445 



broad, its 5 segments very low, obtuse, several times shorter than 

 the tube ; corolla globose-campanulate, greenish-white or tawny- 

 red, about 4-5 mm. long, its segments triangular, acutish, recurved, 

 revolute ; filaments dilated, pubescent, incurved at the apex, longer 

 than the anthers which have short tubes at the apex ; drupe glo- 

 bose, 10-12 mm. in diameter, black, shining, sweet. 



In deep forests on the mountains. North Carolina to northern 

 Georgia. Spring ; matures its fruit in the late summer, 



7. Gaylussacia resinosa (Ait.) T. & G. 



Vacciniiim rcsinosiun Ait. Hort. Kevv. 2: 12. 1789- 



Gaylussacia resinosa T. & G.; Torr. Fl. N. Y. i : 449. 1843. 



A rigid branching shrub 3-12 dm. tall, its twigs and foliage 

 more or less pubescent and sticky with a resinous secretion when 

 young, leaves firm, the blades elliptic, oval or oblong, sometimes 

 broadest above the middle, firm, obtuse or apiculate, entire, cilio- 

 late, short petioled ; flowers in lateral drooping racemes ; pedi- 

 cels 2-8 mm. long, usually with two narrow bracts; calyx about 

 2 mm. broad, its 5 segments ovate, obtuse, about as long as the 

 tube ; corolla obconic, red or reddish-green, 5-6 mm. long, more 

 or less constricted near the apex, the segments ovate, spreading or 

 recurved, revolute, obtuse ; filaments winged, pubescent, shorter 

 than the anthers, each cavity of which is prolonged into a tube ; 

 drupes globose, 6-10 mm. in diameter, black or rarely white, 

 sweet. 



In rocky woods and hillsides, Newfoundland to the Saskatche- 

 wan, south to Georgia. Spring; matures its fruit in the summer. 



