108 • FAM. 136 



P. (Andromeda) Mariana, Stagger Bush. Deciduous; filaments 2-awned near 

 the apex; flowers white or pinkish. Damp soil towards the coast. 



3. Calyx without bracts; sepals often slightly united; corolla subglobose 

 to urn-shaped; — shrubs with alternate leaves, sometimes per- 

 sistent; flowers 4-6 parted, small, in racemes or panicles; an- 

 thers and filaments awnless. Early Summer. - Xolisma 



X. (Andromeda) ferruginea. Evergreen shrub or small tree with scurfy twigs 

 and under-side of leaves; very leafy; flowers white or pinkish. Pine-bar- 

 rens. 



X. (Andromeda) fruticosa. Evergreen shrub with scurfy foliage when young; 

 leaves reduced towards the end of the branches; corolla pale. Pine-land. 



136. Vacciniaceae, Huckleberry Family. 



Shrubs or small trees with alternate, simple, exstipu- 

 late leaves, often persistent, and perfect, regular flowers; 

 calyx and corolla 4-5 parted; stamens twice as many as 

 corolla-lobes; filaments usually flattened, and anthers 

 sometimes 2-awned; ovary 2-10 celled; inferior: style 1; fruit 

 a berry or drupe, pulpy. 



1. Ovary 10-celled; fruit a berry-like drupe with 10 nutlets; — flowers 5- 

 parted in axillary drooping racemes; corolla campanulate to 

 tubular; anther-cells prolonged into terminal tubes. Spring. 



Gaylussacia, Huckleberry 



G. dumosa. Low shrub, glandular-pubescent; corolla campanulate, waxy white 

 or pink; drupes black. Low sandy ground. 



G. hirtella. Shrub, bristly-hispid, the tips of the hairs with minute glands; 

 corolla broadly campanulate, white or pink. Sand. 



G. frondosa, Blue Tangle. Shrub, minutely-downy; leaves sprinkled with 

 resinous globules beneath; corolla globose-campanulate, green to purp- 

 lish; drupes blue, glaucous. 



1. Ovary 4-5 celled, or by false partitions 8-10 celled; fruit a many- 



seeded berry, ------ - - - - _ 2 



2. Flowers 4-5 parted in terminal or axillary racemes or clusters; corolla 



campanulate, tubular or urceolate; anther-cells prolonged into 

 terminal tubes. Spring. _ _ _ - Vaccinium, Blueberry 



a. Evergreen, - _---------b 



a. Deciduous; — flowers white or pale-pink, in racemes, appearing before the 

 leaves; leaves entire; corolla cylindric; berries deep blue, glaucous. Mar- 

 gins of ponds and swamps. V. corymbosum, Tall Blueberry. 



b. Leaves glandular-toothed; sepals rounded; berries black; — racemes umbel 



like; corolla rose-red to white. Pine-land. V. nitidum 



b. Leaves bristly-toothed; sepals acute; berries blue; — racemes very short 

 or umbel-like; corolla white. Pine- land. V. myrsinites. 



2. Flowers 5-parted in leafy racemes or panicles; corolla campanulate; 

 stamens hairy, anther-cells prolonged in slender tubes. 



Batodendron (Vaccinium) 



B. (V.) arboreum, Sparkle-berry, Farkle-berry, Tree Huckleberry Leaves 



numerous, short-petioled, not quite evergreen, oval or obovate, shining 



