282 ERICACEAE. (HEATH FAMILY.) 



corolhi large, angled, white ; anthers included ; berry globose, black. ( )pen 

 woods. May. Stem 8 -15 high. Mowers very numerous. Berry mealy, 

 ripening in the winter. 



4. CVANOCOCCUS. Ovary more or less IQ-cellcd by false partitions : corolla 

 cylindrical, urceolate or obovate : stamens 10, hairy : anthers awnless : flowers 

 in short smulL-bracted racemes or clusters. 



* Leaves evergreen, small. 



6. V. nitidum, Amir. Smooth and shining throughout; stem much 

 branched ; leaves obovate or oblong-obovate, acute, glandular-serrulate, punc- 

 tate beneath ; calyx teeth obtuse, and, like the pedicels and broadly oval bracts, 

 reddish ; corolla ovoid or obovate, white ; berry somewhat pear-shaped, black. 

 Low pine barrens, Georgia and Florida. March- April. Stem 1- 2 high. 

 Leaves i' long. 



7. V. myrsinites, Mic.hx. Stem much branched, pubescent ; leaves 

 lanceolate, oblong, or obovate, bristly-serrulate, shining above, sometimes 

 glaucous; calyx teeth acute, reddish, like the pedicels and oblong bracts: 

 corolla cylindrical or obovate, white; berry globose, blue. Sandy pine bar- 

 rens. March -April. Shrub 6' -18' high. Leaves i'-l' long. 



* * Leaves deciduous. 



8. V. tenellum, Ait. Stem much branched ; the spreading branches 

 pubescent ; leaves oblong-obovate or oblanceolate, mucronate, acute at the 

 base, slightly serrulate near the apex, pubescent when young ; corolla oblong, 

 white ; berry globose, black or with a blue bloom. Margins of pine barren 

 swamps. April, Shrub 1- 3 high. Leaves '- 1' loiig. 



9. V. Elliottii, Ohapm. Stem tall, slender, with spreading branches; 

 leaves distichous, ovate-lanceolate, very acute, bristly serrulate from the ob- 

 tuse or rounded base, pubesceiA on the veins; clusters sessile, 2-4-flowered; 

 corolla reddish, cylindrical, short-pedicelled ; calyx teeth triangular; berry 

 mostlv solitary, small, globose, black. (V. myrtilloides, Ell., not of Mlchx.) 



Hirer swamps, Florida to South Carolina. March. Shrub 4 -8 high; 

 the branches smooth and mostly flexuous. Leaves i' - f ' long. 



10. V. COrymbosum, L. Stem tall (4-10); leaves (l'-2' long) 

 varying from ovate lanceolate to broadly oval, entire or nearly so, pubescent 

 when young, becoming smoothish especially above; racemes or clusters 

 numerous, mostly on leafless branches ; corolla cylindrical or oblong ; berry 

 globose, black or blue. Margins of ponds and swamps. Feb.- April. 



Var. pallidum, Gray. Stem low (l-3) ; leaves oval, pale, glaucous, 

 glandular-mucronate, entire or obscurely serrulate, ciliate ; racemes very short, 

 sessile ; corolla short-cylindrical ; berry blue. Mountains of North Carolina 

 and Georgia. July. Leaves H' - 2' long. Racemes 5 - 10-flowered. 



Var. fuscatum, Gray. Taller (4 -8 high) ; leaves acute at both ends, 

 entire, pubescent beneath ; racemes chiefly on naked branches ; berries black. 



Wet pine barrens. March. 



11. V. formosum, Andr. Stem smooth ; leaves thickish (partly peren- 

 nial), ovate or oblong, entire, smooth, or pubescent beneath ; racemes axillary; 



