DECANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. j7S 



280. GAULTHERIA. Mountain-tea, &c. Ericeoe. 



G. procumbens : stem procumbent, with the flower- 

 ing branches erect ; leaves obovate, cuneate at 

 the base, ciliate-denticulate ; flowers few, termi- 

 nal, nodding. 



HAB. Wet or dry woods. July — Aug. ^- Root 

 creep.; leav. sempervir.Jl. wh. 



281. VACCINIUM. Whortle-berry. Vaccinece. 



% Leaves deciduous. 



t Corolla campanulale. 



. V. stamineum: leaves oval, acute, very entire_. 

 glaucous beneath ; pedicels solitary, axillary, 

 filiform ; corolla spreading-campanulate ; seg- 

 ments oblong, acute ; anthers exserted, awned ; 

 berries somewhat pyriform. 



HAB. Dry woods and hills. May — June. Shrub 3 — 4 

 ft. high ; fl. wh. ; ber. large, wh. 



■3. album : leaves subpubescent beneath ; berries 

 globose. 



HAB. Pine "barrens. 

 . V. dumosum : younger branches, leaves, and ra- 

 cemes sprinkled with resinous atoms ; leaves ob- 

 ovate, cuneate at the base, mucronate, very en- 

 tire, green on both sides ; racemes bracteate ; 

 pedicels short, axillary, subsolitary ; corolla cam- 

 panulate, segments rounded ; anthers included. 



HAB. Pine barrens and swamps. June. Shrub 12 

 — 18 in. high ; fl. large, wh. ; ber. large, depress, 

 black. 

 . V. frondosum: leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, very 

 entire, and sprinkled with resinous atoms beneath, 

 glaucous ; racemes loose, bracteate ; pedicel* 

 long, filiform ; corolla ovate-campanulate ; an- 

 thers included. 



IIAB. Sandy woods and swamps. July. Shrub 3 — - r » 

 ft. high, ber. large, blue, pleasant. 



