HEATH FAMILY. 213 



1. GAYLUSSACIA, HUCKLEBEERY or AMERICAN WHORTLE- 

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

 tinged mth reddish, in late spring : the edible fruit ripe late in summer, that 

 of the first species largely gather^ for the market. 



G. resiubsa. Common or Black H. Low or rocky ground, common ex- 

 cept S. W., 1° - 3° high, clammy-resinous when young, with rigid branches, 

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

 black fruit without a bloom. 



G. frondbsa, Bi>ue-T angle or Dangleberry. 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. diimbsa, Dwarf 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. VACCiNItTM, CRANBERRY, "BLUEBERRY, &c. (Ancient Latin 

 name, of obscure meaning.) Berry edible. (Lessons, p. 104, fig. 216.) 



§ 1. Blueberries, beyond New England commonly called Huckleberries ; 

 with leaves deciduous at least m the Northern Slates ; flowers in spring iti 

 clusters from scaly buds separate from and rather earlier than the leaves ; 

 corolla oblong or short cylindrical, H-toothed, enclosing the 10 anthers, berries 

 ripe in summer, sweet, blue or black with a bloomy each of the f> many-seeded 

 cells divided into two. 



V. Pennsylv^nicum, Dwarf Early Blueberrt. Dry or barely 

 moist grounds N. and E. : 6' - 15' high, with green angular branches, mostly 

 lance-oblong leaves bristly-serrulate and smootli and shining both sides, the 

 sweet berries earliest to ripen. 



V. Cauad^nse, Canada B. Low grounds only N., is taller, l°-2° high, 

 the broader entu'e leaves and branchlets downy. 



v. vacUlaus, Low Pale B. Dry woodlands, less northern ; l°-3° high, 

 with yellowish branches, smooth and pale or glaucous leaves ob'ovate or oval 

 and entire, and berries ripening later than the first. 



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

 with greenish branches rather pubescerft, obovate-oblong or oblanceolate leaves 

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



V. corymbbsum, Common Swamp B. N. & S. in wet or low grounds : 

 3° - 1 0° high, wieh 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 only 1° - 2° high, with 5-toothed corolla and 10 stamens, 



v. myrsinites, with stems 6' - 20' high, lanceolate or lance-obovate leaves 

 J' - 1' long and mostly pale beneath, and black or blue berries. 



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

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

 corolla, and black berries. 



§ 3. Farkleeerry and Deerberky ; erect shrubs with single axillary or 



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



corolla, 10 stamens, anthers with very slender tubes 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, Farklebebrt. 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, Deerbekry or Squaw-Huckleberry. Dry wood.'i, 

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

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

 greenish berries. 



