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G. f rondosa, Torr. & Gray. Blue Tangle. Dangleberry. 



Widely distributed, but not very common. May-June. 

 G. resinosa, Torr. & Gray. Black Huckleberry. 

 Couiinoii. May-June. 



Vaccinium, L. 



V. Oxycoccus. L. Small Cranberry. 



Ashby and Wilmington (W. H. Manning) ; Concord (Minot Pratt) ; 



Natick (Rev. Thos. Morong) ; Lit'leton (L. L. Dame). Bare. June. 

 V. macrocarpon, Ait. Cranberry. 



Conmion. June. 

 * V. Vitis-Idcea, L. Covtberry. 



Concoid, inti oduced from the White Mts. by Minot Pratt, but does 



nut thrive. June. 

 V. Pennsylvanicum, Lam. Dwarf Blueberry. 



Common. A form with b'ack and shining berries destitute of 



bloom, the var. nigrum of Wood, occasional. May. 

 *V. Canadense, Kalm. Canada Blueberry. 



T()\vns;end (Miss H. E. Haynes). May. 

 V. vacillans, Soland. Low Blueberry. 



Riither common. May-June. 

 V. corymbosum, L. Swamp Blueberry. 



Common. May-June. 

 V. corymbosum, var. atrococcum. Gray. 



Common. May-.Juue. 



Chiogenes, Salisb. 



C. hispidula, Torr. & Gray. Creeping Snowberry. 



Shirley and Littleton (W. H. Manning); Tewksbury (B. D. 

 Greene); Concord (Minot Pratt). Rare. May. 



Arctostaphylos, Adan?.'^ 



A. Uva-ursl, Spreng. Bearberry. 



Widely di-tributed; but not very common. May-June. 



EpiGuEA, L. 



E, repens, L. Trailing Arbutus. May Flower. Ashby, 

 Littleton, W^stford, Concord, et al. Common only in the north- 

 western part of the county. Apr.-May. 



Gaultheria, Kalm. 



G. procumbens, L. Wintergreen. Checkerberry. Box- 

 berry. Common. July. 



Leucothoe, Don. 



L. racemosa, Gray. 

 Maiden, Medford, Townsend, Ashland, et al. Not common. June. 



