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Vaccinium pennsylvanicum T.mih. 

 Dv:arf hlneherrjj 

 l>rv. rorkv or sandv soil, ('oninion. Ma v. 



Vaccinium nigrum (Wood) Brittou 

 V. pennsylvanicum var. nigrum Wood 



Low hlack hlueherry 

 !>ry, rocky soil. Frequent. May. 



Vaccinium vacillans Kalm 



Loiv blueberry 

 Hrysoil. Common. Mav. 



Vaccinium stamineum L. 

 Deerberry 

 Dry thickets, specially on hillsides. Common. May. The 

 Canada blueberry, V. c a n a d e n s e, which is common in nearly 

 all eleyated swamps, is apparently wanting in our limits. 



Chiogenes hispidula (L.) T. & G. 

 C. s e r p y 1 1 i f o 1 i a Salisb. 

 Creeping snoivberry 

 Bogs and cold wet woods north of Barton. May. This plant 

 has the odor and liayor of birch. Its fruit is white. 



Oxycoccus oxycoccus (L.) MacM. 

 Vaccinium oxycocciis L. 

 Small cranberry 

 Bogs north of Barton. June. 



Oxycoccus macrocarpus (Ait.) Pers. 

 Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. 



Large cranberry 

 Mutton hill pond and bogs near Barton. June. More common 

 than the preceding species. 



PRIMULACEAE 

 Lysimachia quadrifolia L. 

 Whorled loosestrife 

 Thickets and neglected fields. Common. June-July. 



