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GAYLUSSACIA 



G. FRONDOSA, Torrey. DANGLEBERRY. 



(Vaccinium frondosum, Linn&us ; V. venustum, Aiton.') 



A deciduous shrub, 3 to 6 ft. high, with slender, divergent branches ; young 

 wood smooth or nearly so. Leaves obovate or oval, rounded or notched 

 at the apex ; I to i\ ins. long, \ to \\ ins. wide ; bright green and smooth 

 above, rather glaucous, downy, and sprinkled with resin-dots beneath. Flowers 

 produced in June and July on loose, slender racemes i^ to 3 ins. long, 



each flower on a threadlike, 

 pendulous stalk \ to I in. 

 long'. Corolla roundish bell- 

 shaped, scarcely 1 in. long, 

 purplish green ; calyx-lobes 

 smooth, triangular. Berry 

 blue, -jj- in. or more wide, 

 globose, very palatable. 



Native of the eastern 

 United States ; introduced 

 in 1761. This is one of the 

 handsomest of the Gaylus- 

 sacias, and is distinct in the 

 long-stalked flowers and lax 

 racemes, and the bluntish 

 leaves. The popular name 

 refers to the loosely hanging 

 berries ; they are not freely 

 developed in this country. 



G. RESINOSA, Torrey. 

 BLACK HUCKLEBERRY. 



A deciduous, much- 

 branched shrub, i to 3 ft. 

 high, the young wood min- 

 utely downy and viscid. 

 Leaves obovate or oval, 

 mostly bluntish at the apex ; 

 i to 2j ins. long, \ to -f in. 

 wide ; deep green above, 

 paler yellowish and clammy 

 with numerous resin - dots 

 beneath. Flowers produced 

 GAYLUSSACIA DUMOSA. in May in drooping racemes 



I in. or less long, carrying 



six to eight flowers, each on a thin stalk to j in. long. Corolla conical, \ in. 



long, narrowed towards the mouth, dull red. Berry J to \ in. diameter, 



globose, shining black, without bloom. 



Native of Eastern N. America ; introduced in 1772. In the United States 



it is considered the best of the huckleberries for eating, although said to vary 



very much in quality in different localities. It is distinguishable from the 



other deciduous huckleberries by the abundant resinous secretion on twig, leaf, 



flower-stalk, etc. 



Var. LEUCOCARPA. Fruits whitish. 



