896 VACCINIACEAE 
em. long, rarely shorter, acute, entire, deep-green above, pale beneath, glabrous, short- 
petioled: corolla white or whitish, nearly cylindric, 7-8 mm. long: berries globular, 7-9 
mm. in diameter, glaucous. 
In and about swamps and along rivers, Georgia and Florida, and perhaps northward along the 
Atlantic coast. Spring. 
11. Vaccinium atrocóccum (A. Gray) Heller. A shrub similar to V. corymbosum 
in habit, more or less pubescent. Leaf-blades oval to elliptic or sometimes slightly broad- 
est above the middle, acute, entire, dark green above, paler beneath and more or less pubes- 
cent : flowers appearing with the leaves: corolla white or pinkish, campanulate, 4-6 mm. 
long: berries globular, 6-10 mm. in diameter, not glaucous. 
In swamps and moist woods, New Brunswick to Ontario and North Carolina. Spring. 
12. Vaccinium simulatum Small. A shrub resembling V. pallidum. Leaf-blades 
'^' thinnish, elliptic to oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 2.5-7 cm. long, somewhat acuminate or 
merely acute, serrulate, bright green above, more or less pubescent and pale or glaucescent 
beneath : flowers appearing after the leaves: corolla white or pinkish green, urn-shaped, 
3.5-4.5 mm. long: berries globular, 5-7 mm. in diameter, somewhat glaucous. 
In woods, southern New York and Pennsylvania to Georgia and Alabama. Spring. 
13. Vaccinium pallidum Ait. An asymmetrical shrub 1-2.5 m. tall, with glabrous, 
bright green twigs. Leaf-blades ovate, oval or oblong, 2.5-7 cm. long, acute or acuminate 
at the apex, ciliate-serrulate, bright green above, pale or glaucous and wholly glabrous 
_beneath, short-petioled : racemes several-flowered : corolla greenish pink, campanulate or 
slightly urn-shaped, 4-5 mm. long: berries subglobose, 8-12 mm. in diameter, deep blue, 
with a bloom, delicious. 
In woods, and on open slopes or summits, mountains of Virginia to Georgia and Alabama. Spring 
MOUNTAIN BLUEBERRY. 
14. Vaccinium vacíllans Kalm. A shrub 1-2 dm. tall, with rigid glabrous yellowish 
green branches and twigs. Leaf-blades oval, broadly oblong or sometimes ovate to obovate, 
2-5 cm. long, usually apiculate, nearly entire or serrulate, glabrous, pale or glaucous be- 
neath, short-petioled : racemes short or cluster-like, few-flowered : corolla pink or whitish, 
cylindric-oblong, slightly constricted at the throat, 4-6 mm. long; lobes 5: berries sub- 
globose, 4—7 mm. in diameter, blue, with a bloom, sweet. 
In dry or rocky soil, Maine to Ontario and Michigan, south to Georgia and Missouri. Spring 
BLUE HUCKLEBERRY. 
15. Vaccinium hírsütum Buckl An irregularly branching shrub 3-10 dm. tall, 
with finely hirsute foliage at least when young. Leaf-blades oblong to elliptic or oblong- 
ovate, 2-3 cm. long, acute or cuspidate, entire, deep green above, paler and more pubescent 
beneath especially on the nerves, very short-petioled : racemes few-flowered : hypanthium 
and calyx, like the pedicel, closely hirsute : sepals acute : corolla pale or reddish, ovoid-cam- 
panulate, 9-12 mm. long, persistently hirsute : ovary glandular-hirsute : berries subglobose, 
6-7 mm. in diameter, purplish black. 
On shaded mountain slopes, North Carolina to Tennessee and Georgia. Summer. 
5. CHIOGENES Salisb. 
Evergreen shrubs, with prostrate creeping stems, the foliage finely pubescent. Leaves 
small, alternate, 2-ranked. Flowers solitary, subtended by 2 bracts. Sepals 4, free. 
Corolla campanulate, with 4 rounded lobes. Stamens 8, included: filaments rough : 
anthers destitute of awns ; sacs not prolonged into tubes at the apex, opening from apex 
to middle. Ovary 4-celled, crowned with an 8-lobed disk. Berry white, 4-celled, mealy. 
Seeds numerous. SNOWBERRY. 
1. Chiogenes hispidula (L.) T. & G. Perennial, evergreen. Stems taca 1s 
the base, the branches creeping, strigose: leaf-blades leathery, oval or suborbicular, "i 
mm. long, abruptly pointed, ciliate, pale beneath, revolute, short-petioled : pedicels p 
tary in the axils, 1-3 mm. long: calyx minutely pubescent: sepals 4, the outer nee : 
broader than the inner: corolla white, campanulate, somewhat longer than the calyx; 
lobes acute: berries subglobose, 5-6 mm. in diameter, white, bristly, aromatic, crowne 
with the calyx. ins to 
In damp woods and swamps, Newfoundland to British Columbia south along the mountains 
North Carolina, and Michigan. Spring. $ 
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6. HUGERIA Small. = 
Shrubs, with upright branching stems. Leaves alternate, deciduous: blades ee 
thin, finely serrate, short-petioled. Flowers solitary on axillary pedicels, drooping. Sep 
