Vaccinium dentatum Sm.

herbarium
COLUMBIA UNIVERSI Y,
NEW YORK.
PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
COLLECTED ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU, ON THE LOWER
8LOPE8 OF WAIOLANI,
By A. A. Heller, June 6,
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NEWVORK BOTANICAL garden
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Yaccinium pendnliflorum Gaud. Bot. Voy. Uranie, 454,
68. 1830.
, Nuttall considered these Hawaiian plants distinct from Vae-
cinium, and proposed a new generic name for them» calling
them Metagonia. It is very probable that he was correct, for1
in general appearance they do not much resemble Vaccinium,
The red fruit has a different taste, more like that of a cran-
berry. This species ,is not uncommon on the ridge back of
Honolulu, and also occurs on the mountain of Kauai.
May to September {2393).
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