HUCKLEBERRIES AND BLUEBERRIES. 19 



Vaccinium ccesjntosum, Michx. 



" Canadeyise, Kalm. 



" corymhosum, L. 



" myrtilloides, Hook. 



" myrtillus^ L. 



" ovalifoliuvi, Smith. 



" ovatuvi, Pursh. 



" parvifoUum, Smith. 



" Pennsylvanicum^ Lam. 



" saUciiium, Chamisso. 



" stammeum, L. 



" uliginosiim, L. 



" vacillans, Soland. 



" Vitis-Idcea, L. 



To be classed with cranberries, however, to which the last 

 named may be considered, from a horticultural view, as a connect- 

 ing link, we have 



Vaccinium erythrocarpon, Michx. 

 " oxy coccus, L. 



" macrocarpon, Ait. 



We will now review the species in alphabetical order : 



A. Gaylussacia, H. B. K. 

 1. Gaylussacia dumosa, T. and G. Gray, Syn. FL, 2, 1, 19. 

 Synonyme, " hirtella, Torr., Fl. N. Y., i, 448. 



" Vaccinium dumosum, Andr., Bot. Rep., t. 112; 



Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 1106; 

 Pursh, FL, 285; Ell., Sk., 

 1,497; Torr., Fl., i, 414. 

 " Decamerium dumosum, Nutt. 



Sandy swamps, Newfoundland and along the coast to Florida 

 and Louisiana ; southward especially passing freely into 

 var. hirtella, Gray. 

 G. hirtella, Klotz, in Lin., XIV, 48. 

 Vaccinium hirtellum, Ait., Kew., ed. 2, ii, 357. 



The berry is described by Bigelow as hairy, black, watery, and 

 insipid. Elliot says simply that they are eaten ; Chapman, that 

 the diameter of the berry is from one-third to one-half an inch. 



