VacciniH LXXVIII. ERICACEAE. 3C.9 



.'Via VJ viRGATUM. Muhl. (V. Pennsj'lvanicum. Darl. Beck, and \st. edit. 

 in 'parh)—Dhie Whortleberry.— Branches angular, green; Ivs. oblong or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, sessile, mucronate, often serrulate, smooth and shining on both sides; 

 rac. numerous, dense-flov/ered, subterminal, sessile, mostl)'- naked; cor. ovoid. 



Hilly woods and thi'^kets, N. Eng. ! to Va. W. to Wis. Lafham.'. Stem 1 — 



3r high, bushv. Leaves pale green, 13—18" by 7—10", oltcn slightly pubes- 

 cent when young, thin, at length very sinooth. Flowers in numerous, small 

 racemes, on the upper, nakedish branchlets; pedicels shorter H— 3") than the 

 corolla. Corolla yellowish and reddish-white, longer than the stamens, but 

 equaling or shorter than the styles. Berries bluish-black, sweet. May, Jn. 



4. V. PennsyltanIcum Lam. (V. tenellum. Ait.) dmvion Low Blnc- 

 bern/.—Bronches green, vrith 2 pubescent lines; Ivs. subsessile, crowded, 



elliptic-oblong, acute at each end, minutely serrulate, thin, glabrous and shin- 

 ing, with the veins beneath puberulent ; Jls. in short, bracteate, dense, subter- 

 minal racemes ; cor. ovoid-cylindrical. — Thickets and pastures in hard .soils, 

 Can. to Penn., common in N. Eng. A low under-shrub, 6 — 12' high, growing 

 in dense patches. Leaves 8 — 12" by 4 — 6". Flowers reddish-white, 3" long. 

 Bracts mostly colored. Berries large, blue, sweet and nutritious. May. 



/?. Lvs. dark green; berries black and shining, destitute of bloom. — With va- 

 riety a. 



5. V. LiGUSTRiNUM. Michx. Privet Whortleberry. 



Branches angular, slender, strict, erect ; lvs. subsessile, erect, thick, lance- 

 olate, veiny, pubescent, mucronate, serrulate; fascicles sessile; pedicels very 

 short, glomerate; car. ovoid-oblong. — Mountains, Penn. to Va. Pursh, who re- 

 marks that the leaves are very variable, the corolla reddish-purple, and the 

 berries black. May, June. 



6. V. BUXiFOLiuM. Salisb. 



St. low ; lvs. obovate, crenate-aentate, smooth ; rac. axillary and terminal, 

 dense, subsessile ; cor. orbicular-ovoid ; Jil. glandular ; stig. capitate. — Near 

 Winchester, Va. Stem 6 — 10' high. Corolla white, jvith purple lines. Calyx 

 bracteate. 



^ ^ Flowers solitary. Corolla urceolate. 



7. V. CLiGiNosuM. Mountain Bhieberry. 



Procumbent; lvs. obovate, very obtuse, entire, .smooth, glaucous and veiny 

 beneath; Jls. mostly solitary, axillary; cor. ovoid-globose, 4-cleft; sta. 4; aiitli 

 awned at the base. — A low, alpine shrub. White Mts. Stems with numerous, 

 rigid branches. Leaves 3" by 2", broadest near the apex, scarcely petiolate, 

 crowded near the ends of the branches, and of a bluish-green. Flowers half 

 as long as the leaves, subsessile, sometimes 2 together. Berries oblong, deep- 

 blue, crowned with the style. June, July. (Apr. May. Beck.) 



8. V. C.ESPITOSDM. Michx. Tu.rfy Vaccinium. 



Dwarf, cEespitose ; lvs. obovate, attenuate at the base, thin, serrate, reticu- 

 late with veins, shining; ped. subsolitary, 1-flowered; cal. very short; cor. ob- 

 long, suburceolate ; pores of the anthers long-tubular. — White Mts., N. H. Oakes, 

 N. tc Hudson's Bay. Stem a few inches high. Flowers numerous, nodding, 

 on short pedicels. Anthers with 2 long awns at the back. Berries large, gla- 

 brous, blue, eatable. 



^ ^ ^ Corolla cani'pamdate. Leaves- deciduous. 



9. V. sTAMiNEUM. (V. stamineum and album. Ph.) Deerberry. 

 Young branches ^-abeficeni; lvs. oval-lanceolate, acute, glaucous beneath; 



pedicels solitary, axillary, nodding ; cor. campanulate-spreading, segments 

 acute, oblong; anth. exserted, 2-awned near the base. — Diy woods, Can. to 

 Flor. Shrub 2 — 3f high, very branching. Leaves 1 — 2' long, i — § as wide, 

 broadest in the upper half, mostly rounded at base and on very short petioles; 

 those on the slender, flowering branches very much smaller. Flowers on long, 

 slender pedicels, arranged in loose, leafy racemes. Corolla white, spreading, 

 stamens conspicuously exserted, but shorter than the style. Berries large, 

 greenish-white, bitter. May, June. 

 /?. (V. elevatum. Banks.) Dvs. pale, pubescent beneath; Jls. smaller. N. J. 



