VACCINIUM— VALERIANELLA. 
sest^idfo'drr, (y. M. 24..) stem smooth ; 
leaves sessile, oval-lanceolate, glaucous be- 
neath ; petals flat, smooth within ; capsules 
Btiped. 6-12 i. 
gratidi/io'7-a, leaves perfoliate, oblong, 
acute; perianth smooth within; anthers 
without awns ; nectaries nearly round ; 
pistil shorter than the stamens ; whole plant 
larger than the preceding species. 
puher'ula, leaves colored alike on both 
eides, oval, rounded at the base, somewhat 
amplexicaul; capsule sessile, ovate. 812 
i. S. 
VACC1N"!UM. 10— I. (Ericea:.) [A corrup- 
tion of baccitiium, a berry . J 
resino'snm, (whortleberry, a. p. M. 1j> .) 
leaves slender, petioled, oblong-oval, most- 
ly obtuse, entire, bedewed with resinous 
specks beneath ; racemes lateral, 1-sided ; 
pedicels short, somewhat bracted ; corolla 
ovate conic, 5-cornered ; berries black. 
One variety has a yellowish green, and 
another has a reddish yellow corolla. 1-4 f. 
cnrytnbo'sum, (high whortleberry, w. M. 
Tp.) flower-bearing branches almost leaf- 
less ; leaves oblong-oval, acute at each end ; 
the young leaves pubescent; i-acemes short, 
sessile, bracted; corolla cylindrical ovate. 
Swamps and wet woods; 4 to 8 feet high. 
Berries large, black, sub acid. 
frondo'sfum, whortleberry; leaves ovate- 
oSlong, sprinkled with resinous dots, glau- 
cous beneath ; racemes lateral, loose, brac- 
ted; pedicels long, filiform; corolla ovate, 
eampanulate ; berries large, bluish, sweet, 
ripening later than the other species. 
pennsylva'nica, low blue-berry ; branch- 
es green, angular ; leaves s<;ssile, shining ; 
shrub 12-18 i. high, much branched ; flow- 
ers pale red, 6 to 8 in a fascicle ; berries 
large, blue, somewhat glaucous. Dry hills. 
N. Y. to Geo. 
stomin"eum, (J. ^. squaw whortlebeiTy.) 
very branching ; leaves glaucous beneath ; 
corolla eampanulate, spreading; anthers 
exserted. 2-3 f. Berries large, greenish 
white. Dry woods. Car. to Flor. 
vitis"id£a, (bilberry, w-r. M. ^.) ever- 
green ; low, leaves punctate beneath, obo- 
vate, emarginate, revolute, sub-serrulate ; 
racemes terminal, nodding. 
dumo'sum, (bush-whortleberry, w. M. ^ .) 
branchlets, leaves and racemes sprinkled 
with resinous dots; leaves obovate, cuneate 
at base, mucronate, entire ; racemes brac- 
ted ; pedicels short, axillary, sub solitary ; 
corolla eampanulate ; segments rounded ; 
anthers included. Var. hirteV'lum, racemes 
and calyx pilose ; berries hispid. 12-18 i. 
Pine wood.s. 
lignstri'imm, (p. r. J. ^? .) branches angu- 
lar; leaves sab-sessile, erect, lanceolate, 
mucronate, serrulate ; fascicles gemmace- 
ous, sessile ; flowers nearly sessile; corolla 
urceolate. Dry woods. 
uligiao'snm, (b. r-w. Ap. Jp.) leaves obo- 
vate, obtuse, entire, smooth above, veined 
and glaucous beneath ; flowers sub-solitary, 
octandrous; corolla short ovate, 4 cleft. 
Var. alpi'/LiLm, (winter-green whortleberry,) 
teaves entire, obovate ; flowers sub-solita- 
I ry ; berries oblong, crowned with the style, 
i 1-2 f. High mountains. 
teneVlnm, (dwarf whortleberry, r-w. M. 
^ .) racemes bracted, sessile ; coi"olla ovate 
cylindric; leaves oblong-elliptic, sub cu- 
neiform, serrulate, nearly smooth. White 
hills. 
ohtu'anm, ( Tp .) evergreen, creeping ; 
leaves elliptic, round-obtuse at each end, 
mucronate, entire, glabrous, coriaceous, 
! small ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flow- 
ered. 
I ova'tvm, (M. ^ .) evergreen ; leaves ovate, 
i acute, revolute, serrate, smooth, coriaceous, 
I petioled; racemes axillary and terminal, 
.bracted, short; corolla cylindric; calyx 
acute. 
j ni'f.idrim, (r. M. Tp.) erect; branches dis- 
tichous; leaves nitid, oval obovate, acute 
at each end, glabrous, serrate ; racemes 
terminal, corymbed, bracted, nodding; co- 
rolla cylindric , leaves perennial. S. 
myrtifo'lium, ( ^ .) creeping, very glab- 
rous ; leaves petioled, oval, lucid, revolute, 
denticulate; clusters axillary, nearly ses- 
sile ; corolla eampanulate with 5 short 
teeth; anthers unawned at the back. Ber- 
ries small, pedicelled, black; leaves peren- 
nial. <i>. 
arho'i-euvi, (farkleberry, w. M. 1?.) leaves 
broad-lanceolate, oval, serrulate, mucro- 
nate, shining above; pubescent beneath; 
racemes leafy ; corolla eampanulate ; an- 
thers awned. 
crassifo'lium, (r. J. .) difflise ; branches 
asceudiug ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute 
at each end, serrate, rigid, glabrous ; ra- 
cemes terminal, corymbed, bracted, few- 
flowered ; flowers nodding; calyx appress 
ed ; corolla eampanulate, deeply 5-parted. 
Leaves evergreen. 
mi/7-sini'tis, (p. m. ^ ,) erect, branching ; 
leaves small, sessile, ovate, mucronate, ser- 
rulate, lucid above, glandular punctures 
beneath ; racemes short, bracted, axillary, 
i and terminal ; corolla urceolate. Berries 
I black ; leaves perennial. Var. lanceola'ttim, 
! leaves lanceolate, acute at each end. Var. 
:obtu^mm,leave8 roundish, obovate. S. 
I galcfzons, (r-w. M. ^.) leaves sessile, cu- 
neate-lanceolate, serrulate, pubescent ; fas- 
cicles sessile ; corolla urceolate ; stamens 
included, awnless ; style exserted. S. 
jVALERIA'NA. 3—1. (Dipsacea.) [From Vale- 
I rias, who first described it.] 
j dio'ica. (r. J. 2/.) glabrous, radical leaves 
sub-spatulate, ovate, entire, very long, pet- 
ioled; cauline ones few, pinnatifid; divis- 
ions lanceolate, entire. 
phn, cauline leaves pinnate, radical ones 
undivided ; stem smooth. The Valerian of 
medicine. Ex. 
VALERIANEL"LA. 3—1. [Dipsacea.) [A di- 
minutive of Valeriana; from which this ge- 
nus was separated.] 
rhomhicar"pa, (b-w. J. @.) stem dichoto- 
mous above, ciliate-angled ; radical leaves 
obovate ; cauline ones spatulate oblong, 
ciliate ; upper leaves toothed at the ba.'^e ; 
iuvohicrum ciliate, scarious at the apex 
