VACCINIUM— VALERIANELLA. 



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sessilifo'lia, (y. M. 2^.) stem smooth, 

 leaves sessile, oval-lanceolate, glancous be- 

 neath ; pt^tals flat, smooth withm ; capsuies 



^^Zlandiilo''ra, leaves perfoliate, oblong, 

 acute, perianth smooth within; anthers 

 without awns; nectaries nearly round; 

 pistil shorter than the stamens; whole plant 

 larger than the preceding species. 



miher"nla, leaves colored alike on both 

 Bides, oval, rounded at the base, somewhat 

 amplexicaul ; capsule sessile, ovate. 8-12 

 i. S. 



VACCIN"IUM. 10—1. (Ericea.) [A corrup- 

 tion of iacctmum, a berry.] 

 resino'sum, (whortleberry, a. p. M. I?.) 

 leaves slender, petioled, oblong-oval, most- 

 ly obtuse, entire, bedewed with resinous 

 specks beneath ; racemes lateral, 1-sided ; 

 pedicels short, somewhat bracted ; corol a 

 ovate-conic, 5-cornered ; berries black. 

 One variety has a yellowish green, and 

 another has a reddish yellow corolla. 1-4 f. 

 corymbo'svm, (high whortleberry, w. M. 

 T) ) flower-bearing branches almost leaf- 

 less ; leaves oblong-oval, acute at each end ; 

 the young leaves pubescent ; racemes short, 

 3essile. bracted; corolla cylindrical-ovate. 

 Swamps and wet woods; 4 to 8 feet high. 

 Berries large, black, sub-acid. 



frondo'sum, whortleberry ; leaves ovate- 

 eblong, sprinkled with resinous dots, glau- 

 cous beneath ; racemes lateral, loose, brac- 

 ted- pedicels long, filiform; corolla ovate, 

 campanulate ; berries large, bluish, sweet, 

 ripening later than the other species. 



penmylva'nica, low blue-berry ; branch- 

 es green, angular: leaves sessile, shining ; 

 shrub 12-18 i. high, much branched ; flow- 

 ers pale red, 6 to 8 in a fascicle ; berries 

 large, blue, somewhat glaucous. Dry hills. 

 N. Y. to Geo. , .1 . X 



stamin"enm, (J. ^. squaw whortlebeny.) 

 very branching ; leaves glaucous beneath ; 

 corolla campanulate, spreading; anthers 

 exserted. 2-3 f. Berries large, greenish 

 white. Dry woods. Car. to Flor. 



vitis"idea, (bilberry, w-r. M. Tp.) ever- 

 green ; low, leaves punctate beneath, obo- 

 vatc, emarginate, revolute, sub-serrulate; 

 racemes terminal, nodding. 



durno'Rum, (bush-whortleberry, w. M. >?.) 

 branchlets, leaves and racemes sprinkled 

 with resinous dots; leaves obovate, cuneate 

 at base, mucronate, entire ; racemes brac- 

 ted ; pedicels short, axillary, sub solitary ; 

 corolla campanulate; segments rounded; 

 anthers included. Var. hirtel'lum, racemes 

 and calyx pilose ; berries hispid. 12-18 i. 

 Pine woods. 



ligii.ftri'num, (p. r. J. '^ .) branches angu- 

 lar; leaves sub-sessile, erect, lanceolate, 

 mucronate, serrulate ; fascicles gemmace- 

 ous, sessile ; flowers nearly sessile ; corolla 

 urceolate. Dry woods. 



vligino'unm, (b. r-w. Ap. Tp.) leaves obo- 

 vate, obtuse, entire, smooth above, veined 

 and glaucous beneath ; flowers sub-solitary, 

 octandrous ; corolla short ovate, 4 cleft. 

 Var. alpi'num, (winter-green whortlebeny,) 

 'cuves entire, obovate ; flowers sub-solita- 



ry ; berries oblong, crowned with the style. 

 1-2 f. High mountains. 



tencVlnm, (dwarf whortleberry, r-w. M. 

 Tp.) racemes bracted.. sessile ; corolla ovate 

 cylindric; leaves oblong-elliptic, sub-cu- 

 neiform, serrulate, nearly smooth. White 

 bills. 



obtu'sitm, (^.) evergreen, creeping; 

 leaves elliptic, round-obtuse at each end 

 mucronate, entire, glabrous, coriaceous 

 small ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flow 

 ered. 



ova'tvvi, (M. ^.) evergreen; leaves ovate, 

 acute, revolute, serrate, smooth, coriaceous, 

 petioled; racemes axillary and terminal, 

 bracted, short; corofla cylindric; calyx 

 acute. 



ni'tidum, (r. M. Tp.) erect; branches dis- 

 tichous; leaves nitid, oval obovate, acute 

 at each end, glabrous, seirate ; racemes 

 terminal, corymbed, bracted, nodding; co- 

 rolla cylindric , leaves perennial. iS'. 



viyrtifo'Uum, (^.) creeping, very glab- 

 rous ; leaves petioled, oval, lucid, revolute, 

 denticulate; clusters axillary, nearly ses- 

 sile ; corolla campanulate with 5 short 

 teeth; anthers unawned at the back. Ber- 

 ries small, pedicelled, black ■ leaves peren- 

 nial. S. 



arbo'reiim, (farkleberry, w. M. ^.) leaves 

 broad-lanceolate, oval, sernilate, mucro- 

 nate, shining above; pube.'^cent beneath; 

 racemes leafy ; corolla campanulate ; an- 

 thers awned. 



crass if o'lkim, (r. J. ^^.) diflfuse; branches 

 ascending ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute 

 at each end, serrate, rigid, glabrous ; ra- 

 cemes terminal, corymbed, bracted, few- 

 flowered ; flowers nodding; calyx appresa 

 ed ; corolla campanulate, deeply 5-parted 

 Leaves evergreen. 



myrsini'tis, (p. m. Tp .) erect, branching 

 leaves smaU, sessile, ovate, mucronate, sei 

 rulate, lucid above, glandular puncture- 

 beneath; racemes short, bracted, axillary, 

 and terminal; corolla urceolate. Berries 

 black ; leaves perennial. Var. lanceola'tiim, 

 leaves lanceolate, acute at each end. ^Var. 

 oi^i/sMWi, leaves roundish, obovate. S. 



gaMzans, (r-w. M. 1? .) leaves sessile, cu- 

 neate-lanceolate, serrulate, pubescent ; fas- 

 cicles sessile ; corolla urceolate ; stamens 

 included, awnless ; style exserted. S. 



VALERIA'NA. 3—1. (Dipsacea.) [From Vale 

 Has, who first described it.] 

 dio'ica, (r. J. U) glabrous, radical leaves 

 sub-spatulate, ovate, entire, very long, pet- 

 ioled; cauline ones few, pinnatifid; divis- 

 ions lanceolate, entire. 



pku, cauline leaves pinnate, radical ones 

 undivided ; *tem smooth. The Valerian of 

 medicine. Ex. 



VALEKIANEL"LA. 3—1. {jyipsarca:.) [A di 

 minutive of Valeriana; from which thisge 

 nus was separated.] 



rhombicar'pn, (b-w. J. ©•) stem dichoto 

 mous above, ciliate-angled ; radical leaves 

 obovate ; cauline ones spatulate oblong 

 ciliate ; upper leaves toothed at the base 

 invohtcrum ciliate, scarious at the apex 



