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racemes few-flowered ; pedicels I-1.5 cm. long, much longer than 
the bracts; calyx glabrous, about 3.5 mm. broad, the segments 
ovate, acute, about as long as the tube; corolla campanulate, 3.5 
mm. long, the segments ovate, obtuse, about as long as broad, the 
tips recurved, the edges revolute; filaments dilated, glabrous; 
anthers longer than the filaments, prolonged into slender tubes; 
drupes depressed-globose, 8-9 mm. in diameter, glaucous. 
In sandy soil, Georgia and Florida. Spring; matures its fruit 
in the summer. 
Like the preceding species, Gaylussacia tomentosa has under- 
ground stems, but it differs from it in the brown-tomentose foliage, 
more robust habit, larger leaves and different leaf-form. The fruit 
of G. tomentosa is larger and much more fleshy than that of G. nana. 
5. GAYLUSSACIA FRONDOSA (L.) T. & G. 
Vaccinium frondosum L. Sp. Pl. 351. 1753. 
Gaylussacia frondosa T. & G.; Torr. Fl. N. ¥.,1: 449. 1843 
: An irregularly branched shrub 1-2 meters tall, with puberulent 
twigs and young leaves. Leaves firm, the blades oblong-oblan- 
ceolate, ovate, oval or obovate, obtuse or notched at the apex, 
delicately revolute, short-petioled, bright green and glabrate above, 
glaucous and sprinkled with minute golden globules of resin be- 
neath; racemes loose; pedicels long and slender; calyx gla- 
brous, 3-4 cm. broad, the segments triangular, acute or acutish, 
about as long as the tube; corolla globose-campanulate, about 4 
mm. long, green to purplish, the segments triangular, broader 
than long, recurved and revolute; filaments dilated, glabrous; an- 
thers longer than- the filaments, prolonged into slender tubes; 
drupe globose, 8-10 mm. in diameter, with a pale bloom. 
In sandy soil, New Hampshire, south to Florida, Kentucky 
and Louisiana. Spring; matures its fruit in the summer. 
6. GayLussacIA ursINA (M. A. Curtis) T. & G. 
Vaccinium ursinum M. A. Curtis, Am. Journ. Sci. 44: 82. 1843. 
Gaylussacia ursina T. & G.; A. Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. (IL) 
3: 49. 1840, 
A straggling branching shrub, 6-15 dm. tall, with sparingly 
pubescent twigs and young foliage. Leaves thin, the blades ob- 
long, elliptic or oblanceolate, usually rhomboidal, 4-10 cm. long, 
usually short-acuminate; apiculate, ciliate, deep green above, palef 
beneath, pubescent on the nerves on both sides, obtuse or rounded | 
at the base, short-petioled ; flowers few, in lateral somewhat droop 
ing racemes ; calyx with numerous golden glands, about 3 mm. 
