234 VACCINIACEAE 



OXYCOCCUS— continued 



O. macrocarpiis {Vaccinhim macrocarpus). American Cranberry. September. 



E. Ls, rounded at end. Fls. in terminal racemes ending in leafy shoot. 



Berry f . East North America. (Fig. 121 j.) 

 O. palustris {Vaccinium Oxy coccus). Cranberry. June. E. Ls. pointed. Fls. 



in terminal 1-4-flowered clusters. Berry \. Northern Hemisphere 



(including Britain). (Fig. 121 H.) 



VACCINIUM. Ls. alternate, very shortly stalked. Fls. small, white or pinkish, 

 bell-shaped, corolla not deeply divided. Fruit a berry. 



[a) Deciduous 



V. arboreum. Farkleberry. 10. July- August. Ls. ov., 2, pointed, minutely 



toothed, dark glossy green above, slightly downy below, margins slightly 



recurved. Fls. \, bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Berry ^, black. East United 



States. (Fig. 100 f.) 

 V. Arctostaphylos. Caucasian Whortleberry, Bear's Grape. 10. June. Ls.. 



ov., 4, pointed, finely toothed, dark dull green above, downy below. 



Fls. \, white tinged with purple, jointed to stalk, in axillary racemes. 



Berry \, purple. Caucasus. (Fig. loi A.) 

 V. canadense. Sour-top, Velvet Leaf . i. May. Stems very downy. Ls. lane, 



i^, entire, pointed. Fls. I, in short dense clusters. Berry ^, blue-black. 



East North America. (Fig. 121 n.) 

 V. corymhosum. Swamp Blueberry. 12. May. Ls. ov., lane, 3, tapering at 



both ends, entire. Fls. |. Berry black with blue bloom. East North 



America. (Fig. 121 m.) 

 V. hirsutum. Hairy Huckleberry. 2. May. Young stems very downy. Ls. 



ov., 2 1, entire, pointed, dark green, downy, short-stalked. Fls. \, 



cyhndrical, hairy. Berry |, blue-black, hairy. Mountains of North 



Carolina. (Fig. 121 L.) 

 V. Myrtillus. Whortleberry, Bilberry, i. May. Branchlets flanged or angled, 



hairless. Ls. ov., i, round-toothed, bright green, hairless. Fls. \, round, 



pale pink. Berry \, black with blue bloom. Europe (including Britain). 



(Fig. 100 G.) 

 V. pennsylvanicum. Low Blueberry. i|. April-May. Young stems warted, 



downy. Ls. lane, i^, pointed, minutely toothed, bright green, hairless. 



Fls. |. Berry usually black with blue bloom, sometimes red or white. 



East North America. (Fig. loi E.) 

 V. stamineiwi. Deerberry. 4. May-June. Ls. ov., 2|, pointed, entire, dark 



dull green above. Fls. \, white, with projecting yellow stamens, in leafy 



racemes. Berry \, greenish or yellowish. East United States. 

 V. tdiginoswn. Bog Bilberry, Bog Whortleberry. 2. May. Ls. obov. or 



circular, i, entire, stalkless. Fls. very small, in twos or threes on drooping 



stalk. Berry black with blue bloom. Northern Hemisphere (including 



Britain). (Fig. 121 k.) 

 V. vacillans. Blue Huckleberry. 3. May. Stems yellowish green, hairless, 



warted. Ls. ov., obov., 2, minutely toothed or entire, firm, hairless. 



Fls. I, pink, cylindrical, in short clusters. Berry I, black with blue bloom, 



very sweet. U.S.A. 



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