260 ERICACEJE. (HEATH FAMILY.) 
beneath ; calyx-teeth obtuse, and, like the pedicels and broadly oval bracts, red- 
dish; corolla ovoid or obovate, white; berry somewhat pear-shaped, black. — 
Low pine barrens, Georgia and Florida. March and April. — Stem 1° - 2? high. 
Leaves }! long. 
7. V. myrsinites, Michx. Stem much branched, pubescent; leaves lan- 
ceolate, oblong, or obovate, bristly-serrulate, shining above, paler beneath, glau- 
cous when young ; calyx-teeth acute, reddish, like the pedicels and oblong bracts; 
corolla cylindrical or obovate, white, purplish in the bud; berry globose, blue. 
— Sandy pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. March and 
April. — Shrub 6/—18' high. Leaves }/—1/ long. 
* * Leaves deciduous. 
8. V. tenellum, Ait. Stem much branched; the spreading greenish 
branches pubescent ; leaves oblong-obovate or oblanceolate, mucronate, acute ato 
the base, slightly serrulate near the apex, pubescent when young ; corolla oblong, 
white ; calyx-teeth obtuse; bracts oblong-linear; berry globose, black or with a 
blue bloom. — Varies with the branches and leaves more pubescent, almost vil- 
lous, and the calyx-teeth narrower and acute. (V. galezans, Michz.) — Margins 
of pine-barren swamps, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. April. — 
Shrub 19-39 high. Leaves }’-1! long, commonly thin and deciduous, but 
along its southern limits mostly coriaceous and persistent. 
9. V. Elliottii. Stem tall, slender, with spreading branches; leaves dis- 
tichous, ovate-lanceolate, very acute, bristly serrulate from the obtuse or rounded 
base, pubescent on the veins; clusters sessile, 2 - 4-flowered ; corolla reddish, 
cylindrical, short-pedicelled; calyx-teeth triangular; berry mostly solitary, 8m2^» 
globose, black. (V. myrtilloides, Ell., not of Michx.) — River-swamps, Florida 
to South Carolina. March.— Shrub 49-89 high; the branches smooth and 
mostly flexuous. Leaves 1 - j' long. 
10. V. corymbosum, L. Stem tall (49-109); leaves varying from 
ovate-lanceolate to broadly oval, entire or nearly so, pubescent when young, be- 
coming smoothish especially above (1' - 2' long) ; racemes or clusters numerous, 
mostly on leafless branches; corolla cylindrical or oblong ; berry globose, 
or blue. — Margins of ponds and swamps, Florida, and northward. Feb. tè 
_ April. — Varies greatly in the thickness, pubescence, and form of the leaves, 
= 1. V. Constableei, Gray. Stem low (1°- 3°); leaves oval, pale, glau- 
: cous, glandular-mucronate, entire or obscurely serrulate, ciliate ; racemes Very 
short, sessile; corolla short-cylindrical; berry blue. — On the summit of Roan 
Mountain, North Carolina. July.— Leaves 1}/-2! long. Racemes 5-10 
flowered. —— 
12. V. hirsutum, Buckley. Hirsute throughout; stem low (19 high), 
|. much branched; le : >m ; ; corolla 
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leaves ovate, entire, slightly mucronate ; racemes short; 
