1. Ovary superior; fruit a dry capsule.
2. Flowers 4-merous; pedicels
1.5-4 mm long; corolla 3-3.5 mm long ............. Lyonia
octandra
2. Flowers 5-merous; pedicels
4-11 mm long; corolla 4.5-6.5 mm long ...... Lyonia jamaicensis
1. Ovary inferior; fruit a fleshy berry.
3. Leaves pinnately-nerved, membranous,
2-5 cm long, the margin crenate;
flowers
4-merous; pedicels 1-4 mm long; corolla tubular-cylindric,
thin-
membranous,
white to pink ................................................................. Vaccinium
meridionale
3. Leaves pli-nerved, thick-coriaceous,
2-15 cm long, the margin entire;
flowers
5-6-merous; pedicels 10-25 mm long; corolla campanulate-urceolate,
carnose,
green ................................................................................... Vaccinium
racemosum
See also, Adams, C. D. 1972. Ericaceae, in Flowering Plants of Jamaica, pp. 561-562.
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