ERICACEAE. (HEATH FAMILY.) L'Sl 



4. G. ursina, Gray. Leaves large (2'- 3' long), thin, lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute, entire ; the veins, like the branches, rusty-tomeutose ; racemes remotely 

 fe \\-iln\vered ; bracts minute ; corolla bell-shaped; berry black. Mountains 

 of North Carolina. Shrub 2-3 high. 



5. G. brachycera, Gray. Glabrous; stems 6'- 12' high; leaves thick, 

 obovate, eremite, persistent ; racemes short, closely few-flowered ; corolla bell- 

 shaped, white or reddish ; filaments ciliate. Mountains of East Tennessee. 



2. VACCINIUM, L. HUCKLEBERRY, BLUEBERRY. 



Corolla cylindrical, urceolate, or campaiiulate, 4-5-toothed or parted. Sta- 

 mens 8 -10: anthers awnless, or 2-awned on the back; the cells prolonged 

 into a tube, and opening at the apex. Berry 4 - 5-celled, or by false parti- 

 tions 8-10-celled. many-seeded. Shrubs. Flowers nodding, solitary, clus- 

 tered, or racemed, white or reddish. Pedicels 2-bracted. 



1. OXYCOCCUS. Ovary 4-celled : corolla 4-]>arted, the narrow divisions re- 

 curred : stamens 8: anthers atcn/i-ss : pedicels axillary, solitary. 



1. V. macrocarpon, Ait. Stems slender, creeping; leaves evergreen, 

 small (^ long), oblong, obtuse, pale or whitish beneath ; pedicels longer than 

 the leaves ; corolla rose color; berry large, red. Cold mossy swamps, North 

 Carolina, and northward. July. Stems l-2 long. Berry very sour, \' in 

 diameter. 



2. V. erythrocai'pon, Michx. Stem erect (2- 4 high) ; leaves decid- 

 uous, oblong-ovate, acuminate, serrulate, hairy beneath ; pedicels shorter than 

 the leaves; flowers pale rose-col, ir ; berry small red. High mountains of 

 North Carolina. July. Branches flexuous. Berry insipid. 



2. Yixis-]i)vEA. Ovary 4~5-celled: corolla cylindrical or qtobose-campanu- 



late,4 toothed: stamens 10: anthers awnless: flowers in short bracted 



racemes leaves persistent. 



3. V. crassifolium, Andr. Smooth; stems (l-2) filiform, procum- 

 bent ; leaves small (3"- 7"), short-petioled, oval or oblong, thick and shining, 

 the revolute margins entire or slightly serrulate; rncemes short, cluster like, 

 few flowered; corolla small, glubose-campanulate, 5-toothed; berry black. 

 (V '. myrtifolium, Michx.) Sandy pine barren swamps, Georgia- to North 

 Carolina. April. Corolla white or rose-color. 



3. BATODENDHOV. Oi'an/ more or less 10-celled by false partitions : corolla 

 ln-//-shii/>ed, deleft: stamens 10, Iniiri/ : anthers 2-awned on the back: flmn-rs 

 in lea f i/ racemes, seeminal >j axillary. 



4. V. stamineum, L. Tomentose ; leaves deciduous, ovate or oblong, 

 obtuse or slightly cordate at the base ; often whitish beneath ; anthers ex- 

 serted ; berry greenish, globose or pear-shaped. Dry woods. May - June. 

 Shrub 3 -10 high. Branches spreading. Corolla short, drying 

 purplish. 



5. V. arboreum, Michx. Arborescent, smoothish ; leaves deciduous, 

 oval or obovate, shining above ; the veins beneath more or less pubescent ; 



