HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY 



DANGLEBERRY. TANGLEBERRY 



Gaylussdcia frondbsa . 



Gaylussacia, named in honor of the chemist, Gay-Lussac. 



A spreading bush, three to six feet high, found in moist situa- 

 tions by the side of lakes and at the edge of woods. Ranges 

 from New Hampshire to Florida, westward to Ohio and south- 

 west to Louisiana. 



Stems. — Branches slender and divergent; recent shoots and 

 fruit stalks pale green or pale reddish yellow ; branches and 

 stems are of a mahogany or bronze color, covered with a pearly 

 epidermis. 



Leaves. — Oblong, oval or obovate, one and one-half to two 

 and one-half inches long, wedge-shaped at base, entire, slightly 

 revolute, obtuse or acute, with a callous point at apex. When 

 full grown are thin, pale green, glabrous above, glabrous or 

 downy, pale or glaucous below, and sprinkled with minute 

 resinous dots; midvein, primary and secondary veins prominent 

 beneath. Autumnal tints are scarlet, crimson, and orange. 

 Petioles short. 



Flowers. — May, June. Perfect, few, greenish pink bells, 

 borne on drooping pedicels one to three inches long which form 

 a loose raceme. Each pedicel has a bract at base and two 

 minute opposite bracts half way up. 



Calyx. — Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, five-toothed. 



Corolla. — Broad, bell-shaped, one-eighth of an inch long, 

 with five short angular teeth completely reflexed. 



Stamens. — Ten, included; filaments smooth, shorter than the 

 anthers; anthers awnless, tapering upward into tubes; cells 

 opening by a terminal pore. 



Pistil. — Ovary adnate to calyx, ten-celled, with one ovule in 

 each cell ; style as long as the corolla. 



Fruit. — Berry-like drupe, globose, dark blue with a glaucous 

 bloom, about one-third of an inch in diameter, sweet; nutlets 

 ten. July, August. 



The Dangleberry ma)' be easily known by its large 

 pale leaves which are glaucous beneath, and its loose 



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