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3. G. nana (A. Gray) Small. Shrub 1-6 dm. tall, with glaucous foliage: 

 leaf-blades elliptic, obovate, or nearly spatulate, 2-3 cm. long, rugose, often 

 very prominently so, and globular- resiniferous beneath: hypanthium and sepals 

 glabrous, glaucous: anthers about as long as the filaments: drupes 6-7 mm. 

 in diameter. 



Pinelands, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Con*.) 



4. G. tomentosa (Pursh) Chapm. Shrub 4-11 dm. tall, the foliage tomen- 

 tose: leaf -blades thick, oblong to elliptic, 2.5-7 cm. long, copiously tomentose 

 beneath: hypanthium and sepals globular-resiniferous: anthers about as long 

 as the filaments: drupes 8-9 mm. in diameter. 



Hammocks and moist thickets, n. Pla. and the upper pen. (Oa.) 



2. BATODENDRON Nutt. Shrubs or trees. Leaves somewhat -persistent : 

 blades firm, sometimes glandular-denticulate. Flowers in leafy-bracted racemes 

 or panicles. Sepals 5. Corolla campanulate or globular-campanulate. Stamens 

 included: anthers tubular at the top, appendaged. Berry globular, rather 

 astringent, many-seeded. 



1. B. arboreum (Marsh.) Nutt. Shrub or small tree: leaf -blades oval or 

 obovate, 2.5-5 cm. long, lustrous above: racemes usually proliferous: corolla 

 white or pinkish, 5.5-6 mm. long: berries 5-6 mm. in diameter, black. 

 SPABKLEBERRY. FARKLEBERRY. TREE-HUCKLEBERRY. GOOSEBERRY. 

 Sandy woods, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) Spr. 



3. POLYCODIUM Eaf. Shrubs. Leaves mainly deciduous: blades en- 

 tire. Flowers in racemes, sometimes leafy bracted. Sepals 5. Corolla open- 

 campanulate : lobes not contiguous in the bud. Stamens exserted: anthers 

 tubular at the top and appendaged. Berry globular or pyriform, often mawk- 

 ish, green or yellowish, few-seeded. Spr. BUCKBERRY. SQUAW-HUCKLEBERRY. 

 DEERBERRY. 



Racemes with bracts resembling the leaves : sepals eciliate or slightly ciliate at the 

 tips. 1. p. floridanum. 



Racemes with bracts conspicuously smaller than the leaves : 



sepals ciliate. 2. P. neglectum. 



1. P. floridanum (Nutt.) Greene. Shrub 2-12 dm. tall: leaf -blades ovate, 

 oval, or oval-ovate, 1.5-4 em. long, ciliolate, the broader ones subcordate at the 

 base: corolla 3.5-4 mm. long: anthers greatly exserted: berries about 10 mm. 

 in diameter. 



Pinelands and sand-hills, n. and pen. Fla. (Cont.) 



2. P. neglectum Small. Shrub 1-1.5 m. tall: leaf -blades elliptic to oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate, or occasionally cuneate, 3-10 cm. long, glabrous: corolla 

 about 5 mm. long: anthers slightly exceeding the corolla: berries 5-8 mm. 

 in diameter. 



Woods, m. Fla. (Cont.) 



4. VACCINIUM L. Shrubs or small trees. Leaves mostly deciduous: 

 blades entire or slightly toothed. Flowers in racemes or clusters. Sepals 5. 

 Corolla ovoid, cylindraceous, or campanulate-oblong. Stamens included : anthers 

 tubular at the apex, unappendaged. Berry globular, blue or black. Winter- 

 spr. BLUEBERRY. HUCKLEBERRY. 



Leaves persistent, evergreen ; blades leathery. 1. V. Myrsinites. 



Leaves deciduous ; blades membranous, sometimes firm. 

 Leaf-blades toothed. 



Flowers appearing after the leaves. 



Leaf-blades narrowly elliptic to elliptic-spatulate, nar- 

 rowed at the base : berries glaucous : low plant. 2. V. tenellum 



