2. V, cacspitosum Michx. Dwarf Bilberry, A densely leafy low shrub 
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15-50 em, tall, the stems reclining or prostrate, covered with oaks 
mahogany colored bark, finely fissured, the younger bark flaking, the 
branches ascending or erect, stiffish, often waxy, the internodes 2-10 
mm, long; leaf=-blades 1.5=3 cm, long, obovate to oblanceolate, obtuse at 
the apex but narrowed and frequently acutish at she tip, narrowed below 
the middle and more or less wedge-shaped, bluish breen and somewhat waxy 
above, paler beneath, the veins prominent, the margins finely serrate; 
flowers drooping, the calyx a shallow inconspicuous cup, the margin 
undulate, subentireg corolla pinkish or white, ovoid, 4 m, long, the 
lobes scarcely 1 mm, long; fruit pendulous, bluish-black with a light bloon. 
S-7 mm, in diameter, depressed globose, (Ve Ce var, cuneifolium Nutt.). 
Infrequent, occurring throughout our range in rather boggy meadows 
usually in sphagnum, commonly associated with Betula pumila. Hoodoo Lake; 
Lamb Creek, 3000 fte; near Oxford Rey Ses Moscow Mite; St Maries R,; 
Fish Cr.; limerald Cr.; Partridge Cr, 
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