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5. V. corymbosum Linn. : flower bearing branches almost leafless ; 

 leaves oblong-oval, acute at each extremity, nearly entire ; the young 

 ones pubescent ; racemes short, sessile, bracteate ; corol cylindrical- 

 ovate and Vifuscatum Ait. and V. anucnum Pursh. V. disomorphum. 

 Mich. 



HAB. Swamps and wet woods. Can. to Virg. June. ^>. 

 Siirtib 4 8 feet high, with a few straggling branches. Flowers 

 purplish- white, in racemes which are crowded near the summit 

 of the naked branches. Berries large, black, subacid. 



High Jfliortle-berry. 



6. f.pennsylvanicum^Lam.: branches angular, (green;) leaves ses- 

 sile, ovate-lanceolate, mucronate, serrulate, shining on both surfaces ; 

 fascicles of flowers, subterminal ; corol ovate. V. virgatum Ait.? V. 

 tenellum Pursh. 



HAB. Drv hills. N. Y. to Geor. May, June. . Shrub 

 12 18 inches high, much branched. Floicers pale red, 68 in 

 a, fascicle. Calyx green. 'Berries large, blue and somewhat 

 glaucous. Low Blue-berry. 



7. V. tenellum Ait : racemes bracteate, sessile ; oorol ovate cylindri- 

 cal ; leaves oblong-elliptic, subcuniform, serrulate, nearly smooth. 



HAB. N. J. andPenn. April. T?.Muhl. 



8. V. ligustrinum Mich. : branches angular and erect ; leaves subses- 

 sile, erect, lanceolate, mucronate, serrulate ; fascicles gemmaceous, 

 sessile ; flowers nearly sessile ; corol oblorrg- ovate. 



HAB. Dry woods. Penn. and Virg. May, June. f> .A small 

 shrub with straight and slender branches. Flowers purplish-red. 

 Berries black. It is said to vary very much in the shape and 

 size of its leaves. 



b. Flmcers solitary. ^ 



9. V. vliginosum Linn. : procumbent ; branches rigid ; leaves obo- 

 vate, very obtuse, entire, smooth above, veined and glaucous beneath ; 

 flowers subsolitary, octandrous ; corol short, ovate, 4-cleft j anthers 

 awned at the base. V. uliginosum var. alpinum Big. 



HAB. White Hills, N. H. N. to Arc. Amer. April, May. J? . 

 A low procumbent shrub. Flowers single or in pairs, nearly 

 sessile. Berries oblong, deep blue, crowned with the style. 



** Leaves evergreen. 



10. V. T)itis idea Linn. : stem creeping ; branches erect ; leaves obo- 

 vate, evergreen, dotted beneath, subentire and revolute at the margin ; 

 flowers in terminal drooping racemes ; corol oblong, campanulate. 



HAB. High mountains. N. S. N. to Arc. Amer. May, June. 

 T>. A low shrub, with a creeping stem and angular branches. 

 Leaves small, coriaceous. Flowers few, in a raceme, pale red. 

 Oorol mostly 4-cleft, with 4 stamens. Berries red, acid. 



Cow-berry. 



