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Corolla campanulate or globose campanulate ; leaves destitute of sticky resin 

 Stems horizontal, underground, the branches erect. 

 Pubescence consisting of gland-tipped hairs. 

 Twigs and racemes pilose. 

 Twigs and racemes bristly-hispid. 

 Pubescence consisting of simple non-glandular hairs. 

 Leaves glaucous, glabrous or nearly so. 

 Leaves densely tomentose, especially beneath. 

 Stems erect, the branches spreading. 



Leaves leathery, obtuse or retuse ; drupe glaucous. 

 Leaves thin, acuminate and apiculate ; drupe black. 

 Corolla conic; leaves sticky with a resinous secretion. 



I. Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) T. & G. 



Vaccinhnn diimosum Andr. Bot, Rep. 8: ii2. 1794. 

 Gaylussacia dumosa T. & G.; A. Gray, Man. 259. 1848. 



A low shrub, 1-5 dm. tall, with underground stems and erect 

 solitary or tufted branches ; the twigs, leaves and inflorescence 

 glandular-pilose. Leaves leathery, the blades oval, obovate or ob- 

 lanceolate, rarely linear-oblanceolate, 2-4 cm. long, apiculate at 

 the apex, ciliate, short-petioled, deep green above, paler beneath ; 

 calyx glandular, about 5 mm. broad, the segments triangular or 

 triangular ovate, acute, about as long as the tube ; corolla cam- 

 panulate, 5-6 mm. long, white or pink, wax-like, the segments 

 broadly ovate, more or less recurved and revolute; filaments short, 

 pubescent ; anthers longer than the filaments, prolonged into fili- 

 form tubes ; drupe globose, black, 6-8 mm. in diameter, commonly 

 somewhat pubescent. 



In sandy soil, Newfoundland and along the coast to New 

 York, south to eastern Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida and 

 Louisiana. Spring ; matures its fruit in the summer. 



2. Gaylussacia hirtella (Ait.) Klotzsch. 



Vaccinmm hirtellinn Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2. 2: 357. 181 1. 



Gaylussacia hirtella Klotzsch, Linnaea, 14: 48. 1840. 



Gaylussacia dumosa var. hirtella A. Gray, Man. 259. 1848. 



A shrub, with underground stems, the branches, twigs and in- 

 florescence bristly-hispid, the tips of the hairs with minute glands ; 

 leaves firm, the blades oblanceolate-spatulate or elliptic, 3-6 cm. 

 long, apiculate, glandular-ciliate sparingly hispid above, short- 

 petioled ; racemes many-flowered ; calyx hispid, 6 mm. broad, the 

 segments triangular, rather acuminate, about as long as the tube; 

 corolla broadly campanulate, 7-8 mm. long, the segments broader 

 than long, the tips recurved, the edges revolute ; filaments short, 



