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VACCINIACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



tucky. Black-snap. Crackers. 



2. Gaylussacia baccata (Wang.) K. Koch. 

 Black or High-bush Huckleberry. Fig. 3253. 



Andromeda baccata Wang. Beitr. iii, pi. 30. f. 6g. 1787. 

 Vaccinium resinosum Ait. Hort. Kew. 2:12. 1 789. 

 G. resinosa T. & G. ; Torr. FI. N. Y. i : 449. 1843. 

 G. baccata K. Koch, Dendr, 2: 93. 1869-72. 



A shrub, i°-3° high, with ascending or erect 

 stiff graj'ish branches, the young shoots commonly 

 pubescent. Leaves oval or oblong, rarely obovate, 

 obtuse or acutish, entire, very resinous vfhen young, 

 mucronulate, glabrous or very nearly so and green 

 on both sides, firm, i'-2' long; petioles about i" 

 long; flowers few, pink or red, in short one-sided 

 racemes ; bracts small, reddish, deciduous, shorter 

 than or equalling the usually 2-bracteolate pedicels; 

 corolla ovoid-conic, 5-angled, becoming campanulate- 

 cylindric, 2"-2i" long; filaments ciliate; fruit black 

 without bloom, or bluish and with a bloom, rarely 

 white or pink, about 3" in diameter, sweet but seedy. 



In woods and thickets, preferring sandy soil, New- 

 foundland' to Georgia, Manitoba, Wisconsin and Ken- 

 May-June. Fruit ripe July-Aug. 



3. Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) T. & G. Dwarf or Bush Huckleberry. Fig. 3254. 



]'accinium diimosum Andr. Bot. Rep. 2: pi. 112. 1800. 

 Vaccinium hirtellum Ait. f. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, 2: 357. 



1811. 

 G. dumosa T. & G. ; A. Gray, Man. 259. 1848. 

 Gaylussacia dumosa hirtella A. Gray, Man. 259. 1848. 



A branching shrub, i°-2° high, from a horizontal 

 or ascending base, the branches nearly erect, usually 

 leafless below, the young twigs pubescent or hirsute, 

 glandular. Leaves oblong-obovate or oblanceolate, 

 obtuse, mucronate, entire, firm or coriaceous, green 

 both sides, shining when old, sparingly pubescent or 

 glabrous, resinous, or glandular, I'-il' long, sessile 

 or nearly so ; flowers white, pink or red, in rather 

 long and loose racemes ; bracts oval, foliaceous, per- 

 sistent, pubescent or glandular, equalling or longer 

 than the slender pubescent or hirsute 2-bracteolate 

 pedicels; corolla campanulate, 2"-2i" long; filaments 

 pubescent; calyx puberulent; fruit black, without 

 bloom, 3"-4" in diameter, watery and rather insipid. 



In sandy or rocky soil, often in swamps, Newfound- 

 land to Florida and Louisiana. Gopher-berry. Races 

 differ in pubescence and in shape of the leaves. May- 

 June. Fruit July-Aug. 



4. Gaylussacia brachycera f]\Iichx.) A. Gray. 

 Box-Huckleberry. Fig. 3255. 



Vaccinium brachycerum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 234. 1803. 



Vaccinium buxifolium Salisb. Parad. Lond. pi. 4. 1806. 



Gaylussacia brachycera A. Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. II. ■» : ■;4. 

 1846. 



A low branching shrub, 6-15' high, from a horizontal 

 or ascending base, the branches erect, angular, the twigs 

 glabrous or very nearly so. Leaves thick, very coria- 

 ceous, glabrous, not resinous, persistent, evergreen, oval 

 or oblong, obtuse or acutish, i'-i' long, serrate with low 

 teeth, the margins somewhat revolute ; petioles i" long 

 or less ; flowers few, white or pink in short racemes ; 

 bracts and bractlets scale-like, caducous ; pedicels very 

 short; corolla cylindric-ovoid, about 2" long; filaments 

 ciliate; fruit (according to A. Wood) light blue. 



In dry woods, Delaware and Pennsylvania to Virginia. 

 May. 



