— 55 — 



Pflanzenf. IV. i. p. 51. p. p. Britton and Broivn Fl. II. p. 575. A. 

 Gray Syn. Fl. II. i. p. 20 p. p. Schneid. Illus. Handb. II. p. 548 

 p. p. 



Myrtillus, Gilib. Fl. Lithuan. I. (1781) p. 4. 



Vitis-Idsea, Tournef. Instit. Rei Herb. I. (1700) p. 607. III. t. 377. 

 Moench. Meth. (1794) p. 147. 



Frutex v. fruticulus v. arborea sempervirens v. foliis deciduis. 

 Caulis ramosus. Rami teres v. angulati. Folia vulgo alterna, 

 rarius opposita v. verticillata, simplicia integra v. serrata, sessilia 

 v. petiolata. Flores albi v. lilacini v. rosei, racemosi v. racemoso- 

 pariculati v. gemini. cum pedicellis articulati. Bractese deciduae v. 

 persistentes interdum foliacese. Bracteolas 2 v. nullse. Calyx 

 hemisphaericus v. obconicus v. rotundatus v. angulatus, rarius alato- 

 carinatus. Calycis dentes minuti 4 v. 5 triangulares v. lanceolati v. 

 lineares v. ovati. Corolla urceolata v. campanulata v. tubulosa, 

 lobis v. dentibus 4-5 imbricatis et si tetrameris 2 oppositis 

 interioribus et si quinque quincuncialibus. Stamina 8-10. Fra- 

 menta barbata v. glabra. Antherse eiongatas appendiculatas v. 

 exappendiculatas. Ovarium 4 v. 5 v. 10 loculare. Styli filiformes v. 

 breves. Semina plura. Bacca 6 v. 5 v. 10 locularis atra v. rubra 

 rarius alba. 



Circ. 150 species in regionibus frig., temp, et trop. boreali- 

 hemisphaerica?. Inter eas 5 in Corea adsunt et in sectiones sequentes 

 dividuntur. 



/"Ovarium 10-loculatum. Antherse exappendiculate. Fructus 



1< atrati Sect. Cyanococcus 2 



\Ovarium 4-5 locu latum 3 



iFolia sempervirentia. Racemus axillaris aphyllopodus 



J Subsect. Aphyllopodae 



IFolia decidua. Racemus in apice rami hornotini terminalis.. 



3 i 



Subsect. PhyllopcdaB 



(Antheras exappendiculatae. Fructus rubri . . . . Sect. Vitis-Idaea 

 Antherse appendiculatse 4 



