414: ORDER LXXI. VACCINACEjE. 



Order LXXL— VACCINA'CEtE. 



Calyx adhering to the ovary, 4 — 5-toothed. Corolla urceo- 

 late, or sometimes campanulate, 4 — 5-cleft. Stamens 8 — 10, 

 inserted into an epigynous disk. Anthers with 2 horns at the 

 base, 2-celled. Ovary inferior, 4 — 5-celled, many-seeded. Style 

 simple. Fruit a berry, crowned by the limb of the calyx, suc- 

 culent. Shrubs, with alternate, coriaceous leaves. 



Genus I— VACCIN'IUM. L. 10—1. 



(Latin name of the plant.) 



Calyx superior, 4 — 5-cleft. Fruit globose, 4 — 5-celled, 

 many-seeded. Stamens 8 — 10. 



a. Leaves deciduous. Corolla campanulate. 



1. V. frondo'sum, (Willd.) ( V. glaucum, Mich. Gaylussacia fron- 

 dosa, T. <fe G.) A branching shrub, with the young branches pubescent. 

 Leaves oval, lanceolate, entire, rugose, somewhat glaucous, slightly pu- 

 bescent, sprinkled with glandular dots. Flowers 6 — 8, in racemes. Co- 

 rolla contracted at the mouth, somewhat urceolate. Fruit large, blue. — 

 "White. ^ . April. In close soils. 3 feet. 



Whortleberry. Blue-tangle. 



2. V. resino'sum, (Ait.) (Gaylussacia resinosa, T. & G.) A branch- 

 ing shrub. Leaves oblong, oval, entire, sprinkled with resinous dots 

 on the under surface. Flowers in lateral racemes, secund. Corolla 

 short, ovate. Stamens exserted. Berries large, black. — White. April 

 — May. Mountains. Black Whortleberry. 



3. V. dumo'sum, (Curt.) {Gaylussacia hirtella, T. & G.) A small 

 shrub, with the young branches sprinkled with resinous dots. Leaves 

 cuneate, obovate, nearly sessile, finely serrulate, with revolute margins. 

 Flowers in leafy racemes ; pedicels solitary, axillary ; peduncles and 

 calyx roughened with glandular dots. Corolla angled. Berries nearly 

 black. — White. ^. June. Pine-woods. 12 — 18 inches. 



Low Swamp Whortleberry. 



4. V. iiirtel'lum, (Ait.) Branches virgate, somewhat cinerous. Leaves 

 narrow, obovate-oblong, mucronate, entire, somewhat hispid beneath. 

 Racemes leafy ; pedicels hispid, bracteate. Stamens somewhat exserted. 

 Anthers not awned. *> . Car. 



5. V. arbore'um, (Mich.) A small tree ; young branches long 

 straight, pubescent ; old ones crooked. Leaves broad, lanceolate, ser- 

 rulate, pubescent on the under surface, on short petioles, sometimes 

 nearly round. Flowers in leafy racemes, nodding. Calyx small. Co- 

 rolla 5-cleft, angled ; segments reflected. Stamens very short. Berry 

 globular, black, dry. — White. ^ . April — May. Dry fertile soils. 



Farkle Berry. 



6. V. diffu'sum, (Ait.) Branch's diffuse, smooth. leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, obsoletely serrate. Racemes leafy; pedicels 1-flow- 

 ered, naked. Fruit globose, black. — Red and white. ^ . A large 

 shrub. S. Car. 10—15 feet. 



