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2. VACCINIUM, L. Huckleberry. Blueberry. 



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

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

 a tube, and opening at the apex. Berry 4-5-celled, or by false partitions 8 - 10- 

 celled, many-seeded. — Shrubs. Flowers nodding, solitary, clustered, or racemed, 

 white or reddish. Pedicels 2-bracted. 



§ 1. Oxycoccus. — Ovary 4-celled: corolla 4-parted, the narrow divisions re- 

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



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

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

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

 lina, and northward. July. — Stems 1° - 2° long. Berry very sour, £' in 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 gldbose-campanulate, 

 4 -5-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 obiung, thick and shining, 

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

 flowered ; corolla small, globose-campanulate, 5-toothed ; berry black. (V. myr- 

 tifolium, Michx.) — Sandy pine-barren swamps, Georgia to North Carolina. 

 April. — Corolla white or rose-color. 



§ 3. Batodexdron. — Ovary more or less \b<elled by false partitions: corolla 

 bell-shaped, 5-cleft: stameris 10, hairy : anthers 2-awned on the back: flowers in 

 leafy racemes, seemingly axillary. 



4. V. stamineum, L. Tomcntose; leaves deciduous, ovate or oblong, 

 obtuse or slightly cordate at the base ; often whitish beneath ; anthers exserted ; 

 berry greenish, globose or pear-shaped. — Dry woods, Florida, and northward. 

 May and 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 ; co- 

 rolla large, angled, white ; anthers included ; berry globose, black. — Open woods, 

 Florida to North Carolina. May. — Stem 8° - 15° high. Flowers very numer- 

 ous. Berry mealy, ripening in the winter. 



§ 4. Cyanococcus. — Ovary more or less 10-celled by false partitions: corolla 

 cylindrical, urceolate or obovate: stamens 10, hairy : anthers awnless: flowers 

 in short small-bracted racemes or clusters. 



* Leaves evergreen, small. 



6. V. nitidum, Andr. * Smooth and shining throughout ; stem much 

 branched ; leaves obovate or oblong-obovate, acute, glandular-serrulate, punctate 



