Gaylttssacia. ERICACEAE. 449 



2. Gaylussacia frondosa, Torr. Sf Or. ined. Blue-tangle. Dangle-herry. 



Smooth ; leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, dull , the under surface glaucous, sprinkled 

 with resinous dots, and often pubescent ; racemes loose , the bracts small, lanceolate ; pedicels 

 slender; corolla globose-campanulate ; fruit (dark blue) glaucous. — Vaccinium frondosum, 

 Linn. sp. 1. p. 351 ; Andr. hot. repos. t. 140 ; Pursh, fl. \. p. 285 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 497 ; 

 Torr. fl. I. p. 415 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 152 ; Beck, hot. p. 223 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 256 ; 

 DC. prodr. 7. p. 566. V. venustum. Ait. Kew. (ed. 1.) 2. p. 11. V. glaucum, Michx. 

 fl. I. p. 231. V. decamerocarpum, Dunal in DC. I. c, excl. syn. Wang. Decamerium 

 frondosum, Nutt. I. c. p. 260. 



A shrub 3 — 5 feet high, with numerous slender spreading branches, and bark of a grayish 

 color. Leaves about 2 inches long, smooth above, prominently veined underneath. Racemes 

 lateral, few-flowered ; the rachis, pedicels and calyx dotted with resinous particles. Bracts 

 deciduous Pedicels 6-8 lines long. Calyx smooth. Corolla greenish wliite, often tinged 

 with purple. Stamens included : filaments much shorter than the anthers, smooth : anther- 

 cells terminating in subulate tubular processes, which are truncated very obliquely. Style 

 slender : stigma small, capitate. Fruit large, globose, sweet and well-flavored. 



Moist woods, often in sandy soils ; common in the southern part of the State and on Long 

 Island, but rare in the interior. Fl. May - June. Fr. July - August. 



3. Gaylussacia resinosa, Torr. Sf Gr. ined. Black Huckleberry. 



Younger branches slightly pubescent ; leaves oval or oblong, mostly obtuse, entire, thickly 

 covered on both sides with resinous dots ; racemes short, secund ; bracts and bracteoles small, 

 deciduous ; corolla ovoid-conical, pentangular , the orifice at first contracted, at length open ; 

 fruit (black) shining. — Vaccinium resinosum. Ait. Kew. (ed. 1.) 2. p. 12 ; Mich.fl. 1. p 230; 

 Bot. mag. t. 1288 ; Pursh, fl. \.p. 286 ; Ell. sk. \.p. 498 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 150 ; Torr. 

 fl. 1. p. 415 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 31 ; Beck, bot. p. 223 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 256 ; 

 DC. prodr. 7. p. 566. V. parviflorum, Andr. bot. repos. t. 125. Andromeda baccata, 

 Wang. Amer. p. 111. t. 30. f. 69. Decamerium resinosum, Nutt. I. c. 



A shrub about two feet high, with numerous grayish branches. Leaves 1 - 2J inches long, 

 sometimes rather acute, thin, yellowish green when young, of a shining appearance from the 

 copious resinous dots. Racemes somewhat clustered, about an inch long, 6 - lO-flowered : 

 pedicels 3-4 lines long ; the bracts and bracteoles oblong or lanceolate, reddish. Segments 

 of the calyx rather obtuse. Corolla reddish tinged with green. Stamens about two-thirds 

 the length of the corolla : filaments villous on the margin : anthers as long as the filaments ; 

 the cells tapering to a sharp point, opening by a long slit. Fruit slightly acid, but agreeable. 



Woods and low grounds; very common. Fl. May - June. Fr. July -August. The 

 resinous matter on the leaves and flowers is more copious than in the other species of the 

 genus : in the young plant, it is quite viscid. 

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