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G. frond6sa, Torr. & Gray. Blue Tangle or Dangleberrt. 

 Branches diverging, slender ; leaves pale, white beneath ; racemes and 

 pedicels slender ; corolla short ; svFeet blue-black fruit with a bloom. N. 

 Eng., S. 



G. resinbsa, Torr. & Gray. Common or Black H. 1°-3° high, 

 clammy-resinous when young, with rigid branches, oval leaves, short one- 

 sided racemes in clusters, rather cylindrical corolla, and black fruit with- 

 out a bloom. Woods. 



2. VACCINIUM, BLUEBERRY, CRANBERRY, &c. (Ancient Latin 

 name, of obscure meaning.) (Lessons, Fig. 274.) 



* Farkleberry and Deerberry ; erect shrubs rcith single axillary or 

 racemed flowers on slender pedicels, in early summer, open bell-shaped 

 corolla, 10 stamens, anther's icith very slender tubes, and 2 awns on the 

 back, and insipid berries ripening late, each of their 5 cells divided in 2, 

 and maturing few seeds. 



V. arb6reuin. Marsh. Farkleberry. Open woods from Va. and S. 

 111. S. ; 8°-15° high, evergreen far S., with oval, glossy leaves, anthers 

 included in the 5-toothed, white corolla, and black mealy berries. 



V. stamfneum, Linn. Deerberry or Squaw Huckleberry. 2°-3° 

 high, rather downy, with dull and pale ovate or oval leaves, anthers much 

 longer than the greenish or whitish 5-cleft corolla, and large greenish 

 berries. Me., W. and S. 



* * Evergreen Blueberries of the South, in low pine barrens, pro- 



cumbent or only l°-2° high, with b-toothed corolla and 10 stamens. 



V. Myrsinites, Lam. Stems 6'-25' high ; leaves lanceolate or lance- 

 obovate i'-l' long and mostly pale beneath ; berries black or blue. 



V. craBsif61ium, Andr. Stems procumbent, slender ; thick and shin- 

 ing oval or oblong leaves \' or less in length, their margins revolute ; 

 globular-bell-shaped corolla ; berries black. 



* * * Blueberries, beyond New England commonly called Huckle- 

 berries, with leaves deciduous at least in the Northern States; floiiiers 

 in spring in clusters from scaly buds separate from and rather earlier 

 than the leaves ; corolla oblong or short cylindrical, o-toothed, inclosing 

 the 10 anthers ; berries ripe in summer, sweet,blue or black icith a bloom, 

 each of the 5 many-seeded cells divided into two. 



V. virg^tum, Ait. Low, pubescent ; leaves ovate or cuneate-oblong, 

 acute and minutely seiTulate ; flower clusters on naked branches ; corolla 

 rose-color; berry black. S. Car., S. 



Var. tendllum, Gray. Low grounds from Va. S. ; small-leaved, with 

 smaller nearly white flowers in shorter clusters. 



V. Pennsylvdnicum, Lam. Dwarf Early Blueberry. Dry or 

 barely moist grounds N. ; 6'-15' high, with green, angular branches, 

 mostly lance-oblong leaves, bristly-serrulate and smooth and shining both 

 sides, the sweet berries earliest to ripen. 



v. Canad^nse, Kalm. Taller, l°-2° high, the broader entire leaves 

 and branchlets downy. N. 



V. vacillana, Solander. Low Pale B. Dry woodlands, N., and S. 

 to N. C; l°-3° high, with yellowish branches, smooth and pale or glau- 

 cous leaves obovate or oval and entire, and berries ripening later than V. 

 Pennsylvanicum. Fruit inucli prized. 



V. corymbdsum, Linn. Common Swamp B. 3°-10° high, with oval 

 or obiong leaves, eitlior smooth or downy, pale or green, and sweetish 

 berries ripening in late siiiamer ; in one downy-leaved variety, pure black 

 without a bloom. Swamps. Much gathered for market. Very variable. 



