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BACCHARIS— continued 



B. halimifolia. 12. October. D. Branchlets angular, hairless. Ls. 3, grey- 

 green, resin-dotted, shortly stalked. North America. (Fig. 100 b.) 



B. patagonica. 9. May. E. Branchlets angled, scurfy, clammy. Ls. i, deep 



green, scurfy on both sides, stalkless. South America. (Fig. 100 c.) 



* BiGELOViA (Chrysothamnus) graveolens. Plumed Golden Rod. 8. October. 

 E. Stems erect, grey. Ls. alternate, linear, 3, crowded, long-pointed, hairless, 

 aromatic. Fls. \, yellow, tubular, in flattish branched clusters. West North 

 America. (Fig. 51 M.) 



* Brachyglottis repanda (Senecio Forsteri). 20. April. E. Branchlets 

 white-felted. Ls. alternate, ov., 12, pointed, rounded or straight base; teeth large, 

 unequal and lobe-like; dark green above, white-felted below. Fls. small, greenish 

 white, in large terminal panicles up to 16 wide. New Zealand. (Fig. 100 d.) 



CASSINIA (DIPLOPAPPUS). Ls. alternate, \, entire, dark green above, 

 yellow below, crowded. Fls. small, white, in terminal branched clusters. 



C. fidvida {Diplopappus chrysophyllus). Golden Bush. 6. July. E. Stems 



clammy. Ls. mustard-yellow below. New Zealand. (Fig. 49 M.) 

 C leptophylla. 4. July-August. E. Stems not clammy. Ls. pale yellow or 

 white below. New Zealand. 



* EuPATORiuM MiCRANTHUM (E. Weinmanniana). 9. Septcmber-Novembcr. 

 E. Branchlets slender, hairless. Ls. opposite, ov., lane, 4, pointed, thin, tapering 

 base, vaguely toothed in outer half. Fls. I, white or rose-tinted, tubular, fragrant, 

 in flattish branched clusters. Mexico. (Fig. 60 k.) 



Santolina Chamaecyparissus. Lavender Cotton. 2. July. E. Stems and Is. 

 white. Ls. alternate, i, pinnately lobed, crowded. Fls. |, yellow, hemispherical, 

 solitary at end of erect slender stalk. South Europe. (Fig. 36 A.) 



Family 57. VACCINIACEAE. K (4-5), 0(4-5), A 8-10, 0(4-5) 



Ohiogenes serpyllifolia (0. hispidula). Creeping Snowberry. May-June. 

 E. Creeping plant. Ls. alternate, roundish, h, dark green above, pale below with 

 a few reddish bristles. Fls. small, white, bell-shaped, solitary on curved stalks in 

 1. -axils. Fruit a white berry. North America. (Fig. 122 Q.) 



GAYLUSSACIA. Huckleberry. Ls. alternate, very shordy stalked. Fls. 

 white, bell-shaped, K (5), C (5), Aio. Fruit a berry. 



G. brachycera {Vaccinium buxifolium). Box Huckleberry, i. May-June. E. 

 Ls. ov., I, leathery, toothed, glossy green above. Fls. I, white, faintly 

 striped with red, cylindrical, contracted at mouth; in short-stalked 

 axillary racemes. Berry blue. East United States. (Fig. 100 e.) 

 G. dumosa {Vaccinium dumosum). Dwarf Huckleberry. 2. May-June. D. 

 Ls. ov., lane, i\, entire, glossy green. Fls. ^, bell-shaped, white, nodding. 

 Berry black. Newfoundland and East United States. 



OXYCOCCUS. Cranberry. Prostrate shrubs with long wiry creeping stems. 

 Ls. alternate, ov., \, entire, dark green above, bluish white below. Fls. |, pink, 

 corolla deeply divided and bent back revealing stamens. K (4), (4), A8. Fruit 

 a red berry. 



