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G. fronddsa, Torr. & Gray. BLUE TANGLE or DANGLEBERRY. 



Branches diverging, slender ; leaves pale, white beneath ; racemes and 

 pedicels slender ; corolla short ; sweet blue-black fruit with a bloom. N. 

 Eng., S. 



G. resindsa, Torr. & Gray. COMMON or BLACK H. l-3 high, 

 clammy-resinous when young, with rigid branches, oval leaves, short one- 

 sided racemes in clusters, rather cylindrical corolla, and black fruit with- 

 out a bloom. Woods. 



2. VACCINIUM, BLUEBERRY, CRANBERRY, &c. (Ancient Latin 

 name, of obscure meaning.) (Lessons, Fig. 274.) 



* FARKLEBERRY and DEERBERRY ; erect shrubs with single axillary or 

 racemed flowers on slender pedicels, in early summer, open bell-shaped 

 corolla, 10 stamens, anthers with very slender tubes, and 2 awns on the 

 back, and insipid berries ripening late, each of their 5 cells divided in 2, 

 and maturing few seeds. 



V. arb6reum, Marsh. FARKLEBERRY. Open woods from Va. and S. 

 HI. S.; 8-15 high, evergreen far S., with oval, glossy leaves, anthers 

 included in the 5-toothed, white corolla, and black inealy berries. 



V. stamineum, Linn. DEERBERRY or SQUAW HUCKLEBERRY. 2-3 

 high, rather downy, with dull and pale ovate or oval leaves, anthers much 

 longer than the greenish or whitish 5-cleft corolla, and large greenish 

 berries. Me., W. and S. 



* * EVERGREEN BLUEBERRIES of the South, in low pine barrens, pro- 



cumbent or only l-2 high, with 5-toothed corolla and 10 stamens. 



V. Myrsinltes, Lam. Stems 6'-25' high ; leaves lanceolate or lance- 

 obovate '-!' long and mostly pale beneath ; berries black or blue. 



V. crassif61ium, Andr. Stems procumbent, slender ; thick and shin- 

 ing oval or oblong leaves $' or less in length, their margins revolute ; 

 globular-bell-shaped corolla"; berries black. 



* * * BLUEBERRIES, beyond New England commonly called HUCKLE- 

 BERRIES, with leaves deciduous at least in the Northern States; flowers 

 in spring in chisters from scaly buds separate from and rather earlier 

 than the leaves ; corolla oblong or short cylindrical, 5-toothed, inclosing 

 the 10 anthers; berries ripe in summer, sweet,blue or black with a bloom, 

 each of the 5 many-seeded cells divided into two. 



V. virgatum, Ait. Low, pubescent ; leaves ovate or cuneate-oblong, 

 acute and minutely serrulate ; flower clusters on naked branches ; corolla 

 rose-color; berry black. S. Car., S. 



Var. tenellum. Gray. Low grounds from Va. S. ; small-leaved, with 

 smaller nearly white flowers in shorter clusters. 



V. Fennsylvanicum, Lam. DWARF EARLY BLUEBERRY. Dry or 

 barely moist grounds N. ; 6'-lo' high, with green, angular branches, 

 mostly lance-oblong leaves, bristly-serrulate and smooth and shining both 

 sides, the sweet berries earliest to ripen. 



V. Canad^nse, Kalm. Taller, l-2 high, the broader entire leaves 

 and branchlets downy. N. 



V. vacfllans, Solander. Low PALE B. Dry woodlands, N., and S. 

 to N. C.; l-3 high, with yellowish branches, smooth and pale or glau- 

 cous leaves obovate or oval and entire, and berries ripening later than V. 

 Pennsylvanicum. Fruit much prized. 



V. corymb6sum, Linn. COMMON SWAMP B. 3-10 high, with oval 

 or oblong leaves, either smooth or downy, pale or green, and sweetish 

 berries ripening in late summer ; in one downy-leaved variety, pure black 

 without a bloom. Swamps. Much gathered for market. Very variable. 



