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bracted ; pedicels filiform ; corolla globose-campanu- 

 late ; anthers included. 



Distinguished by its loose mode of flowering, the pedicels be- 

 ing very long and slender, with small lanceolate bractes. Flow- 

 ers short, cumpanulate, about half as long as those of V. resino- 

 sum. The leaves under a magnifier exhibit small resinous dots 

 on their lower surface. Berries large, bluish, sweet, few in 

 nnmber and ripening with us later than the other species. 

 Low woods, Cambridge. June. 



VACCINIUM STAMINEUM. L. Green Whortleberry. Deer Berry. 



Leaves oval, acute, entire, glaucous beneath ; pedi- 

 cels solitary, axillary, filiform ; corollas spreading- 

 campanulate ; anthers exserted, awned on the back ; 

 fruit pyriform. 



Leaves large, mostly smooth, those of the flowering twigs 

 much smaller. Pedicels long and slender. Corolla white and 

 very open, with the anthers projecting far beyond it, a charac- 

 ter which distinguishes it from the other species here described. 

 Style longer than the stamens. The berries which I have not 

 seen are said to be greenish white. Grows in the western parts 

 of the state. June. 



*VACCINIUM IJLIPINOSUM, /3 aZ^inwm. Mountain Whortleberry. 



V. procumbens ;fo!iis obovatis, integris ; floribus 

 subsolitariis ; baccis oblongis, stylo coronatis. 



Procumbent ; leaves obovate, entire ; flowers sub- 

 solitary ; berries oblong, crowned with the style. 



Stem procumbent, growing to the size of the finger. Leaves 

 small, obovate, roundish-obtuse, entire, smooth both sides, pale 

 above, glaucous and reticulated beneath. Flowers single or in 

 pairs, nearly sessile. Segments of calyx obtuse, corolla ovate, 

 short, ending in four or five rcvolute segments. Anthers about 

 eight, included, two horned. Style shorter than the corolla. 

 Berries oblong, deep blue, crowned with the connivent calyx 

 and persistent style. On the alpine tops of the highest mountains, 

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