294 ERICACEAE. 
GAYLUSSACIA. Huckleberry. 
(Family Ericaceae). 
Shrubs: deciduous, or evergreen 
occasionally or in the South. 
Twigs slender, roundish: pith 
small, 3-sided or rounded, continu- 
ous. Buds solitary, sessile, ovoid, 
small, with 2 or some 4 or 5 ex- 
posed scales, the end-bud lacking. 
Leaf-scars alternate, low, crescent- 
shaped or 3-sided: bundle-trace 1: 
stipule scars lacking. 
Winter-characters of Gaylus- 
sacia dumasa are pictured by 
Schneider, f. 126. 
The deciduous species of Gay- 
lussacia and Vaccinium are not 
readily placed in the proper 
genus in winter, even though they 
may be told apart with some as- 
surance. In this respect the 
genera resemble the group re- 
ferred to under Zenobia. Because 
of their inferior ovary, these two genera and Chiogenes are 
believed by some botanists to constitute a family Vacciniaceae, 
distinct from the Ericaceae. 
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Evergreen: leaves serrulate. (1). G. brachycera. 
Deciduous, or the leaves entire and glandular- 
dotted if present. 2. 
. Glabrous: shoots glaucous. (Dangleberry). (2).G. frondosa. 
Twigs more or less pubescent. 3. 
. Buds with 2 or 3 exposed scales. (Black h.). (3). G. baccata. 
Buds with 4 or 5 exposed scales. 4. 
. Twigs puberulent but not villous. (Dwarfh.). (4). G. dumosa. 
Twigs also with long glandular hairs. (5). G. hirtella. 
