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4, Leaves acute at base, glabrous or sparsely 
bristly beneath; fruit berry-like, red. 
Expected (Gaultheria). 
4. Leaves round to cordate at base, red-hirsute 
beneath; fruit a capsule. (Also, stems, 
petioles, and capsules hirsute).............. Epigaea 
3. Plant an erect shrub. 
5. Corolla globose, ovoid, or tubular; capsule 
loculicidal. (Also, anthers open at apex; 
flowers white, in lateral racemes or 
umbelliform clusters). Expected (Lyonia, 
Leucothoe). 
5. Corolla funnelform, campanulate, or saucer- 
shaped; capsule septicidal. 
6. Corolla funnelform, irregularly lobed; 
capsule cylindric, 10-25 mm. long. (Also, 
flowers pink, leaves deciduous in species 
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6. Corolla saucer-shaped, regular; capsule 
depressed-globose, less than 10 mm. long.. Kalmia 
Gaylussacia 
1. Leaves copiously glandular-dotted on both sides; 
fruit black, not glaucouS......esecesccceseecseccesees G. baccata 
1. Leaves moderately glandular-dotted, on underside 
only; fruit dark blue, glaucous......seescssccceeeeees G frondosa 
Gaylussacia baccata (Wang.) K. Koch Black Huckleberry 
Java Farm and Ivy Neck. Moderately abundant under canopy of 
Quercus prinus, along banks of estuaries and on Hog Island. Also 
at Java Farm, infrequent on slopes overlooking Muddy Creek valley 
(hectares 2467 and 3415) under canopy of Fagus grandifolia and 
Quercus alba. Associate species: Kalmia latifolia, Rhododendron 
nudiflorum, Vaccinium staminiym. Higman 106, 110, 475, 675. 
G. frondosa (L.) T. and B. Dangleberry 
Java Farm. Infrequent on Hog Island (hectare 3592) under 
Quercus prinus canopy. Associated with G. baccata and its associate 
species, above. Higman 111. 
