368 LXXVIII. EPJCACEiE. Vaccinium. 



Conspectus of the Genera. 



i Cor. urceolate. Erect undershrubs, . Vaccinium. l 



{ ^ segments reflexed. Oxycoccm. 2 



Ovary adherent to the calyx tube. ( Cor. deeply 4-cleft, I segments spreading. Chiogenes. 3 



r Berry the matured, fleshy caly.x. Seeds 00. . GaulDieria. 7 

 I Drupe the matured ovary, 5-seeded. . . . Aictostaphylus.^ 



< I opening betw. cells(septicidal,§ 115, 1,2). Men22e«a. 6 



(Corolla < i Sta. 10. Andromeda. 5 



ovoid. ICapsuleCop'ngintothecell-sdoculicidal). (Sta. 8. Erica. 16 



^ anthers free. Prostrate undershrub. Epigcca. 9 



Corolla salver-form, (holding the anthers in 10 pits. . . Kalmia. 10 



CAnth. opening by clefts. . Azalea. 11 

 I united. I Corolla funnel or bell-form. I Anth. opening by pores. . Rhododendron.13 



Shrubs J ^Lvs.deciduous, serrate. C/e?/im. 8 



verdant, | J Caps. 3-celled. ^ Lvs. evergreen, entire. LeJop/ii/Z^MTn. 14 



erect or Ovary < regular. ( Capsule 5-celled Ledum. 15 



prostrate. Lfree. l Petals subdistinct, (very irresrular Rhodora. 12 



i Flowers racemed Pyrola. 17 



\ Flowers solitary Moneses. 18 



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



J \ Flower solitary'. . . Monotropa. 20 



I $ Petals distinct. ( Flowers racemed. , . Hypopitys. 21 



Herbs.. L destitute of leaves or verdure. (Petals united. Flowers racemed. . . Pterospora. 22 



Suborder 1. VACCIXE^. 



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 cyl- 

 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 

 undershrubs loith scattered Ivs. Fls. solitary or racemose.^ white or red- 

 dish. Ft. generally eatable. 



§ Flowers racemose. Corolla urceolate^ ovoid or oblong-cylvndric. 



1. V. REsiNosuM. Ait. niack Mliorileberry or Huckleberry. 



i?ra?ic/ies cinero US-brown, villose when young; lis. oblong-ovate or ob- 

 Jong-lanceolate, rather obtuse, entire, petiolate, with resinous dots beneath ; roc. 

 lateral, secund ; pedicels short, .subbracteolate ; cor. ovoid-conic, at length sub- 

 campanulate, 5-angled ; berries black.— This 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 resinous patches and spots. Petioles I" 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, 



j(?. Lvs. and berries covered with a glaucous bloom. 



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



2. V. coRYMBosuM. (V. fuscatum. Ait.) Blue Bilberni. High WhartlC' 

 berry. — Flowering branches nearly leafless ; lvs. oblong-oval, acute at each 



end, mucronate, subentire, pube.scent when young; roc. short, sessile; cor. 

 ovoid-cylindrical.— A tall shrub, 4— 8f high, growing in shady swamps and by 

 mud ponds. Branches few, the young ones green or purpli.sh. Leaves smooth 

 on both sides except a slight pubescence on the veins beneath, tipped with a 

 glandular point, formed by the prolonged midvein. Flowers numerous, nod- 

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

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

 plish-white, slightly contracted at the mouth. Stamens included. Style often 

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



/?. "? (V.- dismorphum. Mlchx.) Fh. and fr. much smaller ; cal. very obtuse ; 

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



