368 LXXVIII ERICACE. VACCINIUM. 
Conspectus of the Genera. 
Cor. urceolate. Erect undershrubs, . Vaccinium. 
segments reflexed. Oxycoccus. 
( Berry the matured, fleshy calyx. Seeds 00. . Gaultheria. 
| Drupe the matured ovary, 5-seeded. . Arctostaphylus.4 
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2 
Ovary adherent to the calyx ie Cor. deeply 4-cleft, ? segments spreading. Chiogenes. : 
opening betw. cells(septicidal, § 115, 1,2). Menziesia. 
Corolla } ; > Sta. 10, Andromeda. 5 
‘ ovoid. \ Capsule ( op’ng into the cells (loculicidal). 2 Sta. 8. Erica. 16 
pene free. Prostrate undershrub. sce ag 9 
Corolla salver-form, ? holding the anthers in 10 pits. . 5 almia. 10 
Petals ; Anth. opening by clefts. . <Azalea. ll 
united. \ Corolla funnel or bell-form. ? Anth. opening by pores. . Rhododendron.13 
Shrubs Lvs.deciduous, serrate. Clethra. 8 
verdant, 3 Copa d celled. Lvs. evergreen, entire. Leiophyllum. 14 
erector | Ovary MA ee Capsule 5-celled. . ele CER, 15 
prostrate. (free. \Petalssubdistinct,?very irregular. . : 4 -. & ssiawes eae 12 
Flowers racemed. . : . . Pyrola. 17 
; E Flowers solitary. loneses. 18 
verdant, leaves mostly all radical. ( Flowers corymbed. 3 4 : . Chimaphila. 19 
or power solitary. - + Monotropa. 20 
p ; Petals distinct. ?Flowers racemed. . . Hypopitys. 21 
Herbs .. (destitute of leaves or verdure. ? Petals united. Flowersracemed. . . Plerospora. 2% 
SusporperR l. VACCINE EE. 
Ovary adherent to the tube of the calyx, becoming a berry or drupe- 
like fruit. Shrubs with scattered leaves. 
1 VACCINIUM. 
Calyx superior, 5-toothed ; corolla urceolate, campanulate or cyl- 
indric, limb 4—5-cleft, reflexed ; stamens twice as many as the lobes 
of the corolla, generally included ; anthers with 2 awns on the back, 
or awnless; style erect, longer than the stamens ; berry invested with 
the calyx, 4 or 5 (rarely 10)-celled, cells many-seeded.—Shrubs or 
undershrubs with scattered lvs. F'ls. solitary or racemose, white or red- 
dish. Fr. generally eatable. 
§ Flowers racemose. Corolla urceolate, ovoid or oblong-cylindrie. 
1. V. REsINGsuM. Ait. Black Whortleberry or Huckleberry. 
Branches cinerous-brown, villose when young; Jvs. oblong-ovate or ob- 
-ong-lanceolate, rather obtuse, entire, petiolate, with resinous dots beneath ; rac. 
lateral, secund ; pedicels short, subbracteolate; cor. ovoid-conic, at length sub- 
campanulate, 5-angled; derries black.—This common shrub of our woods and 
pastures is about 2f high, very branching. Leaves 1—2’ long, $ as wide, rare- 
ly acute, shining beneath with resinous patches and spots. Petioles 1” in 
length. Flowers in lateral, dense, corymbose clusters, small, drooping. Corol- 
las contracted at the mouth, greenish or yellowish-purple, longer than the sta- 
mens but shorter than thestyle. Berries black, globose, sweet and eatable, ripe 
in August. May. 
8. Lvs. and berries covered with a glaucous bloom. 
y: Lvs. larger; pedicels longer than the corolla. 
2. V. corymBosum. (V. fuscatum. Ait.) Blue Bilberry. High Whortle- 
berry.—Flowering branches nearly leafless ; vs. oblong-oval, acute at each 
end, mucronate, subentire, pubescent when young; rac. short, sessile; cor. 
ovoid-cylindrical.—A tall shrub, 4—8f high, growing in shady swamps and or. 
mud ponds. Branches few, the young ones green or purplish. Leaves smoot 
on both sides except a slight pubescence on the veins beneath, tipped with a 
oe al point, formed by the prolonged midvein. Flowers numerous, nod- 
ing, generally appearing in advance of the leaves. Pedicels shorter than the 
corollas, with colored scales or bracts at base. Corolla large forthe genus, pur- 
plish-white, slightly contracted at the mouth. Stamens included. Style often 
exserted. Berries large, black, often with a tinge of purple, subacid. Jn. 
8.% (V. dismorphum. Michz.) Fus. and fr. much smaller; cal, very obtuse ; 
sty. exserted ; berries black.—Grows with the other; frequent! oF 
