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3. V. viRGATUM. Muhl. (V. Pennsylvanicum. Darl. Beck, and \st. edit, 

 in part.) — Blue Whoi-tleberry . — Branches angular, green; Zfs. oblong or elliptic- 

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

 rac. numerous, dense-flowered, subterminal, sessile, mostly naked; cor. ovoid. 

 — Hilly woods and thickets, N. Eng. ! to Va. W. to Wis, Lapham ! Stem 1 — 

 3f high, bushy. Leaves pale green, 12 — 18'^ by 7 — 10", often slightly pubes- 

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

 racemes, on the upper, nakedish branchlets ; pedicels shorter (I — 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. Pennsylvanicum Lam. (V. tenellum. Ait.) Common Low Blue- 

 bernj. — Branches green, with 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; cor. 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, with purple lines. Calyx 

 bracteate. 



^ ^ Flowers solitary. Corolla urceolate. 



7. V. ULiGiNosuM. Mauntain Bhiebcrry. 



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

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

 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/E-spiToscM. Michx. 'Purfij Vaccinium. 



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

 late with veins, shining; pcd. 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 liew inches high. Flowers numerous, nodding, 

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

 brous, blue, eatable. 



^^ ^ Corolla campaRulaic. Leaves deciduous. 



9. V. STAMiNF.ijM. (V. stainineum and album. Ph.) Dcerberry. 

 Young branches ^\\\nii>cci\i; lvs. oval-lanceolate, acute, glaucous beneath; 



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

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

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

 broadest in the upper luiW, mostly rounded at ba.se 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. 



a. (V. clevatuui. Banks.) //(•.<. pale, pubescent beneath; /7.^-. smaller. N. J. 



