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bryo straight, in the axis of a fleshy albumen ; cotyledons 

 very short ; radicle long, inferior. 



Shrubs, with alternate coriaceous leaves. 



1. VACCINIUM. Linn. 



Calyx - adherent, 4 5-toothed. Corol urceolate or cam- 

 panulate, 4 5-cleft. Stamens 8 10. Filaments inserted 

 on the germ. Berry globose, 4 5-celled, many-seeded. 



Decandria. Monogynia. 



* Leases deciduous. 

 t Corol campanulate. 



1. V. stamineum Linn. : much branched ; the younger branches 

 pubescent ; leaves oval, acute, very entire, glaucous beneath ; pedi- 

 cels solitary, axillary, filiform, nodding ; corol campanulate, spread- 

 ing ; segments oblong, acute ; anthers exserted, awned, somewhat 

 pyriform. V. stamineum and V. album, Pursh. 



HAB. Dry woods. Can. to Flor. May, June. T?. Shrub 2 3 

 feet high. Flowers white, on the lateral branches of the stem, 

 which appear like leafy racemes. Berries large, greenish-white. 



Deer-berry, 



2. V. dumosum Curt. : younger branches, leaves and racemes sprink- 

 led with resinous dots ; leaves obovate, wedgeform at the base, mucro- 

 nate, entire, (or finely serrulate,) green on both sides ; racemes bracte^ 

 ate; pedicels short, axillary, subsolitary ;" corol campanulate; seg- 

 ments rounded ; anthers included, -r-V. frondosum, Mich. 



HAB. Pine woods. N. J. to Flor. June. *?. Shrub 12 18 

 inches high. Flowers large, white, nodding, in leafy racemes. 

 Berries large, globular, black and shining. 



3. V.frondosum Linn. : leaves obovate- oblong, obtuse, very entire, 

 sprinkled with resinous dots, glaucous beneath ; racemes lateral, few- 

 flowered) loose, bracteate ; pedicels long, filiform ; corol ovate-cam- 

 panulate ; anthers included. V. glaucum Mich, 



HAB. Sandy woods. Can. to Car. June. 1? . Shrub 3 5 feet 

 high. Raceme lateral, few-flowered. Flowers small, white. 

 Berries large, bluish, "sweet, ripening later than the other species. 



Whortle -berry. Blue-tangles. 



tt Corol urceolate. 

 a. Flowers racemose or fasciculate. 



4. V. resinosum Ait. : leaves petiolate, oblong-oval, mostly obtuse, 

 very entire, sprinkled with resinous dots beneath ; racemes lateral, se- 

 cund, bracteate ; corol ovate, conic, pentangular, contracted at the 

 mouth. 



HAB. Woods and hills. Can. to Car. May, June. *>. Shrub 

 24 feet high. Flowers reddish-green, in short lateral racemes 

 or fascicles. Berries globular, black, sweet. Black Whortle-berry. 



