482 Obdee vs.— BRICACB^. 



§ Anthers 2,awnod back of tho 3 liorna. Leaves deoidijons. (a) 



a Filaments smooth. Fr. i to S-oelled. Low alpine undershruhs Nos. 1, 2 



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



§ Anthers 2-horned, without tho awns. Filaments 10, hairy, (b) ■ 



b ILeaves evergreen. Flowers 4-parted. Fruit 4-celled , No. 5 



b Loaves evergreen. Flowers S-parted. Frnitpartly 10-oellcd Nos. 6, T 



b Leaves deciduous. Fruit partly 10-celled. Fls. in short, close racemes, (o) 



C Corolla bell-shaped. Leaves hairy both sides, entire No. 8 



Corolla cylindrical. Leaves smooth or nearly so Nos. 9—11 



c Corolla ovoid, evidently contracted at the mouth Nos. 11 — IS 



1 V. uligindsum L. Bilbeeey. Procumbent ; Ivs.. obovate, very obtuse, 

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

 axillary; cor. ovoid-glohous, i-defl; anth. 8, with 2 slender awns. — ^A low, alpine 

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

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

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

 crowned with the style. Jn., Jl. 



.2 V. csespitosum Mx. Bilbeeey. Dwar^ csespitous; Ivs. obovate, attenuate 

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

 erod; cal. very short ; cor. oblong, sab\rcceo\3,ts,&-ioothed; stam. 10. — ^White Mts.. 

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

 on short pedicels. Anth; with 2 long awns at tho back. Berries large, globous, 

 blue, eatable. 



■3 V. stamiueum 1. Deeebbbey. Los. oval-lanceolate, acute, dvU, glaucous 

 leneath; pedicels solitary, axillary, nodding; cor. campanulate-spreading, 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 very short petioles, those on the slender 

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

 serted, but shorter than tho style. Berries larg^ greenish white, bitter. May, Jn. 

 (V. elevatum Banks.) — Varies with the leaves beneath nearly white to green, 

 smooth to pubescent, and with smaller flowers. 



4 V. arboreum Mx. I/vs. obovate, acute and short-petioled at base, mucronate 

 and glandular-serrulate or entire, veiny, shining aiove, pale green and subpu- 

 bescent beneath ; pedicels axillary to bracts, seound, in leafy racemes ; cor. ey- 

 lindric-bell-shaped ; anth. 10, included, 2-awned. — Woods, N. Car. to Ma. 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. — (T. myrtilloides ? Ell. with the bracts 

 enlarged to lvs. in fruit.) 



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

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

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

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

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



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

 end, glabrous, serrulate ; fls. in small, lateral clusters of Ho h; 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 from 

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

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

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

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

 tered glandular hairs beneath; fls. in dense, sessile, lateral clusters of G to 12; cor. 

 dulpng-cylindrio; anth. unawnod.— 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. Canad^nae Eich. Branches reddish-green, pubescent, leafy; lvs. subses- 

 sile, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong, acute at each end, villous beneath, tomentous on 

 iM veins above, entire; rac. fasciculate, sessile, subterminal; cor. campaniHaie; cal. 

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

 Can., Me., N. H. to Wis. and tho E. Mts. Lvs. 8 to 12" by 3 to 5". Fla about 



