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1. GAYLUSSACIA, HUCKXEBEKRY or AMERICAN WHORTLE- 

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

 tinged with reddish, in late spring : the edible frmt 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., l°-3° high, clammy-resinous when young, with rigid branches, 

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

 black fruit without a bloom. 



G. froudosa, Blue-Tangle or Dangleberkt. 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, Dwaup H. Sandy soil near the coast, rather hairy or bristly, 

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

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



2. VACCI'NIUM, cranberry, blueberry, &c. (Ancient Latin 

 name, of obscure meaning.) Berry edible. (Lessons, p. 96, fig. 274.) 



§ 1. Blueberries, beyond New England commonly called HuOKLEBERRiBS, 

 with leaves deciduous at least in the Northern Stales ; flowers in Spring in 

 dusters from scab/ buds separate from and rather earlier than the leaves ; 

 corolla oblong or short cylindrical, 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&nieum, Dwarf Eablt 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^use, Canada B. Low grounds only N., is taller, l°-2° high, 

 the broader entire leaves and branchlets downy. 



V. vacillans, 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. ten^llum. Southern B. Low grounds from Virginia S. ; l°-3° high, 

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

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



V. corymbdsum, Common Swamp 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 

 black without a bloom. 



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

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



V. myrsinltes, with stems 6' - 20' high, lanceolate or lance-obovate leaves 

 J' - I' long'and mostly pale beneath, and black or blue berries. 



v. crassifdlium, with procumbent slender stems, thick and shining oval 

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

 corolla, and black berries. 



§ 3. Farkleberry and Debrberry ; erect shrubs with single axillary or 



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



corolla, 10 stamens, anthers with very slender tuhes and 2 awns on the back, 



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



maturing few seeds. 



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



8°- 15° high, evergreen far S., with oval glossy leaves, anthers included in the 



5'toothed white corolla, and black mealy berries. 



V. Stamineum, Deebberry or Squaw-Huckleberry. Dry woods, 

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

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

 greenish berries. 



