708 FLORA. 



3. Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) T. & G. DWARF OR BUSH HUCKLEBERRY. 

 (I. F. f. 2781.) A shrub, 3-6 dm. high, the branches usually leafless below, the 

 young twigs pubescent or hirsute, glandular. Leaves oblong -obovate or oblanceo- 

 late, obtuse, mucronate, entire, firm or coriaceous, shining when old, 2.5-3.5 cm. 

 long, sessile or nearly so; flowers white, pink or red, in rather loose racemes; bracts 

 foliaceous, pubescent; corolla campanulate, 4-5 mm. long; filaments pubescent; 

 calyx puberulent; fruit 6-8 mm. in diameter, watery, rather insipid. In sandy 

 swamps, Newf. to N. Y., Fla. and La. May-June. 



Gaylussacia dumosa hirtella (Ait.) A. Gray. Pedicels and calyx hirsute. Va. 

 to Fla. and La. 



4. Gaylussacia brachy*cera (Michx.) A. Gray. BOX-HUCKLEBERRY. (I. F. f. 

 2782.) A low shrub, 1.5-4 dm. high, the branches angular, the twi^-;s glabrous or 

 nearly so. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, persistent, oval or oblong, 12-25 mm - 

 long, with low teeth, the margins somewhat revolute; petioles 2 mm. long or less; 

 flowers few, white or pink, in short racemes; bracts and bractlets caducous; pedi- 

 cels short; corolla cylindric-ovoid, about 4 mm. long; filaments ciliate; fruit 

 (according to A. Wood) light blue. In dry woods, Penn. to Va. May. 



2. VITIS-IDAEA Tourn. 



A low evergreen shrub, with creeping stems, alternate oval or obovate coria- 

 ceous leaves, and small white or pink nodding flowers, secund in small terminal 

 clusters. Calyx 4-toothed. Corolla open-campanulate, 4-lobed. Stamens 8; an- 

 thers upwardly prolonged into tubes. Ovary 4-celled, inferior. Fruit a dark 

 red acid many-seeded berry. [Ancient name.] A monotypic genus. 



i. Vitis-Idaea Vitis-Idaea (L.) Britton. MOUNTAIN CRANBERRY. (I. F. f. 

 2795.) Branches erect, 1-2 dm. high. Leaves thick, crowded, green and some- 

 what shining above, paler and black-dotted beneath, glabrous, or minutely ciliate 

 toward the base, short-petioled, entire or sparingly serrulate, 6-16 mm. long, the 

 margins revolute; bracts reddish, short-oblong; bractlets 2; berries 8-10 mm. in 

 diameter. In rocky places, Essex Co., Mass., coast of Me., higher mountains of 

 N. Eng. to Lab., west to Lake Superior, Br. Col. and Alaska. Also in northern 

 Europe and Asia. \Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea L.] 



3. POLYCODIUM Raf. 



Shrubs with alternate deciduous leaves, and purplish or yellowish green flow- 

 ers in leafy-bracted racemes. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla open-campanulate, 

 5-lobed. Stamens 10; anthers upwardly prolonged into tubes. Ovary 5-celled, 

 inferior. Berry green, nearly black, or yellow, globose to pyriform. Four or five 

 species of eastern N. Am. [Greek, many bells.] 



i. Polycodium stamineum (L. ) Greene. DEERBERRY. BUCKBERRY. (I. F. 

 f. 2796.) Divergently branched, 6-15 dm. high. Leaves oval, oblong or rarely 

 obovate, acute or sometimes acuminate, petioled, entire, firm, green above, pale 

 beneath, 2.5-10 cm. long, 12-35 mm. wide; corolla purplish or yellowish green, 

 deeply cleft. 4-6 mm. long, 6-10 mm. broad; berry globose or pear-shaped, green 

 or yellow, 8-10 mm. in diameter, inedible. In dry woods and thickets, Me. to 

 Ont., Minn., Fla., Ky. and La. April-June. \Vaccinium stamineum L.] 



4. BATODENDRON Nutt. 



Shrubs or small trees, with firm deciduous leaves, and white flowers in leafy- 

 bracted racemes. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla campanulate, 5-lobed. Stamens 10; 

 style exserted. Berry black, globose, many-seeded. Two or three N. Am. species. 

 [Greek, blackberry tree.] 



i. Batodendron arboreum (Marsh.) Nutt. FARKLEBERRY. (I. F. f. 2797.) 

 Divergently branched, reaching a maximum height of about 9 m. Leaves obovate 

 or oval, short-petioled. shining and bright green above, duller, and sometimes spar- 

 ingly pubescent beneath, entire or glandular-denticulate, 2.5-5 cm - l n g> 12-25 

 mm. wide; flowers slender-pedicelled : bracts persistent; berry about 6 mm. in 

 diameter, inedible. In dry sandy soil. N. Car. to Ky., 111., Ind. Terr., Fla. and 

 Tex. May -June. [Vaccinium arboreum Marsh.] 



