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1. GAYLUSSACIA, HUCKLEBERRY or AMERICAN WHORTLE- 

 BERRY. (Named for the French chemist Gay-Lussac.) Flowers white 

 tinged with reddish, in late spring : the edible fruit ripe late in summer, that 

 of the first species largely gathered for the market. 



G. resinbsa, Common or Black H. Low or rocky ground, common ex- 

 cept S. W., 1° - 3° high, clammy-resinous when young, with rigid branches, 

 oval leaves, short one-sided racemes in clusters, rather cylindrical corolla, and 

 black fruit without abloom. 



Or. frondbsa, BLnE-TANOLE or Danglebekrt. Low grounds from New 

 England S., with diverging slender branches, pale leaves white beneath, slen- 

 der racemes and pedicels, short corolla, and sweet blue-black fruit with a bloom. 



G. dumbsa, Dwarf H. Sandy soil near the coast, rather hairy or bristly, 

 with thickish rather shining oblong leaves, long racemes, leaf-like oval bractg 

 to the pedicels, bell-shaped corolla, and insipid black fruit 



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

 name, of obscure meaning.) Berry edible. (Lessons, p. 104, fig. 216.) 



§ 1. Bluebereies, beyond New England commonly called HuOKLEBEKEiEs; 

 with leaves deciduous at least in the Northern Stales ; flowers in s/iring in 

 clusters from scaly buds separate from and rather earlier than the leaves ; 

 corolla oblong or short ci/lindrical, 5-toothed, enclosing 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. Pennsylv^ioum, Dwarf Early Blueberry. Dry or barely 

 moist grounds N. and E. : 6' -15' 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, Canada B. Low grounds only N., is taller, l°-2° high, 

 the broader entire leaves and branchlets downy. 



V. vaeillans, Low Pale B. Dry woodlands, less northern ; 1° - 3° high, 

 with yellowish branches, smooth and pale or glaucous leaves obovate or oval 

 and entire, and berries ripening later than the first. 



V. teu^llum, SotiTHERN B. Low grounds from Virginia S. ; l°-3° high, 

 with greenish branches rather pubescent, obovate-oblong or oblanceolate leaves 

 scarcely serrulate and often pubescent, ^' - 1' long. 



V. eorymbbsum, Common Svcamp B. N. & S. in wet or low grounds : 

 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 

 lilack without a bloom. 



§ 2. Evergreen Blueberries of the South, in low pine barrens, procumbent 

 or only 1° - 2° high, with 5-toothed corolla and 10 stamens. 



v. myrsinites, with stems 6' - 20' high, lanceolate or lance-obovate leaves 

 ^' - 1 ' long and mostly pale beneath, and black or blue berries. 



V. crassifblium, with procumbent slender stems, thick and shining oval 

 or oblong leaves ^' or less in length, their margins revolute, globular-bell-shaped 

 corolla, and black berries. 



§ 3. Faekleberbt and Deeebeery ; erect shrubs with single axillary or 



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



corolla, 10 stamens, anthers with very slender tvbes and 2 aums on the back, 



and insipid berries ripening late, each of their 5 cells divided into two, and 



maturing few seeds. 



V". arbbreum, Faekleberey. Open woods from Virg. and S. 111. S. : 



8°- 1.5° high, evergreen far S., with oval glossy leaves, anthers included in the 



5-toothed white corolla, and black mealy berries. 



v. Stamineum, Deeeberry or Squaw-Huckleberry. Dry woods, 

 N. & S. : 2° - 3° high, rather downy, with dull and pale ovate or oval leaveSj 

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

 greenish berries. 



