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racwmes short, clustered, one-sided, bracteate ; corolla ovoid-conical or at length 

 eylindrical, contracted at the mouth, at length open. (Gaylussacia resinosa, Torr. 

 AGr.) 



Woods and swamps, common. May — Juno. Sh^ub 1 to 3 feet high, busby, 

 Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, y z as wide, rarely acute, shining beneath with resinous 

 spots, on petioles 1 line in length. FUm-ers reddish in lateral, dense, corymbose 

 clusters, small drooping. Cn'olla grecnUh or yeJlowish-purple, longer than the 

 stamens, but shorter than the style. Berries black, globose, without bloom, sweet 

 and eatable, ripe in August. 



Exo. 2. Vaccixium proper. Flovzers in solitary clusters vr racemes, <whit* or 

 rtddish ; stamens 8 to 10. 

 •* Ovary more or less completely 10 celled by false partitions ; corolla b-lobtd. 



4. V. stamineum, L. Deerberry, Squaw IlueJcU- ■ 

 beriy. White Whortleberry, 



Diffusely branched, young branches pubescent; leaves ovate or oval, acute, very 

 entire, glaucous beneath; pedicels solitary, axillary, filiform, nedding; corolla 

 bell shaped, spreading; anthers exserted, with 2 awns on the- back. 



Dry woods, common. May, June. Shrub 2 to 3 feet high. Lea ves 1 to 2 inches 

 long, ^ to ]/ 2 as wide, mostly rounded at base and on very short petioles. Flovctrs 

 •n long, slender pedicels, arranged in loose, leafy racemes. Corolla white, spread- ' 

 ing. Stamens conspicuously exserted, but shorter than the style. Berries large, 

 greenish-white, bitter. 



5. V. Pennsylvanicum, Lam. Common Low Shin- • 

 rng-leaved Blueberry. 



Dwarf, smooth ; leaves cvato-lanccolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute at each end, 

 minutely serrulate, thin ; corolla short, ovoid-cylindrical. 



Thickets and dry hills, in hard soil, common. May. A low nndershrub, 6 to 12- 

 tnehea high, growing in dense patches, Branches green, angled, with 2 pubescent 

 lin*s. Zeaief a ub-sciEik 1 , crowded }-o to 1 inch long, i^ to 3^ wide. Flowers reddish- 

 vrhite, J^inch long, with mostly eoiored bracts. Bcnies abundant, large and sweet, 

 kduish-biack, somewhat glaucous, ripening early in July. 



6. Y. CORYMBOSUM, L. High Swamp Whortleberry, 



•Tall ; flowering branches almost leafless ; leaves oblcng-oval, rather acute at each 

 ui4, nearly entire, pubescent when young ; racemes short, icssile, bracteate ; cereiia 

 •void-cylindrical. 



Swamps and marshy places, common. June. A tall shrub, 4 to 8 feet higb r 

 With a few straghng branches, which are green or purplish when young. Leaves 

 smooth on both sides, (when young somewhat downy on the veins). Flowers nu- ■ 

 merous, ncdu:ng, generally appearing in advance of the leaves, on short braeted 

 pedicels, crowded near the summit of the naked branches. Corolla large, )/, inch 

 In diameter, purplish-white, contracted at the mouth. Benies large, gub-a*id, 

 severed with a glaucous bloom; ripening in July and August. 



7. V. FUSCATUM) Ait, Black Swamp Whortleberry, 



Call; leaves oval obovate or oblong, downy beneath, and also usually ©n tfce 

 ♦ems above; racemes short; corolla cylindrical. 



Marshes, common. June. Stem 5 to 9 feet high. Leaves 2 to 3 inehea long 

 t/hen full grown, at length thickish and somewhat shining above, but alwaye sort £ 

 towny underneath. Berry purplish-black, destitute of bloom, erowned with very _• 

 •onspicuous calyx-teeth. Uray. This may prove to be only a variety of V. *oryu*' 



8.. V. vaccillans, Solander. Sugar Whortleberry. 



Low ; branches angular, smooth ; leaves oval or obovate, acute or rather obtuse, • 

 serrulate, smooth on both sides, glamtovu beneath; r«4*0»«f very short, elusWre^ J. 

 rljndrissUsTbeil-shaped. . 



