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4. G. ursina, Gray. Leaves large (2'- 3' long), thin, lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute, entire ; tlie veins, like the branches, rusty-tomentose ; racemes remotely 

 few-flowered; bracts minute ; corolla bell-shaped; berry black. — Mountains 

 of North Carolina. — Shrub 2° -3° high. 



5. G. braehycera, Gray. Glabrous; stems 6' - 1 2' high ; leaves thick, 

 obovate, crenate, persistent ; racemes short, closely few-flowered ; corolla bell- 

 shaped, white or reddish ; filaments ciliate. — Mountains of East Tennessee. 



2. VACCINIUM, L. Huckleberry, Blueberry. 



Corolla cylindrical, urceolate, or campanulate, 4-5-toothed or parted. Sta- 

 mens 8-10: anthers awnless, or 2-awued on the back; the cells prolonged 

 into a tube, and opening at the apex. Berry 4 - 5-celled, or by false parti- 

 tions 8-10-celled, many-seeded. — Shrubs. Flowers nodding, solitary, clus- 

 tered, or racemed, white or reddish. Pedicels 2-bracted. 



§ 1. OxYCOCCUS. Ovary 4-ceUed : corolla 4-parted, the narroiv divisions re- 

 curved: stamens 8 : anthers awnless : pedicels axillarij, solitary. 



1. V. macrocarpon, Ait. Stems slender, creeping; leaves evergreen, 

 small (i' long), oblong, obtuse, pale or whitish beneath ; pedicels longer than 

 the leaves ; corolla rose-color ; berry large, red. — Cold mossy swamps, North 

 Carolina, and northward. July. — Stems 1°- 2° long. Berry very sour, Y ia 

 diameter. 



2. V. erythrocarpon, Michx. Stem erect (2° -4° high) ; leaves decid- 

 uous, oblong-ovate, acuminate, serrulate, hairy beneath ; pedicels shorter than 

 the leaves; flowers pale rose-color; berry small red. — High mountains of 

 North Carolina. July. — Branches flexuous. Berry insipid. 



§2. Vitis-Id.ea. Ovary 4 -5-celled : corolla cylindrical or globose-campanu- 



late,4 toothed: stamens 10: anthers awnless: flowers in short bracted 



racemes leaves persistent. 



3. V. Crassifolium, Andr. Smooth; stems (l°-2°) filiform, procum- 

 bent ; leaves small (.3"- 7"), short-petioled, oval or oblong, thick and shining, 

 the revolute margins entire or slightly serrulate ; racemes short, cluster-like, 

 few-flowered ; corolla small, globose-cam panulate, 5-toothed ; berry black. 

 (V. myrtifolium, Michx.) — Sandy pine barren swamps, Georgia to North 

 Carolina. April. — Corolla white or rose-color. 



§3. Batodendrov. Ovary more or less lO-celled by false partitions : corolla 

 bell-shaped, deleft: stamens 10, hairy : anthers 2-awned on the back : flowers 

 in leafy racemes, seeminyly axillary. 



4. V. stamineum, L. Tomentose ; leaves decidmms, ovate or oblong, 

 obtuse or .sliglitly cordate at the base ; often whitish beneath ; anthers ex- 

 serted ; berry greenish, globose or pear-shaped. — Dry woods. May -June. 

 — Shrub 3° -10° high. Branches spreading. Corolla short, drying 

 purplish. 



5. V. arboreum, Michx. Arborescent, smoothish ; leaves deciduous, 

 oval or obovate, shining above ; the veins beneath more or less pubescent ; 



