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Racemes few-flowered. Corolla small, greenish-pink, short-bell-shaped ; 

 bracts small, oblong, shorter than the pedicels. Berry depressed- 

 globose, dark blue, with bloom, sweet, about J in. in diameter. On 

 low ground.* 



2. G. baccata C. Koch. Huckleberry. A much-branched, stiff 

 shrub, 1-3 ft. high, slightly downy when young. Leaves oval or 

 oblong, rarely obovate, obtuse or nearly so, entire, covered when 

 young with little resinous particles. Flowers in short, one-sided 

 racemes. Corolla at first conical-ovoid, becoming afterward nearly 

 cylindrical, pink or reddish. Fruit (in the typical form) black, with 

 no bloom, sweet; the seed-like nutlets rather large. Woods and 

 pastures in sandy soil. 



Vn. VACCINIUM L. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves entire or serrulate, often 

 leathery and evergreen. Flowers terminal or lateral, clus- 

 tered or solitary, nodding. Pedicels 2-bracteolate. Calyx tube 

 globose or hemispherical, 4-5-lobed, persistent. Corolla urn- 

 shaped, cylindrical or bell-shaped, 4-6-lobed. Stamens twice 

 as many as the lobes of the corolla ; anthers awned or awnless. 

 Ovary 4-5-eelled, each cell partially divided by a partition, 

 ■which makes the ovary appear 8-10-celled ; style slender ; 

 stigma simple. Fruit a many-seeded berry.* 



B. Fl. species 1 (Batodendron) ; species 2 (Polycodium) ; 

 species 6 (Oxycoocui). 



1. V. arboreum Marsh. Farkleberry. Tree-like, sometimes 30 ft. 

 high ; bark gray ; twigs slender, smooth or downy. Leaves decidu- 

 ous, ovate or oval, mucronate, entire or glandular-dentate, , leathery, 

 green above, often slightly downy beneath. Racemes with leaf-like 

 bracts; pedicels slender, drooping. Corolla campanulate, white. 

 Anthers included; style projecting. Berry globose, black, mealy, 

 ripening in winter. Common in dry, open woods.* 



2. V. stamineum L. Deerberry, Squaw Huckleberry. An 

 erect shrub, 3-10 ft. high ; branches widely spreading, twigs smooth 

 or minutely downy. Leaves deciduous, oval or oblong, acute or 

 taper-pointed at the apex, obtuse or slightly heart-shaped at the 

 base, firm, smooth, and green above, pale and slightly downy be- 

 neath, petioled. Racemes with leaf -like bracts. Flowers numerous, 

 drooping, on jointed, slender pedicels. Corolla bell-shaped, purplish- 

 green, 2-awned anthers and style projecting. Berry globose or pear- 

 shaped, inedible. Dry woods.* 



3. V. pennsylvanicum Lam. Dwarf Blueberry, Low Blueberry. 

 Low (usually 6-12 in. high, sometimes 2 ft. high) and smooth, with 



