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8. A. C.»- -'• A small shrub, f^rnrfi ■ • , piihrsrcnt nbovo, !o- 



■Mntose l. .. /•Vuuyr.s iiol viscid, ralluT 1 1 ictli ul tlie calyx pliort, 



rouu(l«d 



Ij,,^. ./ ..i..r. ij April— May. Lower Car. and Ga. 3-4 feet. 



3. A R. A small shrub, with tiie young branches hairy, hip])id. 

 IjC ■ . hairy on both sides. Flvu^rs small, naked, not viscid. Calyx 

 ver 1 1 long narrow so^mont. Stumrit.s longer than the tube. 



.NtarJv while, with red tube. % May — June Sandy hills Ca. &, Ga. 2-3 ft. 



4. A. Ni'PiFi.OR.i. A small shrub producing many stems from the root. 

 Sftm branching towards the summit, young branches pubescent, y^vjirs pu- 

 bescent, lanceolate oblong, the veins beneath biistly, alternate, crowded to- 

 wards the summit, marguis of under surface pubescent. Flowers in termi- 

 nal racemes, tube of the corolla pubescent, viscid ; segments o( the border 

 unequal, filaments longer than the corolla. Cap'iule hairy. A very variable 



I which has arisen numerous varieties, but the preceding descrip- 

 icve will include all the essential characteristics. 

 \\'iuie. pale red, deep red, scarlet and yellow, b March— May. Common. 



5. A. VisoosA. A small shrub, with young hispid branches. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, oval, or obovate with scabrous margins ; nerves of the leaves hispid. 

 Flowers in terminal racemes. Culyx minute. Corolla hispid and viscid. 

 Stamtus hardly as long as the corolla. »S/ye longer than the stamens. 



White or red. Ij May — July. Damp soils. 3-6 ft. 



Order LX. \ ACCINE.E. 



CaJijx adhering lo the ovary, 4-5. toothed. Corolla urceo- 

 late, or sometimes campanukitc, 4-5-cIeft. Sfamens 8-10, 

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

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

 bimjd»\ Fruit a hcrry, crowned hy the liinh ot' the cal3'x, suc- 

 culent. Shrubs with alternate, coriaceous loaves. 



Genxs I. VACCINIUM. 



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

 •ceded. Stamens 6—10. 



(a.) Leaves deciduous. Corolla campanulaie. 



1. V. Sr' ^T. A shrub, erect, brandling, young branches pubescent. 

 Jjtavff ■i\ >litc, nearly acute, entire, glaucous beneath FIfxvers soli- 

 tary, .'i . on filiform peduncles, segments of the corolla oblong, 

 acute. r-d, awned. /jerry blue. W hurtle or Huchlc berry. 



White, h- April— May. Dry soils. 2-3 {ecX. 



2. V. Arivjrki'm. a small tree, young branches long, straight, pubescent, 

 old nne« cro<ike'l. J.^nrex broad, lanceolate, serrulate, pubescent on the un- 

 d« : cs, sometimes nearly round, /^/oityr* in leafy ra- 

 c* iiiall. roro//^/ 5-clett, angled ; segments reflected. 

 »S'<' 'M /. NL-ryBiiori. i^ern/ globular, black, dry. Farkleberry. 



\^ :i e. >2' --^pril — May. Dry, fertile soils. 



3. V. DuMosuM. A small shrub, with the voung branches sprinkled with 

 r'xinotis dots, /yatv* cuneate. obovate, nearly sessile, finely serrulate, with 

 .'••.';•< II! ir:.nns. Flotcers m leafy racemes ; pedicels solitary, a.xillary ; pe- 

 duncifcs and calyx roughened with glandular dots. CoroUa atiirled, berries 

 neariy black. Bush- WortUberry. 



White h- June. Pine woods. 12-18 inches. 



4 V pROXlKKtTx. A branching shrub, with the young branches pubee- 



