94 Spring Flora of Ohio. 



A. Corolla opr)i-ca>i!/>a>ni!alt', anthers l-aivned on the back. 



Vac-cin'-i-um stam-i-ne'-um L. Deerberry; Squaw Huckleberry. — Dif- 

 fuse!}' branched, 'J-o ft. high ; leaves ovate or oval, pale, glaucous or 

 whitish beneath ; anthers much exserted. 



A. Corolla cylindraceoiis to eampanulate, b-toothed ; anthers awnless. 

 fb. Plants dwarf or loiv, ^^-1% ft. high) 



Vac-cin'-i-um penn-syl-van'-i-cum Lam. Dwarf Blueberry. — Dwarf, 6-15 



in. high, smooth, with green warty stems and branches; leaves lanceo- 

 late or oblong, distinctly serrulate with bristle-pointed teeth, smooth 

 and shining both sides. 



Vac-cin'-i-um can-a-den'-se Kalm. Blueberry, — Low, 1-2 ft. high; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, entire, downy both sides as well 

 as the crowded branchlets; otherwise like the last. 



Vac-cin'-i-um va-cil'-lans Soland. Low Blueberry. — Low, l-"2>4 ft. 

 high, glabrous, branchlets yellowish-green ; leaves obovate or oval, 

 very pale or dull, glaucous (at least underneath), minutely ciliolate- 

 serrulate or entire. 



b. Plants tall. 5-10 ft. high. 



Vac-cin'-i-um cor-ym-bo'-sum L. Common or Swamp Blueberry. — Leaves 

 ovate, oval, oblong or elliptical-lanceolate, with naked entire margins, 

 pubescent or glabrous. In swamps and low thickets. 



Vac-cin'-i-um pal'-li-dum Ait. (/'. corynibosum var. pallidum Gr.) 

 Common or Swamp Blueberry. — Differs from the preceding in leaves 

 being mostly glabrous, pale or whitish, glaucous especially under- 

 neath, serrulate with bristly teeth. 



Vac-cin'-i-um at-ro-coc'-cum (Gr.) Heller. (V. corymhosuni var. 

 atrococciim Gr.) Common or Swamp Blueberry. — Differing from the 

 preceding in leaves being entire, downy or woolly underneath even 

 when old, as also the branchlets. 



14. Genus SCHOL'-LE-RA. — Stems very slender, creeping or trail- 

 ing ; leaves small, entire, whitened beneath, evergreen ; pedicels erect, 

 the pale rose-colored flower nodding ; corolla 4-parted ; berries red, 

 acid. 



Schol'-le-ra ox-y-coc'-cus (L.) Roth. {Vaccinium oxycoccus h.) Small 

 Cranberry. — Stems very slender, 4-9 in. long; leaves ovate, acute, with 

 strongly revolute margins, 2-3 lines long. 



