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VACCINIUM L. 



V. stamineum L. Dkkr-bkrrv. Squaw Hucki.kukrrv. Cora. 

 moil on dry, bushy hillsides. A low shrub, with numerous 

 white flowers, succeeded by large, green berries, bitter to the 

 taste. When in bloom the plant is very noticeable. May. 



V. Pennsylvanicum Lam. Dwarf Blueberry. Early Blue- 

 BKRKV, Common in dry, hilly woods and pastures, and along 

 fence-rows. Flowers, reddi.sh-white ; berries blue, sweet. The 

 earliest of our blueberries to ripen. May. 



V. vacillans Kalm ; Torr. Low Bllkberry. Not uncommon. 

 Found with the preceding species which it much resembles. 

 May. 



V. corymbosum L. High Hlckleberry. Swamp Huckleberry. 

 Common in swamps, but often found in dry soil. Rare in the 

 Chemung valley, Lucy. A good-sized shrub, which in favor- 

 able situations forms dense thickets. In our territory this species 

 produces the bulk of the huckleberries sent to market. May. 



V. atrococcum (A.Gray.) Heller. Black Hickleberrv. Dry 

 ground beyond Bear Swamp, near Susquehanna, Graves. 

 Fruit black without bloom. ( V. corymbosum, var. atrococcum 

 Gray. ) 



SCHOLLERA Roth. 



S. Oxycoccus (L.) Roth. Small Cranberry. Not very com- 

 mon. Found only in bogs, usually growing in sphagnum. Mut- 

 ton-Hill pond; bogs north of Barton, Fenno. Bog near Jarvis 

 street, Binghamton; Pond Brook, Cluie. Cranberry marsh; 

 Beebe's swamp. Graves. "TheVlai," near Oneonta, Hoy. 

 Near Oxford, Coville. Not reported from the Chemung valley. 

 Stems slender, creeping or trailing; leaves very small, ever- 

 green; flowers rose-colored, nodding; berries red, often gath- 

 ered for market. June. ( Vaccinium Oxycoccus L. ) 



S. macrocarpa (Ait.) Britton. Large Cranberry. America.n 

 Cranberry. Less common than the preceding, and found in 

 the same places. Resembles S. Oxycoccus, but is larger. This 

 species is the one usually cultivated and yields the bulk of our 

 cranberries. June. {Vaccinium 7nacrocarpon Ait.) 



