150 Class VIII. Order I. 



the base, and another in the middle, its border dilated, and slight- 

 ly and irregularly toothed. Stamens eight, much longer than 

 the corolla, the alternate ones longest, the filaments capillary 

 and inserted into the tube ; anthers roundish. Germ ovate, 

 placed obliquely, the style appearing to issue from one side. 

 Style capillary, curved, and longer than the stamens. The fruit 

 is a small, oval, acute, red, one-seeded berry. Low woods and 

 marshes on Kennebec river, also at Keene, New Hampshire. 

 April and May. Perennial. 



163. VACCINIUM. 



VACCINIUM RESINOSUM. L. Black Whortleberry or HucMe- 



berry. 



Racemes bracted ; corollas ovate ; leaves elliptic, 

 somewhat acute, entire, deciduous, sprinkled with 

 resinous dots underneath. Ait. 



The leaves of this very common shrub are oval, the young 

 ones acute, the older ones blunt ; their under surface covered 

 with shining, adhesive, resinous particles. Flowers in lateral 

 clusters. Corolla five cornered, ovate, contracted at the mouth, 

 of a dull reddish green. Fruit globular, black, sweet. Woods 

 and hills. June. 



VACCINIUM TENELLUM. Low Blueberry. 



Leaves sessile, lanceolate, serrulate, shining ; fas- 

 cicles crowded, subterminal, sessile ; corollas ovate. 



A low early flowering shrub upon hills and pastures, growing 

 in beds or bunches. Leaves numerous, broad-lanceolate, serru- 

 late, shining on both sides. Flowers in short, crowded clusters. 

 Segments of the calyx ovate, acuminate, spreading. Corolla 

 reddish white, ovate cylindrical. Anthers included. Style as 

 long as the corolla. Berries early, large, blue, eatable. May. 



VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM. Blue Bilberry. 



Leaves oblong-oval, rather smooth ; racemes sub- 

 sessile ; corollas cylindrical ; style subexserted. 



Syn. V. AMOENUM. Jiit. 



This shrub is six or seven feet or more in height when full 



