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Flowers in large terminal racemose panicles ; pedicels fasciculate, slender, 1 third 

 to half an in:h long, articulated ticar the middle. Perianth greenish; segments 

 xoith white margins, the alternate ones narrower. Ovary triquetrous ; stigmas 

 large, mulliful, rcflexed, on very short sletider styles. 



Hib. Gardens : frequent. Fl. May. Fr. July — Aug. 



Obs. This is frequently cultivated for the sake of its succulent acid petioles,— 

 tchi h arc used by the pastry cook in making turts, in the spring of the year, when 

 fruit is scarce. It is the only species known in the U. States. 



CLASS X. ©ECA1VI>RIA. 

 Order 1. iVIoi&ogynia. 



A. OvAiir INTBBIO&: Corolla fnonopetalous. 



201. VACCINIUM. L. Mm. Gen. 379. 

 [Au ancient Classical name ; of obscure Etymology.] 



Calyx adnate to the ovary, with the limb mostly 5-toothed. Corolla 

 campanulatc, or urccolate, mostly 5-clcft. Stamens inserted on the 

 ovary. Berry globose, 4 or 5-celled, many-seeded, crowned with the 

 persistent calyx-teeth. 



Shrubs: leaves simple, alternate, subcoriaceous ; bud-scales often persistent; 

 flowers pedicellate, axillary,. solitary, racemose, or fasciculate. Nat* Ore/. 172. 

 Lindl. Vaccinieje.^ 



* Corolla campanulate. 



1. V. staminkum, L. Young branches pubescent ; leaves lance-oval, 



acute, glaucous beneath; pedicels solitary, axillary, filiform, nodding; 



corolla spreading-campanulate, lobe.; ovate, obtuse ; anthers exserted, 



each with 2 subulate awns near the base. Jicck, Hot. p. 223. 



V. album. Floral. Ccstr.p.50. Also] Marsh. Arbast.p. 157. IVilld. 



Sp. 2. p. 350. Pers. Syn. I. p. 479. Muhl. fatal. p. 39. Parish, dm. 



I. p. 285. Mitt. Gen. 1. p. 263. Lindl. Ency. p. 320. 



Also? V. frondosum, .Marsh. Jrbust.p. 158. Not of Linn, nor Mx. 



Stamixeous Vaccixiujt. Vutgo — Squaw Huckleberry. Decrbcrry. 



Stem 2 to 3 feet high, diffusely branching, the young branches pubescent. 

 Leaves an inch to 2 inches and a half long, and 3 fourths of an inch to an inch 

 wide, mostly acute, entire, pubescent and cilfate when young, often bluish glau- 

 cous beneath, at length smoothish, on very short petioles. Flowers mostly on 

 slender pubescent lateral brandies 2 to 3 inches itl length, which are clothed 

 with small leaves, and look like leafy racemes; pedicels axillary, naked, about 

 3 fourths of an inch 1 >ng. Caiyxsrgmcnts short, acute, ciliatc at apex. Corolla 

 white, spreading ; lobes ovale, mostly rounded at apex. Stamens erect, conspicu- 

 ous ; filaments short, pubescent; anthers adnate to the filaments, each with 2 

 subulate spreading processes at the back, and terminating in 2 long slender 

 parallel tubes, which are open and toothed at summit. Style longer than the 

 stamens ; stigma simple, /terries large (often near half an inch in diameter), mostly 

 globose (somewhat pyriform, Authors), pale green, or sometimes purplish, when 

 mature, of a mawkish bitterish taste, and scarcely esculent. 



Hab. Moist woodlands: frequent. 1 1. May— June. *V. August. 



Obs. Judging from Marshall's description, I should think this was the plant 

 intended by his V. frondosum,— although he also gives a \ T .sUiJnincu7n. 



