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 Order 50.— ERICACEAE. 62. 



Sub-Order 1.— VACCINES. 



1. GrAYLUSSACiA, H. B. K. (Yaccinium, L.) 



dumosa, T. & G. (Dwarf Huckleberry.) 



Low sandy woods; Thompson's, &c. Not common. 

 June. 



frondosa, T. & G. (Blue Tangle.) 

 Moist woods. Frequent. May. 



resinosa, T. & G. (Black Huckleberry.) 

 Dry woods. Frequent. May. 



2. Vaccinium, L. 



macrocarpon, Ait. (Cranberry.) 



Peat bogs; Thompson's and elsewhere. Frequent. 

 June, 

 stamineum, L. (Deerberry.) 



Woods and thickets. Frequent. May. 

 Pennsylvanicum, Lam. (Sugar Huckleberry.) 



Hilly woodlands. Frequent. May. 

 corymbosum, L. (Swamp Huckleberry.) 



Swamps and thickets. Frequent. May. 

 corymbosum, var. atrocarpum? Gr. 



Border of cedar swamp in Appoquinimink Hundred, 

 Rare. Fruit minutely verrucose. 



Sub-Order 2.— ERICINE.E. 



3. EPIGiEA, L. 



repens, L. (Trailing Arbutus.) 



Hilly and sandy woods, mostly under Kalmia; Rod 

 gers', Twaddle's, and Speakman's. Not common. 

 April. 



4. Gaultheria, 1 Kalm. 



prociimbens, L. (Wintergreen. Teaberry.) 



Woods; Red Clay Creek hills; Speakman's. Rare. 

 July. 



5. Leucothoe, Don. (Andromeda, L.) 



racemosa, Gr. 



Moist thickets; Thompson's, &c. Frequent. June. 



1 This plant furnishes the aromatic oil which is used in the manufac- 

 ture of the so-called sarsaparilla syrups, &c. 



