretion. 7, G, resinosa, 
1. GayLussacia DumosA (Andr.) T. & G. 
Vaccinium dumosum Andr. Bot. Rep. 8: 112. 1794. 
Gaylussacia dumosa T. & G.; A. Gray, Man. 259. 1848. 
A low shrub, 1-5 dm. tall, with underground stems and erect 
solitary or tufted branches; the twigs, leaves and inflorescence 
glandular-pilose. Leaves leathery, the blades oval, obovate or ob- 
lanceolate, rarely linear-oblanceolate, 2-4 cm. long, apiculate at 
the apex, ciliate, short-petioled, deep green above, paler beneath ; 
calyx glandular, about 5 mm. broad, the segments triangular oF 
triangular ovate, acute, about as long as the tube; corolla cam- 
panulate, 5-6 mm. long, white or pink, wax-like, the segments — 
broadly ovate, more or less recurved and revolute; filaments short, 
pubescent; anthers longer than the filaments, prolonged into fili- 
form tubes; drupe globose, black, 6-8 mm. in diameter, commonly 
somewhat pubescent. 
In sandy soil, Newfoundland and along the coast to New 
York, south to eastern Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida and 
Louisiana. Spring; matures its fruit in the summer. 
2. GAYLUSSACIA HIRTELLA (Ait.) Klotzsch. 
Vaccinium hirtellum Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2. 2: 357. I8ii. 
Gaylussacia hertella Klotzsch, Linnaea, 14: 48. 1840. 
Gaylussacia dumosa var. hirtella A. Gray, Man. 259. 1848. 
A shrub, with underground stems, the branches, twigs and in- 
florescence bristly-hispid, the tips of the hairs with minute glands; _ 
leaves firm, the blades oblanceolate-spatulate or elliptic, 3-6 cm. — 
long, apiculate, glandular-ciliate sparingly hispid above, short-— 
petioled ; racemes many-flowered ; calyx hispid, 6 mm. broad, the — 
segments triangular, rather acuminate, about as long as the tube; — 
corolla broadly campanulate, 7-8 mm. long, the segments broader : 
than long, the tips recurved, the edges revolute ; filaments short, 
