HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY 



DANGLEBERRY. TANGLEBERRY 



Gaylussdcia frondbsa. 

 Gaylussacia, named in honor of the chemist, Gay-Lussac. 



A spreading bush, three to six feet high, found in moist situa- 

 tions by the side of lakes and at the edge of woods. Ranges 

 from New Hampshire to Florida, westward to Ohio and south- 

 west to Louisiana. 



Stems. Branches slender and divergent; recent shoots and 

 fruit stalks pale green or pale reddish yellow ; branches and 

 stems are of a mahogany or bronze color, covered with a pearly 

 epidermis. 



Leaves. Oblong, oval or obovate, one and one-half to two 

 and one-half inches long, wedge-shaped at base, entire, slightly 

 revolute, obtuse or acute, with a callous point at apex. When 

 full grown are thin, pale green, glabrous above, glabrous or 

 downy, pale or glaucous below, and sprinkled with minute 

 resinous dots; midvein, primary and secondary veins prominent 

 beneath. Autumnal tints are scarlet, crimson, and orange. 

 Petioles short. 



Flowers. May, June. Perfect, few, greenish pink bells, 

 borne on drooping pedicels one to three inches long which form 

 a loose raceme. Each pedicel has a bract at base and two 

 minute opposite bracts half way up. 



Calyx. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, five-toothed. 



Corolla. Broad, bell-shaped, one-eighth of an inch long, 

 with five short angular teeth completely reflexed. 



Stamens. Ten, included; filaments smooth, shorter than the 

 anthers ; anthers awnless, tapering upward into tubes ; cells 

 opening by a terminal pore. 



Pistil. Ovary adnate to calyx, ten-celled, with one ovule in 

 each cell ; style as long as the corolla. 



Fruit. Berry-like drupe, globose, dark blue with a glaucous 

 bloom, about one-third of an inch in diameter, sweet ; nutlets 

 ten. July, August. 



The Dangleberry may be easily known by its large 

 pale leaves which are glaucous beneath, and its loose 



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