1894 



VACCINIUM 



VALERIANA 



lets which later turn brownish : Ivs. ovate or olilon 

 elliptical -lanceolate, usually entire: fls. in short 

 cemes on naked twigs; corolla ovate to urn-shaped, or 

 oblong-cylindrical, white or pinkish: berries blue-black, 

 with much bloom, of excellent flavor. Moist woods or 

 swamps, N. Amcr. Km. L':4.')4. Anicrican Agriculturist 



1886:364. B.B. 2::.77, I>,.r, ,li,.::I , ^ :,, i:,M. , :mh1 ,,,1 



raerous gradatiM,, , , ' , 1 



rymbosnm is oim .. 



fruit and as an cnnuiH ih.m ^ inni., I 1 >■■ m 1 im lj.h 



den and is readily su^.-i-pu..!,- ,.1 ii.ipio, t-mciii l..i . ulii- 



Var. amoenum, Gray ( r. ama-num, Ait.). A form 

 'ith bristly ciliate, serrulate leaves, bright green on 



gto corolla cylindraceous. 5-toothed 



long, purple, 



iMHiintauious ntrions, Java. B.M. 4688. J.H. 



;'- ^Mii 1.' I M-lnn.l in 1852 and since grown by 



-Mii-nhouse pot-plant. It is a 



II aliundance of bloom in Dec 



"1 r. Ill 11 Liili . Imt worthy a place in colkc- 



atum, Pursh. An erect, rigid, evergreen shrub, 

 u'li.with pubescent branchlets: Ivs. very numer- 



ars pnuiing wi-li; propagaim irui 

 id seeds, which last it bears freely, 

 irshall. Farkleberkt. PrAi;KLr 



N. C. and 111. 



neath : fl^ 

 flowering t 



19. atroc6ccuin, Heller ( F. corymbbsum, var. atrocSc- 

 CM »«, Gray). Black Blueberky. A branching shrub 

 with shreddy bark, similar to K. corymbosum: Ivs. oval 

 or obloiij;, dark Krccn above, densely pubescent be- 

 neath, inhn, mui, , iiirn mucronate: fls. in short ra- 



cenn-s. II ii ilie Ivs.: berry black, without 



bloom, - I I v.ocids and swamps, northeastern 



N. Amcr. i: 1:, ' -,-. 



20. crassifolium, Aii.li. Sli 1 

 stems 2-3 ft. loiii^. uHalMiiu-: h - 



ters, nearly white or tinned wi 

 Sandy bogs, N. C. to Ga. B.JI. 

 shrubbery border south. 



liling shrub: 

 i-yi in. long. 

 ate or entire, 

 , axillary clus- 



stamineum, 



glub<ise or pyriform, greeui.sh or yellowish, few-seeded, 

 almost inedible. Dry woods and thickets, N. Amer. 

 B.B. 2:,580. 



Vriiv melanocSrpiim, "^Iflir Pot-thfi?^- <?on=FRFRr;v. 



Bulb 

 Ottered by Eu 



} a valuable 



MtlNSON. 



pean bulb-growers. 



F. W. Barclay. 

 VALERIAN. See Valeriana. Greek V. is Polemo 

 urn. Bed V. is Centranthus. 



pink; stamens 8-10: biiri.- 11111 

 N. Amer., Eu., Asia. B.I:. 'J:.'i,i;. 



for the shrubbery border ii hi. 



fruit, though of poor qviality. is 

 natives of the northwest. 



22. erythrlnnm, Hook. An erect, glabrous, evergreen 

 shrub with bright red twigs: Ivs. ovate, obtuse, coria- 

 ceous, entire: fls. in long, 1-sided, terminal 



mt is useful 

 tions, and its 

 food by the 



an akene : calyx of bristle-form 

 n trade are hardy per- 



