Vor. II.] HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY. 575 
3- Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) T.&G. 
Dwarf or Bush Huckleberry. (Fig. 2781.) 
Vaccinium dumosum Andr. Bot. Rep. 2: 112. 1799. 
G. dumosa T. & G.; A. Gray, Man. 259. 1848. 
A branching shrub, 1°-2° high, from a horizontal 
or ascending base, the branches nearly erect, 
usually leafless below, the young twigs pubescent 
or hirsute, glandular. Leaves oblong-obovate or 
oblanceolate, obtuse, mucronate, entire, firm or 
coriaceous, green both sides, shining when old, 
sparingly pubescent or glabrous, resinous, 1/-1}4/ 
long, sessile or nearly so; flowers white, pink or red, 
in rather loose racemes; bracts oval, foliaceous, per- 
sistent, pubescent, equalling or longer than the 
slender pubescent 2-bracteolate pedicels; corolla 
campanulate, 2//-2%4’’ long; filaments pubescent; 
calyx puberulent; fruit black, without bloom, 3//-4/’ 
in diameter, watery and rather insipid. 
In sandy swamps, Newfoundland to Florida, North 
Carolina and Louisiana. May-June. Fruit July—Aug. 
Gaylussacia dumdsa hirtélla (Ait.) A. Gray, Man. 259. 1848. A LO 
Vaccinium hirtellum Ait. f. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, 2: 357. _ 1811. Oy \) / A, ob 
Pedicels and calyx hirsute. Virginia to Floridaand Lou- Z)) : Ctickt- 
isiana. Ay AV "Wi; ob, = 
: A : —~ TNS Hie 
4. Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray. Vip a. F 
Box-Huckleberry. (Fig. 2782.) y ; “eas 
Vaccinium brachycerum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 234. 1803. SSS\\WP7z, (Fame (ie js 19 3 
Vaccinium buxtfolium Salisb. Parad. Lond. pl. 4. 1806. ¥ FS Pa) A 
Gaylussacia brachycera A. Gray, Man. 259. 1848. LL za Z ANF oo 
A low branching shrub, 6/—-15/ high, from a horizontal SN ee = 
or ascending base, the branches erect, angular, the twigs SN | LQ 2 
glabrous or very nearly so. Leaves thick, very coriace- cA if 3 
ous, glabrous, not resinous, persistent, evergreen, oval or WE 
oblong, obtuse or acutish, 34/-1’ long, serrate with low \ Sy hi 
teeth, the margins somewhat revolute; petioles 1/’ long or WN \ 
jess; flowers few, white or pink in short racemes; bracts GSwumy 
and bractlets scale-like, caducous; pedicels very short; 
corolla cylindric-ovoid, about 2/’ long; filaments ciliate; 
fruit (according to A. Wood) light blue. 
In dry woods, Delaware and Pennsylvania to Virginia. May. 
2. VACCINIUM L.. Sp. Pl. 349. 1753- 
Branching shrubs (some species small trees) with alternate often coriaceous leaves, and 
small white pink or red flowers, in terminal or lateral racemes or clusters, or rarely solitary 
in the axils. Calyx-tube globose, hemispheric or turbinate, not angled, adnate to the ovary, 
the limb 4-5-toothed or 4-5-lobed, persistent. Corolla urn-shaped, campanulate or cylindric, 
rarely subglobose, its limb 4~5-toothed or 4-5-lobed. Stamens twice as many as the lobes 
of the corolla, distinct, the filaments short or elongated; anthers awned or awnless, upwardly 
prolonged into tubes, opening by terminal pores or chinks. Ovary 4-5-celled, or 8-10- 
celled by false partitions; ovules several or numerous in each cavity; style straight; stigma 
small. Fruit a many-seeded berry. [Latin, blueberry.] 
About 125 species of wide geographic distribution. Besides the following some 11 others occur 
in southern and western North America. 
% Corolla ovoid, globose, urn-shaped or cylindric, 4-5-toothed. 
Flowers solitary,”or 2-4 together, on drooping pedicels; low shrubs. 
Most or all the flowers 4-parted and stamens 8. 1. V. uliginosum. 
Flowers all or nearly all 5-parted, and stamens Io, 
Shrub 3'-6’ high; leaves obovate or cuneate. 2. V. caespilosum. 
Shrubs 1°-12° high; leaves oval or oblong; northern species. 
Leaves serrulate, green both sides; berry purple-black. 3. V. membranaceum. 
Leaves entire or nearly so, pale beneath; berry blue with bloom. 4. V. ovalifolium. 
Flowers fascicled or racemose, short-pedicelled; leaves deciduous. 
Corolla cylindric or nearly so, 2-3 times as long as thick. 
Flowers appearing before the leaves; berry black. 5. V. virgaltum. 
Flowers appearing with the leaves; berry blue with a bloom. 6. V. corymbosum, 
Corolla urn-shaped, oblong or oblong-cylindric, 1-2 times as long as thick. 
Leaves not glaucous; glabrous or pubescent beneath. 
Leaves mostly entire, pubescent beneath. 
Shrub 3°-15° high; leaves oval, large; fruit black. 7. V. atrococcum., 
