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  Racemes 
  few-flowered. 
  Corolla 
  small, 
  greenish-pink, 
  short-bell-shaped 
  ; 
  

   bracts 
  small, 
  oblong, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  pedicels. 
  Berry 
  depressed- 
  

   globose, 
  dark 
  blue, 
  with 
  bloom, 
  sweet, 
  about 
  | 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter. 
  On 
  

   low 
  ground.* 
  

  

  2. 
  G. 
  baccata 
  K. 
  Koch. 
  HUCKLEBERRY. 
  A 
  much-branched, 
  stiff 
  

   shrub, 
  1-3 
  ft. 
  high, 
  slightly 
  downy 
  when 
  young. 
  Leaves 
  oval 
  or 
  

   oblong, 
  rarely 
  obovate, 
  obtuse 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  entire, 
  covered 
  when 
  

   young 
  with 
  little 
  resinous 
  particles. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  short, 
  one-sided 
  

   racemes. 
  Corolla 
  at 
  first 
  conical-ovoid, 
  becoming 
  afterward 
  nearly 
  

   cylindrical, 
  pink 
  or 
  reddish. 
  Fruit 
  (in 
  the 
  typical 
  form) 
  black, 
  with 
  

   no 
  bloom, 
  sweet; 
  the 
  seed-like 
  nutlets 
  rather 
  large. 
  Woods 
  and 
  

   pastures 
  in 
  sandy 
  soil. 
  

  

  VII. 
  VACCINIUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Shrubs 
  or 
  small 
  trees. 
  Leaves 
  entire 
  or 
  serrulate, 
  often 
  

   leathery 
  and 
  evergreen. 
  Flowers 
  terminal 
  or 
  lateral, 
  clus- 
  

   tered 
  or 
  solitary, 
  nodding. 
  Pedicels 
  2-bracteolate. 
  Calyx 
  tube 
  

   globose 
  or 
  hemispherical, 
  4-5-lobed, 
  persistent. 
  Corolla 
  urn- 
  

   shaped, 
  cylindrical 
  or 
  bell-shaped, 
  4-5-lobed. 
  Stamens 
  twice 
  

   as 
  many 
  as 
  the 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  corolla; 
  anthers 
  awned 
  or 
  awnless. 
  

   Ovary 
  4-5-celled, 
  each 
  cell 
  partially 
  divided 
  by 
  a 
  partition, 
  

   which 
  makes 
  the 
  ovary 
  appear 
  8-10-celled 
  ; 
  style 
  slender 
  ; 
  

   stigma 
  simple. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  many-seeded 
  berry.* 
  

  

  B. 
  Fl. 
  species 
  1 
  (Batodendron) 
  ; 
  species 
  2 
  (Polycodium) 
  ; 
  

   species 
  6 
  (Oxycoccus). 
  

  

  1. 
  V. 
  arboreum 
  Marsh. 
  FARKLEBERRY. 
  Tree-like, 
  sometimes 
  30 
  ft, 
  

   high 
  ; 
  bark 
  gray 
  ; 
  twigs 
  slender, 
  smooth 
  or 
  downy. 
  Leaves 
  decidu- 
  

   ous, 
  ovate 
  or 
  oval, 
  mucronate, 
  entire 
  or 
  glandular-dentate, 
  leathery, 
  

   green 
  above, 
  often 
  slightly 
  downy 
  beneath. 
  Racemes 
  with 
  leaf 
  -like 
  

   bracts; 
  pedicels 
  slender, 
  drooping. 
  Corolla 
  campanulate, 
  white. 
  

   Anthers 
  included; 
  style 
  projecting. 
  Berry 
  globose, 
  black, 
  mealy, 
  

   ripening 
  in 
  winter. 
  Common 
  in 
  dry, 
  open 
  woods.* 
  

  

  2. 
  V. 
  stamineum 
  L. 
  DEER-BERRY, 
  SQUAW 
  HUCKLEBERRY. 
  An 
  

   erect 
  shrub, 
  3-10 
  ft. 
  high 
  ; 
  branches 
  widely 
  spreading, 
  twigs 
  smooth 
  

   or 
  minutely 
  downy. 
  Leaves 
  deciduous, 
  oval 
  or 
  oblong, 
  acute 
  or 
  

   taper-pointed 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  obtuse 
  or 
  slightly 
  heart-shaped 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  firm, 
  smooth, 
  and 
  green 
  above, 
  pale 
  and 
  slightly 
  downy 
  be- 
  

   neath, 
  petioled. 
  Racemes 
  with 
  leaf-like 
  bracts. 
  Flowers 
  numerous, 
  

   drooping, 
  on 
  jointed, 
  slender 
  pedicels. 
  Corolla 
  bell-shaped, 
  purplish- 
  

   green, 
  2-awned 
  anthers 
  and 
  style 
  projecting. 
  Berry 
  globose 
  or 
  pear- 
  

   shaped, 
  inedible. 
  Dry 
  woods.* 
  

  

  3. 
  V.pennsylvanicumLam. 
  DWARF 
  BLUEBERRY,LOW 
  BLUEBERRY. 
  

   Low 
  (usually 
  6-12 
  iii. 
  high, 
  sometimes 
  2 
  ft. 
  high) 
  and 
  smooth, 
  with 
  

  

  