I)ECA NDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



MONOGYNIA. 



Specie*. 193. ARBUTUS. Bear-berry. 



A. uvaursi: stem procumbent; leaves cuneate-obovate, very entire, 

 coriaceous ; margin convex ; flowers fasciculate ; berries 5-seeded. 



HAB. Sandy woods and mountains. Apr. May, Tj ; evergreen; 

 Jlowers rose-color ; berry red. 



194. GAULTHERIA. Winter-green. 



G. procumbens : stem procumbent, with the flowering branches erect ; 



leases obovate, cuneate at the base, ciliate-denticulate ; flowers few, 



terminal, nodding. 

 HAB. Wet or dry woods. July Aug. l~i > foot creeping ; leav. 



sempervir. ; flower white. 



195. VACCINIUM. Whortleberry. 



* Leaves deciduous. 

 t Corolla campanulate. 



V. stamineum: leaves oval, acute, very entire, glaucous beneath; 

 pedicels solitary, axillary, filiform ; corolla spreading-campanulatc ; 

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

 pyriform. 



HAB. Dry woods and hills. May June. Shrub 3 4 feet high, 

 flower white ; berry large, white. 



b. album : leaves subpubescent beneath ; berries globose. 



HAB. Pine barrens. 



V. dumosum : younger branches, leaves, and racemes sprinkled with 

 resinous atoms; leaves obovate, cuneate at the base, mucronate, 

 very entire, green on both sides ; racemes bracteate ; pedicels short, 

 axillary, subsolitary; corolla campanulate, segments rounded; an- 

 thers included. 



HAB. Pine barrens and swamps. June. Shrub 12 18 inches high,*. 

 fl. wh. ; ber. large, depress, black. 



V. frondosum : leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, very entire, and sprin- 

 kled with resinous atoms beneath ; glaucous ; racemes loose, bracte- 

 ate ; pedicels long, filiform ; corolla ovate-campanulate ; anthers in- 

 cluded. 



HAB. Sandy woods and swamps. July. Shrub 3 5 feet highf 

 ber. large, blue, pleasant. 



1 1 Corolla urceolate. 

 a. Flowers racemose, or fasciculate. 

 V. resinosum: leaves petiolate, oblong-oval, mostly obtuse, very en- 



