442 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Type Loca.ity: Type raised from seed collected by Drummond in the Rocky Mountains 
of British America. 
Rance: British Columbia to Colorado and California. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Rainier, Piper 2044; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 153; 
Kittitas County, Sandberg & Leiberg 706. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian. 
CLADOTHAMNUS. 
1. Cladothamnus pyrolaeflorus Bong. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 155. t. 1. 18382. 
Tolmiea occidentalis Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 45. 1834. 
Type Locauitry: Sitka, Alaska. 
Rance: Alaska to Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, Lyall in 1859; Baldy Peak, 
Lamb 1368. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian. 
VACCINIACEAE. Briuesperry Famiry. 
Erect shrubs; corolla cylindric or urceolate...........22..2.2...2-2--- VACCINIUM. 
Trailing vines; corolla deeply 4-cleft, the lobes spreading ............- - Oxycoccus. 
VACCINIUM. BLuEBERRY. 
Leaves evergreen; filaments hairy..................2..-2...----- 1. V. ovatum. 
Leaves deciduous; filaments glabrous. 
Flowers in clusters of 2to4; corolla mostly 4-lobed; calyx deeply 
4 or 5-parted. 
Leaves thick, prominently veiny, obtuse or retuse........ - 2. V. uliginosum. 
Leaves thinner, obscurely veiny, obtuse or acute _......... 3. V. occidentale. 
Flowers solitary; corollas mostly 5-lobed; calyx obscurely lobed. 
Low shrubs, less than one-half meter high. 
Branches sharply angled; berries red or wine-color .... 4. V. scoparium. 
Branches terete; berries blue with a bloom. 
Leaves rather thin, bright green on both sides; 
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corolla ovate or oblong............ 2.22.22. --- 5. V. caespitosum. 
Leaves thicker, pale and glaucescent: corolla 
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globose ....... . Lote ee ee ee ee eee ----. 6. V. deliciosum. 
Taller shrubs 1 to 3 meters high. 
Leaves serrate; berries blackish without bloom ....... 7. V.. macrophyllum. 
Leaves entire. 
Berries blue with a bloom ._.....-. 2... ...02..-. 8. V. ovalifolium. 
Berries red ......-.. 2-2-2. 2-2-2222 222 ee eee 9. V. parvifolium. 
1. Vaccinium ovatum Pursh, Fl. 1: 290, 1814. 
Type Locatity: “On the Columbia River.” Colleeted by Lewis, the exact spot Fort 
Clatsop near Astoria, Oregon. 
RanGeE: British Columbia to California, west of the Cascades and Sierras. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Montesano, Heller 3942; Grays Harbor City, Lamb 1037; Olym- 
pia, Henderson, May, August, 1892; Admiralty Head, O. Piper, April 24, 1898; near Lake 
Washington, Suksdorf 984; Seattle, Suksdorf 984; Port Ludlow, Binns; Tacoma, Flett 
59; without locality, Cooper. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
Very variable as to fruit, being black and shiny or blue and glaucous. The berries vary 
likewise in flavor and texture. 
