decandria monggynia. Vaccinium. 
fectly ripe. In the mountains they are known by the 
name of Deer- berries. 
2 . V. foliis ovalibus seu obovatis acutis integerrimis subtus 
glaucis, nervis venisque pubescentibus, pedicellis so- 
litariis axillaribus filiformibus, corollis patulo-cam- 
panulatis, laciniis ovatis subacaminatis, antheris ex- 
ertis dorso aristatis, baccis subglobosis. — Willd. sp . 
pl. 2. p. 350 ? 
Icon. Bot. rep. 203. V. stamineum. 
In dry sandy woods : New Jersey to Carolina. • 
April, May. v . v. Flowers white, larger than No. I $ 
berries white or greenish-white. I am not certain 
whether this is the V. album of Linnseus or not. As I 
never could find any certainty about the authentic 
species, I venture to adopt this species for it. In the 
Banksian Herbarium it is under the name of V. ele- 
vatum. 
j 3. V. foliis petiolatis obovalibus utrinque acutis mucronatis 
glanduloso-serrulatis, supra nitidis, reticulato-yenosis, 
subtus subpubescentibus, racemis bracteatis nutanti- 
bus, pedicellis axillaribus solitariis filiformibus, corollis 
cylindrico-campanulatis ; laciniis acutis, antheris in- 
clusis dorso aristatis.— -Mich.fi. amer. 1 . p. 230. 
V. diffusum. Ait. kew. 2 . p. 11 . Herb. Banks. 
In dry woods, on the rocky banks of rivers : North Ca- 
rolina to Florida. I? • May, June. v. v. A large shrub, 
sometimes twenty feet high, very elegant : flowers 
white, tinged with red 5 berries globular, black, almost 
dry. 
4t. V. ramulis, foliis racemisque hispidiusculis atomis resi- 
nosis irroratis, foliis obovato-oblongis basi acutis mu- 
cronatis integerrimis concoloribus, racemis bracteatis, 
pedicellis brevibus axillaribus subsolitariis medio bi- 
bracteatis, corollis campanulatis, laciniis rotundatis, 
antheris inclusis. Bot. mag. 1 106 . Bot. rep. 112 . 
V. hirtellum. Ait. kew. ed. 2 . v. 2 . p. 35J. Herb . 
Banks. 
V. frondosum. Midi. fl. amer. 1. p. 230. 
In dry sandy woods, particularly pine-forests : New 
Jersey to Florida, b • June, July. v. v. A low 
shrub ; flowers large, white; berries black, globular. 
5. V. foliis obovato-oblongis obtusiusculis muticis integer- 
rimis glabris subtus glaucis copiose atomis resinosis 
irroratis, racemis laxis bracteatis, pedicellis longis fili- 
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album , 
arboreum . 
dumosum , 
frondosum, 
