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Racemes few-flowered. Corolla small, greenish-pink, short-bell-shaped; 
bracts small, oblong, shorter than the pedicels. Berry depressed- 
globose, dark blue, with bloom, sweet, about } in. in diameter. On 
low ground.* 
2. G. baccata K. Koch. Huckxitrnerry. A much-branched, stiff 
shrub, 1-3 ft. high, slightly downy when young. Leaves oval or 
oblong, rarely obovate, obtuse or nearly so, entire, covered when 
young with little resinous particles. Flowers in short, one-sided 
racemes. Corolla at first conical-ovoid, becoming afterward nearly 
cylindrical, pink or reddish. Fruit (in the typical form) black, with 
no bloom, sweet; the seed-like nutlets rather large. Woods and 
pastures in sandy soil. 
VII. VACCINIUM L. 
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves entire or serrulate, often 
leathery and evergreen. Flowers terminal or lateral, clus- 
tered or solitary, nodding. Pedicels 2-bracteolate. Calyx tube 
globose or hemispherical, 4—5-lobed, persistent. Corolla urn- 
shaped, cylindrical or bell-shaped, 4-5-lobed. Stamens twice 
as many as the lobes of the corolla; anthers awned or awnless. 
Ovary 4-5-celled, each cell partially divided by a partition, 
which makes the ovary appear 8-10-celled; style slender ; 
stigma simple. Fruit a many-seeded berry.* 
B. Fl. species 1 (Batodendron) ; species 2 (Polycodium) ; 
species 6 (Oxycoccus). 
1. V.arboreum Marsh. FARKLEBERRY. Tree-like, sometimes 30 ft. 
high; bark gray; twigs slender, smooth or downy. Leaves decidu- 
ous, ovate or oval, mucronate, entire or glandular-dentate, leathery, 
green above, often slightly downy beneath. Racemes with leaf-like 
bracts; pedicels slender, drooping. Corolla campanulate, white. 
Anthers included; style projecting. Berry globose, black, mealy, 
ripening in winter. Common in dry, open woods.* 
2. V. stamineum L. DrrerBeRRY, SquAw HuckLEeBERRY. An 
erect shrub, 3-10 ft. high; branches widely spreading, twigs smooth 
or minutely downy. Leaves deciduous, oval or oblong, acute or 
taper-pointed at the apex, obtuse or slightly heart-shaped at the 
base, firm, smooth, and green above, pale and slightly downy be- 
neath, petioled. Racemes with leaf-like bracts. Flowers numerous, 
drooping, on jointed, slender pedicels. Corolla bell-shaped, purplish- 
green, 2-awned anthers and style projecting. Berry globose or pear- 
shaped, inedible. Dry woods.* 
3. V.pennsylvanicum Lam. Dwarr BLuEBERRY, Low BLUEBERRY. 
Low (usually 6-12 in. high, sometimes 2 ft. high) and smooth, with 
