368 LXXVIII. ERICACE^. Vaccinium, 



Conspectus of the Genera. 



( Cor. urceolate. Erect undorshriibs, . Vaccinium. l 



•; S seijments rertexed. Oxycuccus. 2 



Ovary adherent to the calrx tube. ( Cor. deeply 4-cleft, { segments siireading. Chio^'enes. 3 



r Berry the matured, fleshy culy.x. Seeds 00. . (.iauitliena. 7 

 Drupe the matured ovary, 5-seeded. . . . ArctasMphylusA 



< t opening betw. cell3(septicida!,§!lt#l,2). MeHZ/Civn. G 



(Corolla < '^StA. \<3. Andromeda. .5 



ovoid. ICapsule ( op'ngintothecellsdoculicidal). ( .Stu. 8. Erica. IS 



Ijanihers tVce. Prostrate uiidershrub. Kpiffcra. 9 



Corolla salver-form, Hioldiiig ttie anthers in 10 pits. . . Kahniu. 10 



SAnth. opening by clefts. . Azalea. 11 

 Corolla funnel or bell-form. X Anth opening by iiores. . RImdodendrod.Vi 



Shrubs 1 ), Lv.5.decidnou.'=, seiTate. C c//ir«. 8 



verdant, ] t Caps.S-celled. J Lvs. evergreen, entire. L^/o/iAi/"'""'- H 



erector Ovary I i regular. < Capsule 5-celled. .... Leav/n. 13 



prostrate. L free. L Petals subdistinct, J very irresrular Khodura. 12 



( Flowers racemed. . . ... . PyroLa. 17 



< Flowers solitary Moneses. 18 



f verdant, leaves mostly all radical. ( Flowers corymbed Chimaphila. 19 



1 I Flower solitary. . . Moiiotropa. 2u 



1 \ Petals distinct. { Flowers racemed. . . Hypopitys. 21 



Herbs.. Ldestitute of leaves or verdure. (Petals united. Flowers racemed. . . Pterospora. 2'2 



Suborder 1. VACCIK'EiE. 



Ovary adherent to the tube of the calyx, becoming a berry or drupe- 

 like fruit. Shrubs with scattered leaves. 



1. VACCINIUM. 

 Calyx superior, 5-toothed ; corolla urceolate, campanulate or eyl- 

 indric, limb 4 — 5-cleft, reflexed ; stamens twice as many as the lobes 

 of the corolla, generally included ; anthers with 2 awns on the back, 

 or awnless ; style erect, longer than the stamens ; berry invested with 

 the calyx, 4 or 5 (rarely 10)-celled, cells many-seeded. — Shrubs or 

 urulersliribbs with scattered Ivs. Fls. solitary or racc?)iose, white or red- 

 dish. Ft. generally eatable. 



^ Flowers racemose. Corolla urceolate.^ ovoid or oblong-cylindHc. 



\~l. V. REsiNosuM. Ait. Black Whortleberry or Huckleberry. 

 Branches cinerous-brown, villose when yonng ; lis. oblong-ovate or ob- 

 .ong-lanceolate, rather obtu.se, entire, petiolate, with re.sinou.s dot.s beneat^; rac. 

 lateral, .second; pedicels short, subbracteolate; car. ovoid-conic, at length sub- 

 campanulate, 5-angled ; berries blacTf. — Thi.s common shrub of our woods and 

 pastures is about 2f high, very branching. Leaves 1 — 2' long, ^ as wide, rare- 

 ly acute, shining beneath with resinou.s patches and spots. Petioles 1" in 

 length. Flowers in lateral, dense, corymbose clusters, small, drooping. Corol- 

 las contracted at the mouth, greenish or yellowish-purple, longer than the sta- 

 mens but shorter than the style. Berries black, globose, sweet and eatable, ripe 

 in August. May. 

 /?. Lvs. and berries covered with a glaucous bloom, 

 y. Lvs. larger; pedicels longer than the corolla. 



2. V. coRYMBosuM. (V. fuscatum. Ait.) Blue Bilberry. Hiish Wmrilc- 

 berry. — Flowerina: brnncJies nearly leafless ; Us. oblong-oval, acute at each 

 end, mucronate, subentire, pubescent when young; rac. short, sessile; cur. 

 pvoid-cylindrical. — A tall shrub, 4 — 8t' high, growing in shady swamps and by 

 mud ponds. Branches few, the youi":g ones g.reen or purplish. Lf^aves smooth 

 on both sides except a slight pube.scence on the veins beneath, tipped with a 

 glandular point, formed by the prolonged midvein. Flowers numerou';, nod- 

 ding, generally appearing in advance of the leaves. Pedicels shorter than the 

 corollas, with colored .scales or bracts at base. Corolla large forthe genus, pur- 

 plish-white, slighily contracted at the mouth. Stamens incltuled. Style often 

 ex-serted. Berries large, black, often with a tinge of purple, subacid. Jn. 



/?. % (V. dismorphum. Mlchx.) Fls. and fr. much smaller ; cai. very obtuse ; 

 sty. exserted; berries black. — Grows with the other; frequent ! 



