2. V. ovalifolium Smith, Blueberry. An erect shrub ,5-1 m, tall, the 
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stems ascending, or reclining at the base, branching chiefly above, the 
bark greyish brown, shedding somewhat, the branchlets smooth and often 
red or brown; leaf blades ¢c-4 cm. long, thin, variable in size on the 
same plant, broadly oval, rounded at both ends and quite blunt, the margins 
entire, both surfaces glabrous, the lower paler, the petioles 1-2 mm, long; 
flowers inconspicuous, pendulous, the calyx-limb undulate, entire, the 
corolla 7-8 ma. long, ovoid; fruit erect, on pedicels about 5 m, long, 
deep blue with a waxy bloom, 7-12 mm, in diameter, globose, the depression 
1 mm, or less deep, divisions 5, the seeds curved, angular, 1-1.5 mn, long, 
On the floor of semi-mature forest in the north, there abundant locally. 
Priest Lakes Upper Priest Re, 2000 ft.; Lion Cr., 3000 ft.; Coeur d'Alene Mts, 
