DECANDRiA MoNoGYMiA. Vaccinium. 



fectly ripe. In the mountains they are known by the 

 name of Deer- berries. 

 2. V. foliis ovalibus seu obovatis acntis integerrimis subtus 

 glaucis, nervis venisque pnbescentibus, pedicellis so- 

 litariis axillaribus filifbrmibus, corollis patulo-cam- 

 panulatis, laciniis ovatis subacaminatis, antheris ex- 

 ertis dorso aristatis, baccis subglubosis. — IVilld. sp. 

 pi. 2. p. 350 ? 



Icon. Bot. rep. 263. V. staviineum. 



In dry sandy woods : New Jersey to Carolina. Tj . 

 April, May. v. v. Flowers white^ larger than No. I ; 

 berries white or greenish- white. I am not certaia 

 whether this is the V. album of Linnaeus or not. As I 

 never could tind any certainty about the authentic 

 species, I venture to adopt this species for it. In the 

 . Banksian Herbarium it is under the name of V. ele- 

 vatum. 

 ,3, V. foliis petiolatisobovalibus utrinque acutis mucronatis 

 glanduloso-serrulatis supra nitidis, reticulato-venosis, 

 subtus subpubescentibus, racemis bracteatis nutanti- 

 bus, pedicellis axillaribus solitariis filiformibus, corollis 

 cylindrico-campanulatis} laciniis acutis, antheris iu- 

 clusis dorso aristatis. — Mich.Ji. amer. 1. p. 230. 



V, difFusum. Ait. hew. 2. p. 11. Herb Banks. 



In dry woods, on the rocky banks of rivers : North Ca- 

 rolina to Florida. Tj • May, June. v. v. A large shrub, 

 sometimes twenty feet high, very elegant : flowers 

 white, tinged with red ; berries globular, black, almost 

 dry. 

 4. V. ramulis, foliis racemlsque hispidiusculis atomis resi- 

 nosis irroratis, foliis obovato-oblongis basi acutis mu- 

 cronatis integerrimis concoloribus, racemis bracteatis, 

 pedicellis brevibus axillaribus subsolitariis medio bi- 

 bracteatis, corollis campanulatis, laciniis rotundatis, 

 antheris inclusis. Bot. mag. 1106. Bot. rep. 112. 



V, hirtellum. Jit. kew. ed. 2. v. 2. p. 35/. Herb. 

 Banks. 



V. frondosum. Mich. fi. amer. 1. p. 230. 



In dry sandy woods, particularly pine-forests : New 



Jersey to Florida. Ip . June, July. 



V. V. A low 

 shrub; flowers large, white; berries black, globular. 

 V. foliis obovato-oblongis obtusiusculis muticis integer- 

 rimis glabris subtus glaucis copiose atomis resinosis 

 irroratis, racemis la.\is bracteatis, pedicellis longis fili- 



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album. 



arloreum. 



dumosiu 



frondosum. 



