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2. VACCINIUM, L. HUCKLEBERRY. BLUEBERRY. 



Corolla cylindrical, urceolate, or campanulate, 4 - 5-toothed or parted. Sta- 

 mens 8-10: anthers awnless, or 2-awned on the back ; the cells prolonged into 

 a tube, and opening at the apex. Berry 4 - 5-celled, or by false partitions 8-10- 

 celled, many-seeded. Shrubs. Flowers nodding, solitary, clustered, or racemed, 

 white or reddish. Pedicels 2-bracted. 



1. OXYCOCCUS. Ovary ^-celled: corolla 4-parted, the narrow divisions re- 

 curved : stamens 8 : anthers aivnless : pedicels axillary, solitary. 



1. V. macrocarpon, Ait. Stems slender, creeping; leaves evergreen, 

 small (' long), oblong, obtuse, pale or whitish beneath ; pedicels longer than the 

 leaves ; corolla rose-color ; berry large, red. Cold mossy swamps, North Caro- 

 lina, and northward. July. Stems 1 - 2 long. Berry very sour, ' in diameter. 



2. V. erythrocarpon, Michx. Stem erect (2 -4 high) ; leaves decid- 

 uous, oblong-ovate, acuminate, serrulate, hairy beneath ; pedicels shorter than the 

 leaves ; flowers pale rose-color ; berry small, red. High mountains of North 

 Carolina. July. Branches flexuous. Berry insipid. 



2. Vixis-lD^EA. Ovary 4 - 5-celled: corolla cylindrical or globose-campanulate, 

 4 -5-toothed: stamens 10: anthers awnless: flowers in short bracted racemes: 

 leaves persistent. 



3. V. crassifolium, Andr. Smooth; stems (l-2) filiform, procum- 

 bent; leaves small (3" -7"), short-petioled, oval or oblong, thick and shining, 

 the revolute margins entire or slightly serrulate ; racemes short, cluster-like, few- 

 flowered ; corolla small, globose-campanulate, 5-toothed ; berry black. (V. myr- 

 tifolium, Michx.) Sandy pine-barren swamps, Georgia to North Carolina. 

 April. Corolla white or rose-color. 



3. BATODENDRON. Ovary more or less 10-celled by false partitions: corolla 

 bell-shaped, 5-cleft : stamens 1 0, hairy : anthers 2-awned on the back : flowers in 

 leafy racemes, seemingly axillary. 



4. V. stamineum, L. Tomentose; leaves deciduous, ovate or oblong, 

 obtuse or slightly cordate at the base ; often whitish beneath ; anthers exserted ; 

 berry greenish, globose or pear-shaped. Dry woods, Florida, and northward. 

 May and June. Shrub 3 -10 high. Branches spreading. Corolla short, 

 drying purplish. 



5. V. arboreum, Michx. Arborescent, smoothish ; leaves evergreen, 

 oval or obovate, shining above ; the veins beneath more or less pubescent ; co- 

 rolla large, angled, white ; anthers included ; berry globose, black. Open woods, 

 Florida to North Carolina. May. Stem 8 - 15 high. Flowers very numer- 

 ous. Berry mealy, ripening in the winter. 



4. CYANOCOCCUS. Ovary more or less W-celled by fake partitions: corolla 

 cylindrical, urceolate or obovate: stamens 10, hairy : anthers awnless: flowers 

 in short small-bracted racemes or clusters. 



* Leaves evergreen, small. 



6. V. nitidum, Andr. ? Smooth and shining throughout ; stem much 

 branched ; leaves obovate or oblong-obovate, acute, glandular-serrulate, punctate 



