260 ERICACEJE. (heath FAMILY.) 



beneath ; calyx-teeth obtuse, and, like the pedicels and bi'oadly oval bracts, red- 

 dish ; corolla ovoid or obovate, white ; berry somewhat pear-shaped, black. — 

 Low pine barrens, Georgia and Florida. March and April. — Stem 1° - 2° high. 

 Leaves J' long. 



7. V. myrsinites, Michx. Stem much branched, pubescent ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, oblong, or obovate, bristly-serrulate, shining above, paler beneath, glau- 

 cous when young ; calyx-teeth acute, reddish, like the pedicels and oblong bracts ; 

 corolla cylindrical or obovate, white, purplish in the bud ; berry globose, blue. 

 — Sandy pine baiTcns, Florida to Nortli Carolina, and westward. March and 

 April. — Shrub 6'- 18' high. Leaves ^'-1' long. 



* * Leaves deciduous. 



8. V. tenellum, Ait. Stem much branched ; the spreading greenish 

 branches pubescent ; leaves oblong-obovate or oblanceolate, mucronate, acute at 

 the base, slightly serrulate near the apex, pubescent when young ; corolla oblong, 

 white; calyx-teeth obtuse; bracts oblong-linear; berry globose, black or with a 

 blue bloom. — Varies with the branches and leaves more pubescent, almost vil- 

 lous, and the calyx-teeth narrower and acute. (V. galezans, Michx.) — Margins 

 of pine-barren swamps, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. April. — 

 Shrub l°-3° high. Leaves ^'-V long, commonly thin and deciduous, but 

 along its southern limits mostly coriaceous and persistent. 



9. v. Elliottii. Stem tall, slender, with spreading branches ; leaves dis- 

 tichous, ovate-lanceolate, very acute, bristly serrulate from the obtuse or rounded 

 base, pubescent on the veins; clusters sessile, 2 - 4-flowered ; corolla reddish, 

 cylindrical, short-pedicelled ; calyx-teeth triangular ; berry mostly solitary, small, 

 globose, black. (V. myrtilloides. Ell., not of Michx.) — Eiver-swamps, Florida 

 to South Carolina. March. — Shrub 4° - 8° high ; the branches smooth and 

 mostly fiexuous. Leaves J'- 1' long. 



10. v. COrymtaosum, L. Stem tall (4°-10°); leaves varying from 

 ovate-lanceolate to broadly oval, entire or nearly so, pubescent when young, be- 

 coming smoothish especially above (1' -2' long) ; racemes or clusters numerous, 

 mostly on leafless branches ; corolla cylindrical or oblong ; berry globose, black 

 or blue. — Margins of ponds and swamps, Florida, and northward. Feb. to 

 April. — Varies greatly in the thickness, pubescence, and form of the leaves, and 

 includes several nominal species. 



11. V. Constablsei, Gray. Stem low (I°-3°); leaves oval, pale, glau- 

 cous, glandular-mucronate, entire or obscurely serrulate, ciliate ; racemes very 

 short, sessile; corolla short-cylindrical; berry blue. — On the summit of Roan 

 Mountain, North Carolina., July. — Leaves l|'-2' long. Kacemes 5-10- 

 flowered. 



12. V. hirsutum, Buckley. Hirsute throughout; stem low (1° high}, 

 much branched ; leaves ovate, entire, slightly mucronate ; racemes short, corolla 

 oblong, contracted at the apex, the teeth short; berry globose. — Mountains of 

 Cherokee County, North Carolina. Buckley. 



