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DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Vacclnium. 



palliduj 



formibus bracteolatis, bracteis linearibus, corollis 

 ovato-campanulatis, laciniis acutis, antheris inclusis. — 

 inild. sp. pi 2. p. 352. 



V. glaucum. Mich. fi. amer. 1. jb. 231. 



Icon. Bot. rep. 140. 

 lanceolatum. ^. V. foliis lanceolatis utrinque acutis. 



V. venustum. Ait. kew. 2. p. il. Herb. Banks. 



In open woods, sandy soil : New Jersey to Carolina. Tj . 

 May, June. v. v.; v. s. in Herb. Banks. About 

 three feet high ; flowers small, almost globular, white j 

 berries large, blue, g,lobular, eatable j called by the 

 country people Blue-tangles. 



6. V. foliis ovatis acutis sevrulatis glabris^ racemis bracteatis, 

 coroUlis cylindraceo-campanulatis. Jit. kew. 2. p. 10. 



In North America. Jiton. ^2 • May, June. +. A 

 doubtful species. I have not been able to ascertain it, 

 even after a strict examination of the Banksian Her- 

 barium. 



** Corollis urceolatis ; Antheris inclusis. 

 II Floribus racemosis seufasciculatis. 



7. V. foliis tenuibus petiolatis oblongo-ovalibus plerumque 

 obtusis niuticis integerrimis subtus atomis resinosis 

 irroratis, racemis lateralibus secundis, pedicellis bre- 

 vibus subbracteolatis, corollis ovato-conicis 5-gonis. — 

 IVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 352. 



Andromeda baccata. JVangh. amer. 2. /. 30./. 69. 

 a. V. corollis luteo-viridescentibus. 

 /3. V. corollis rnbescentibus. Bot. mag. 1288. _ 

 y. V. foliis lanceolatis, coroUis rubro-lutescentibus, 

 V. parviflorum. Bot. rep. 125. 



In woods and mountains; frequent : Canada to Carolina, 

 fj . May, June. v. v. From two to four feet high j 

 berries black, eatable. 



8. V. ramis floriferis subaphyllis, foliis oblongo-ovalibus 

 utrinque scutis mucronatis subintegerrimis, junioribus 

 utrinque pubescentibus subtus subtomentosis, adultis 

 supra glabris, subtus nervis venisque pubescentibus, 

 racemis brevibus sessilibus squamoso-bracteatis, co- 

 roUis cylindraceo-ovatis, calycibus erectis, stylo sub- 

 exerto.— IFilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 351. 



V. disomorphum. Mich.fl. amer. 1. p. 231. 

 V. album, jLam. enc3/c/. 1. p. 73. 



In swamps and wet woods : Canada to Virginia. \i . 

 June. V. v.; v. s. in Herb. Banks, A shrub, rising 



viridescens, 



rubescens. 



lutescens. 



corymbosum. 



