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396 DESil^nniA MONOGYNIA. 



nitidis, subtus pubescent!- | upper, pubescent on the 

 bus ; racemis foiiosis ; flo- I under surface ; racenies 

 ribus solitaiiis, nutanti- | leafy ; flowers solitary, 

 bus ; antheris aristutis. ( nodding: anthers awued 



Mich. 1. p. 230. Pursh, 1. p. 285. 

 V.diffusuin, Sp, pi. 2. p. 351. 

 V. mucronatum, Walt. p. 139. 



A small tree, 8—20 feet hiffh, producing from tlie root many ?uck- 

 *rs; branches, M'hen old, crooked, the jouiig suckers long, straight. 

 pubescent. Leaves sometiojes nearly round, on short petioles. Cahjx 

 small, pale green. Corolla white, angled, with the border 5 cleftj 

 segments short, acute, reflected. Stamens very short. Filaments 

 Iiairy near the summit. Jluthers incumbent, 2 celled, 2 horned, open- 

 ing at the sunamit of the horns ; awns sliorter than the horns. 8tyk 

 longer than the corolla. B^r if globular, glabrous, black, dry, astrin- 

 gent, but of a flavoui not unpleasant. 



Grows In dry soils, moderately fertile. 



Flowers Ap.il— May. Ripens its fruit in October. Farkkberry. 



The bark of the root Is very astrin-ert, and is jriven in the form of 

 tlecoction or infusion as a remedy Yor chronic dysentery and di- 



th \t ^^"^' ^^ etiually efficacious aud more agreeable to 



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V foliis ovali.lanceo- 



rnis, subtus glancis ; f! >. 

 ribussoIitariis.axillaiilHJs, 



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nearlv acute, entire, glau 

 cous uiideraeath ; llow 



'"■ y mviIImpa^ nod 



nutaiitiUus ; anthei is ex- I diiiG; ; anthers cxscrted 



crtis, aristatis. 



ned 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 349. Walt. p. 139. xMich. I. p. 22". Pursh, 1. p- 284. 



A shrub 2— 3 feet 

 bescent. Leavf^s d 



t high, erect, branching ; the young brandies pu- 



eli..-Ktlvnuh*.«r»;*''' .,"'^-'',^'""^"'g'^^''"»'^ "" the upper surface, 

 ten about an ^ 7 '" ""^^f ' "^ ^''^''t Petioles. Peduncles pubes- 

 maiy round „.r '?^* Z'T"" ''^''^ ' «^g'"^"ts of the border 

 Has S2 ionl "r^'-.u-^'^^^^^^ ^t fi'^t white, afterwards ferrugi- 

 tinge. ^^^^^°"Se"*^*° thestam.ns. i?m-y blue, with a glaucous 



the^slS of the sfn!:i1-\?''"'^*P^ *'^« ^- alburn of Pursh), grows on 

 ^l l™fruit than i? th'"f "-^••^'olumbia, more humble and bear^ 

 4p^'tmt::::^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^ --ot ..wever perce.e 



^ tUe Vrdmosum' IT'V^ Vaccinium, of the V. frondosum, ."'j, 

 ^ we V. dumosum, are eaten indiscriminately under the name oi 



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