482 Oedee 13.— ERICACJBjE. 



§ Anthers 2-awned back of tho 3 horna. Loaves deciduous, (a) 



a Filaments suiooth. Fr. 4 to 5-celled. Low alpine underslirubs Nos. 3, 2 



a Filaments hairy. Fruit partly 10-celled. Taller (2 to 20f high.) Nos. 8. 4 



§ Anthers 2-horned, withont tho awns.* Filaments 10, hairv. (b) 



b Leaves evergreen. Flowers 4-parted. Fruit 4-ceiled No. 5 



b L.enves evergreen. Flowers 5-parted. Fruit p.irtly 10-celled No,s. 6, T 



b Leaves deciduous. Fruit partly lO-colled. Fls. in short, close r.acemes. (c) 



c Corolla bell-shaped. Leaves hairy both sides, entire No. S 



C Corolla cyli'idric'hl. Leaves smooth or nearly so Nos. 9— H 



C Corolla ovoid, evidently contracted at tho mouth Nos. 11 — 13 



1 V. uliginosum L. Bileekey. Procumbent ; Ivs. obovate, very obtuse, 

 entire, smooth, not shining, glaucous and veiny beneath; fls. mostly solitary, 

 axillary; cor. moid-glolous, i-clefi; anth. 8, with 2 slender awns. — A low, alpine 

 shrub, White-Mts. Sts. with numerous rigid branches. Lys. 4" by 3", scarcely 

 petiolate, crowded near the ends of tho branches, and of a bluish-green. Fls. half 

 as long as the leaves, subsessile, sometimes 2 together. Berries oblong, deep blue, 

 crowned with tho style. Jn., JL 



2 V. oaespitosum Mx. Bilbeeby. Dwarf, csespitous; Ivs. obovate, attenuate 

 at the base, thin, serrate, reticulate with veins, shining ; ped. .subsolitary, 1-flow- 

 ered; cal. very short ; cor. oitony, suburoeolate, 5-toofted ; stam. 10. — White Mts. 

 (Oakes), N. to Hudson's Bay. St. a few inches high. Pis. numerous, nodding, 

 on short pedicels. Anth. with 2 long awns at the back. Berries large, globoua, 

 blue, eatable. 



3 V. stamineum L. Deeebeeey. Lvs. oval-lanceolate, acute, dull, glauams 

 beneath ; pedicels solitdry, axillary, nodding ; cor. campanulate-spreadiug, segm. 

 acute, oblong; anth. 10, with the long tubes exserted and 2 awns at their base.- — 

 Dry woods, Can. to Fla. and La. Shrub 2 to 3f high, very branching. Lvs. 1 to 

 2' long, mostly rounded at base, and on veiy short petioles, those on the slender 

 flowering branches very much smaller. Cor. white. Stam. conspicuously ex- 

 serted, but shorter than the style. Berries large, greenish white, bitter. May, Jo. 

 (T. elevatum Banks.) — Varies with tho leaves beneath nearly white to green, 

 smooth to pubescent, and with smaller flowera 



4 v. arbdreum Mx. Jjos. obovate, acute and short-petioled at base, mucronate 

 and glandular-serrulato or entire, veiny, shining above, pale green and subpu- 

 besoent beneath ; pedicels axiUary to. bracts, secund, in leafy racemes ; cor. cy- 

 lindrio-bell-shaped; anth. 10, included, 2-awned. — "Woods, N. Car. to Fla. Shrub 

 or small tree, 8 to 20f high. Lvs. usually small, rather thick, 1' to 18" long. 

 Fls. numerous, elegant, rose-white, half as long as their pedicels. Berries black, 

 dryish, ripening but few seeds. May, Jn. — (Y. myrtilloides ? Ell. with tho bracts 

 enlarged to lvs. in fruit.) 



5 V. Vitis-Idssa L. Decumbent, much branched, smooth, evergreen ; lvs. oval, 

 thick, margin revolute, obtuse, small, dark green above, pale beneath ; fls. soli- 

 tary or iu short clusters, 4-parted ; cor. campanulate. — Summits of the Whito 

 Mts. N. H., also rocky liills, E. Mass. and Me. Sts. 3 to 6' long. Lvs. crowded, 4 

 to 1" long, channeled along the midvein above. Fr. small, mealy, sour. Jn., Jl. 



6 V. Myrsinftes Mx. Erect, much branched; lvs. small, elliptical, acute at each 

 end, glabrous, serrulate ; /is. in small, laierai clwiers of 2 to 5; cor. ovoid, urceo- 

 late; sty. slightly exserted. — A beautiful little shrub 1 to 2f high, common in 

 woods, N. Car. to Fla. Branches greenish. Lvs. 3 to 5" long, varying fi-om 

 elliptic to obovate or roundish, perennial, often purplish. Cal. purple, cor. rose- 

 colored. Fr. rather large, bluish black, sweet, pulpy, many-seodod. Mar., Apr. 



7 V. myitifolium Mx. St. simple, decumbent at base, from long, creeping roots; 

 bark green, puberulcnt above ; lvs. cuneate-obovate, or oval, pale and with scat- 

 tered glandular hairs beneath; fls. in dense, sessile, lateral clvMas cfQ to 12 ; cor. 

 dulong-cylindric ; anth. onawned. — S. Car. to Fla. Sts. If high. Lvs. scattered, 

 1 to 2' long, obtuse or acute, tapering to a short petiole. Berries small, pedicel- 

 late, globous, black. Mar., Apr. 



8 V. CSnad^nse Rich. Branches reddish-green, pubescent, leafy; lvs. subses- 

 sile, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong, acuto at each end, villous beneath, tomenlous on 

 the veins above, entire; rac. fasciculate, sessile, subterminal ; cor. campanulate; cal. 

 lobes acute. — A shrub 8 to 12' high, not uncommon in rooky fields and thioketi. 

 Con., Me., N. H. to Wis. and the R. Mta. Lvs. 8 to 12" by 3 to 5". Fls. about 



