(WW) PLANT rJI'K OK ALAI5,\MA. 



Vacciniuin vacillans Kalin ; lorr. Fl. N. V. 1:144. lXl'.i. T.ow liu'KHKUUY. 



(imv. Man. .-.I. U, .US. (.'hap. Fl. Siippl. G'Xi; od. 3, 28:$. (Iray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 

 pt. 1:22. 



Carolinian area. ( )iitaii(», sontluirn New England, west to Michigan to OliioX'al- 

 Icy, Mis.sduri, and along tlio nionntaiiis to North t'aiolina. 



Al.AltAMA: MoMiitain region. Woodlands, o])on copses ami in rocky or sandy soil. 

 C'nllniau I'ouuty, S(H) feet altitude. J.,oe County, Aulmrn ( Jlaher i^- Earle). Flow(!r8 

 greenisli yellow, ealyx tijtped with red. April; I'rnit ripo in August, l.ow, 6 to 8 

 iuilies high. Not rare. 



I'.couoniic uses: The fruit is edilde. 



Tyj)!' loc.ility : "Dry hills aud open woods, common. Middle States." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Vaccinium corynibosum L. S]). I'l. 1 : 350. 17.53. Common Hlukbekry. 



I'lKciiiiiim (lin(niior2)hiim Michx. Fl. lior. Am. 1 : 231. 1803. 



Fll. .'^k. 1 : 4!I8. Gray, Man. ed. G, 313. Chap. Fl. 260, in part, (iray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 

 2. pt. 1:22. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario; New Eng- 

 land west to Michigan, Illinois. Missouri, Arkansas; south along the mountains to 

 (ieorgia, west to Louisiana. 



Alauama: Mountain region. Copses and open woods. Clay County, Che-aw-ha 

 Mountain, near the waterJall and l'nlj)it Rock. 2,200 feet. Cullman County, 850 fiet. 

 Winston County, 1.200 feet. Lee County, Auburn ( llaktr 4- I'Airle). Flowers in April ; 

 Iruit matures in Se))teniber, not seen. Local and inrre(]uent. 



Economic uses: The fruit is the common blueberry. 



Type locality : '• Hab. in America septentrionali. Kalm." 



Herb. Geol. .Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Vaccinium corymbo.sum amoenum (Ait.) Gray, Syu. IT. N. A. 2, ]it. 1 : 23. 1878. 



Varcinitiin amoenum Ait. Hort. Kew. 2:12. 1789. 



Near to type; a lower shrub; llowers in dense clusters on naked branches, retblish, 

 appearing with the leaves; leaves while young pubescent, lanceolate, lat-r broadly 

 ovate to ovate-lanceolate serrate-ciliate, the teeth appressed, pubescent on the mid- 

 rib, glabrous, shining, green ou both sides. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 313. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Along the coast from New Jersey to Florida. 



A[..\hama: Lower Tine region. Coast plain. Shaded banks in damp soil. Mobile 

 County, Mount Vernon, near Davids Lake; Three-mile Creek. Flowers April 10; 

 fruit matures in June. Not common. 



Type locality : " Native of North America." 



Herb. Geol Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Vacciuium fuscatum Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 : 11. 1789. Fuscous Blueberry. 



J accinium corymhosum fimcatum Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 23. 1878. 



Ell. Sk. 1:499. (;ray,l.c. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Central Prairie region to Coast Plain. Shaded dry sandy banks of 

 streams nnd near swamps. Autauga County, Prattville. Baldwin County, live oak 

 hammock near Zundels. Flowers in March : fruit not seen. 



Shrub, with straggling branches, 2 to 4 feet high, the branches fuscous-pubescent; 

 leaves distichous, with a fuscous pubescence beneath. Identical with the species 

 in the Gray Herbarium marked '• .Mobile. 1839." 



Type locality : " Native of North America." 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. .Mohr. 



Vacciuium pallidum Ait. Hort. Kew, 2 : 10. 1789. Mountain Bueheury. 



I'acciiiium cori/mbo8um pallidum Gray, Man. ed. 5, 292. 1867. 



r. coiistabtaei Gray, Am. Journ. Sci. 13 : 42. 1841. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 313. Chap. Fl. 260. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 23. 



Alleghenian and C.irolinian areas. West Virginia to North Carolina, along the 

 higher ranges of the Alleghenies. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Dekalb County, summitof Lookout Mountain, 2,000 

 feet. Cullman County, highest ridges 1,000 feet. 



Type locality: "Native of North America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



