152 Class VIII. Order I. 



long, bracted ; corollas angular, campanulate ; fruit 

 hispid. 



Leaves oblanceolate, or wedge shaped and acute, entire, mu- 

 cronate, ciliate, hairy, shining above, covered with resinous 

 dots underneath. Racemes long, hairy, erect. Each pedicel 

 proceeds from the axil of an oval leafet or bracte, and is furnish- 

 ed about its middle with from one to three bracteolae. Calyx 

 hairy with half ovate segments. Corolla large, white, globular 

 or bell shaped, remarkable for its distinct, five angled form, its 

 segments a little recurved. Anthers included. Style as long as 

 the corolla. Berry hairy, black, watery and insipid. In the 

 edge of Richards' pond, Brookline. June. 



Very nearly allied to V. dumosum of Pursh, and perhaps only a 

 variety. Its aquatic growth and hirsute berries, which I do 

 not find mentioned by American botanists, have led me to sepa- 

 rate it from that species, with which it is usually considered sy- 

 nonymous. 



VACCINIUM VIRGATUM. Muhl. Blue Whortleberry. 



Leaves elliptical, acute, smooth, serrulate or en- 

 tire ; flowering branches elongated, with sessile ra- 

 cemes ; corollas oval. 



Bark of the twigs generally of a yellowish green colour and 

 warty. Leaves smooth on both sides, oval, entire, or slightly 

 serrulate, of a pale green, inclining to glaucous. Flowers in short 

 racemes on the ends of the twigs which project beyond the 

 leaves. Segments of the calyx rather obtuse, thin and spread- 

 ing. Corolla oval with acute reflexed segments. Style as long 

 as the corolla. The calyx turns blue in drying. Berries large, 

 covered with blue powder very sweet, and commonly known 

 by the name of blue huckleberries. Dry woods and woody 

 hills. June. 



This is the V. virgatum of Muhlenberg, though probably not 

 of Pursh. 



VACCINIUM FRONDOSUM. L. Late Whortleberry. 



Leaves oblong-obovate, obtuse, entire, glaucous 



beneath with minute, resinous dots ; racemes loose. 



