GAYLUSSACIA FRONDOSA (L.) T. & G. Vaccinizenz _frondosum L. Sp. Pl. 351. 1753.
Gaylussacia frondosa T. & G. ; Torr. Fl. N. Y., i : 449. An irregularly branched shrub 1-2 meters tall, with puberulent twigs and young leaves. Leaves firm, the blades oblong-oblan ceolate, ovate, oval or obovate, obtuse or notched at the apex, delicately revolute, short-petioled, bright green and glabrate above, glaucous and sprinkled with minute golden globules of resin be neath ; racemes loose ; pedicels long and slender ; calyx gla brous, 3-4 cm. broad, the segments triangular, acute or acutish,
about as long as the tube ; corolla globose-campanulate, about 4 rum. long, green to purplish, the segments triangular, broader than long, recurved and revolute ; filaments dilated, glabrous ; an thers longer than the filaments, prolonged into slender tubes; drupe globose, 8-10 min. in diameter, with a pale bloom.
In sandy soil, New Hampshire, south to Florida, Kentucky and Louisiana. Spring ; matures its fruit in the summer.