100 VACCINIACEAE. 



Leaf-blades oval, ovate, or broadly elliptic, rounded or 



cordate at the base : berries not glaucous : tall plant. 3. V. Elliottii. 

 Flowers appearing before the leaves. 4. V. virgatum. 



Leaf-blades entire. 



Leaf-blades pubescent. 



Corolla rose-red : berries not glaucous. 5. V. formosum. 



Corolla white : berries glaucous. 6. V. fuscatum. 



Leaf-blades glabrous, glaucous beneath. 7. V. australe. 



1. V. Myrsinites Lam. Shrub 2-6 dm. tall, light-green or glaucous: leaf- 

 blades ovate to oblanceolate, oblong, or elliptic, 6-20 mm. long, bristly-toothed : 

 sepals acute or obtuse: corolla 4-7 mm. long: berries 5-8 mm. long, blue or 

 black. 



Pinelands, nearly throughout Fla., except the F. Keys. (Cont.) 



2. V. teneHum Ait. Shrub 2-4 dm. tall, the twigs minutely pubescent: leaf- 

 blades elliptic to elliptic- spatulate, 1-2 cm. long, serrulate, green or glaucous: 

 corolla white or nearly so, oblong-cylindric, 5-6 mm. long: berries about 6 mm. 

 in diameter, black beneath the bloom. 



Pinelands and swamp-margins, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) 



3. V. Elliottii Chapm. Shrub 1-2.5 m. tall, the twigs finely pubescent: leaf- 

 blades ovate, oval, or broadly elliptic, 1-2.5 cm. long, ciliate-serrulate, pubes- 

 cent beneath : corolla reddish, conic, 5-6 mm. long : berries 7-8 mm. in diameter, 

 black. 



Swamps, stream-banks, and low thickets, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Gont.) 



4. V. virgatum Ait. Shrub 1-3.5 m. tall, the twigs puberulent: leaf -blades 

 oblong-elliptic or oval-oblong, 2.5-6 cm. long, serrulate, pale or glaueescent 

 beneath: corolla white or pinkish, cylimlraceous, 6-8 mm. long: berries 5-7 

 mm. in diameter, black and sometimes slightly glaucous. 



Low pinelands and swamps, n. Fla. and the adj. pen. (Cont.) 



5. V. formosum Andr. Shrub 3-22 dm. tall, the twigs mostly fine-pubescent: 

 leaf -blades ovate, elliptic, or oblong, 2.5-6 cm. long, entire, pubescent beneath: 

 corolla rose-red, cylindric-conic, 7-8 mm. long: berries 5-6 mm. long, not 

 glaucous. 



Low pinelands and borders of swamps, n. Fla. (Ga.) 



6. V. fuscatum Ait. Shrub 1-2 m. tall, the twigs finely and often copiously 

 pubescent: leaf -blades oblong to elliptic, 2-4.5 cm. long, entire, pubescent 

 beneath: corolla white, nearly cylindric, 6-7 mm. long: berries 6-7 mm. in 

 diameter, sometimes glaucous. 



Stream-banks and swamps, n. Fla. (Cont.) 



7. "V. australe Small. Shrub 0.3-5 m. tall, the twigs glabrous: leaf -blades 

 elliptic or oval, or elliptic-ovate to oblong-elliptic, mainly 4-8 cm. long, entire, 

 deep-green above, glabrous : corolla white or whitish, nearly cylindric, 8-10 mm. 

 long: berries 7-9 mm. in diameter, glaucous. 



Rich woods near streams, swamps, or lakes, e. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) 



Order PRIMULALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves alternate or opposite, some- 

 times all basal. Flowers perfect or polygamo-dioecious, variously dis- 

 posed. Calyx of 2-several partially united sepals. Corolla of 2-several 

 distinct or partially united petals. Androecium of as many stamens as 

 there are sepals or petals, and sometimes accompanied by staminodia. 

 Gynoecium of 4-6 united carpels, or rarely more. Fruit capsular or 

 drupaceous, or rarely an achene or a utricle. 



