HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY 645 



3. V. caespitosum IMirhx. Shrub 0.5-3 dm. high; leaves rather thin, 

 obovate, cuneate or ohlanceolate, glabrous; corolla ovoid-urceolate, 4-5 mm. 

 long; berry blue, with a bloom, 6-8 mmr in diameter. Ali)ine-arctic situations: 

 Lab.— N.H.— Colo.— B.C. Suhalp.—Alp. 



4. V. globulare Rydb. Shrub 3-8 dm. high; leaf-blades 1-4 cm. long, 

 thin, broadly oval or obovate, somewhat paler beneath; corolla yellowish white, 

 about 6 mm', in diameter; berry dark purplish blue, 6-8 mm. in diameter. Woods: 

 B.C.— Ore.— Utah— Mont. Suhmont—Mont. My-Jl. 



5. V. ovalifolium Smith. Shrub 2-3.5 dm. high; leaf -blades elliptic, oval, 

 or oblong-oval, entire-margined, bright green above, pale beneath, 3-5 cm. long; 

 corolla ovoid-iuceolate, about 8 mm. long and 5-6 mm. in diameter; berry 8-10 

 mm. in diameter, ^^'oods: Alaska — Ore. — Mich. — Que. Suhmont.—Mnnt. My-Jl. 



6. V. membranaceum Dougl. Shrub 3-15 dm. high; leaf -blades thin, 

 oval, only slightly paler beneath, 3-5 cm. long; corolla ovoid-urceolate, about 

 5 mm. long, 4 mm. wide; berrv 8-10 mm. in diameter. V. myrlilloides Hook. 

 Woods: B.C.— Calif.— Wyo.— Mich. Submont.—Mont. Je-Jl. 



7. V. oreophilum Rydb. Shrub 1-3 dm. high; leaf-blades ovate or oval, 

 thin, veiny, green on both sides, 1-1.5 cm. long; corolla ovoid-urceolate, about 

 4 mm. long; berry 5-8 mm. in diameter. V. Myrtillus Hook., not L. Moun- 

 tain woods: B.C. — N.M. — Alta. Mont. — Alp. Je. 



8. V. scoparium Leiberg. Shrub 1-2 dm. high; leaf-blades light green, 

 thin, 1 cm. or less, ovate or lance-ovate, acute at both ends, serrulate; corolla 

 ovoid-urceolate, 3 mm. or less long; berry red, about 5 mm. in diameter. V. 

 erythrococcum Rydb. Grouse-berry. Mountain sides: B.C. — Calif. — Colo. — • 

 Alta. Subniont. — Subalp. Je-Jl. 



9. V. parvifolium Smith. Shrub 2-4 m. high; branches green, sharply 

 angled; leaves oblong or oval, obtuse or rounded at both ends, pale and dull, 

 entire, 6-20 mm. long; corolla globular; pedicels nodding in fruit; berry light red, 

 rather dry. Shady woods: Calif. — Ida. — B.C. — Alaska. Submont. — Mont. 



3. CYANOCOCCUS (A. Gray) Rydb. Blueberry. 



Shrubs with alternate, thin, deciduous leaves. Flowers in fascicles or very 

 short racemes, developed with the leaves, from separate scaly buds; bracts and 

 bractlets scaly, mostly deciduous. Calyx-lobes 5, usually small. Corolla in 

 ours campanulate, white or slightly rose-colored; lobes 5. Stamens 10; filaments 

 hairy; anthers awnlcss. Ovary and fruit incompletely 10-ceIled, by false parti- 

 tions or projections from the back of each carpel; berry blue or black, with a 

 bloom, sweet and edible, many-seeded. 



Leaves entire, as well as the branches pubescent. 1. C canadcjisis. 



Leaves serrate, glabrous, except sometimes the veins and margins; brandies f^lalirous 

 or with pubescent lines. 2. C. pcnnsylvanicus. 



1. C. canadensis (Richards.) Rydb. Shrub 3-6 dm. high; leaves broadly 

 lanceolate, acute at both ends, softly pubescent, especially beneath, 2-4 cm. long, 

 8-18 mm. wide; corolla cylindro-campanulate, about 4 mm. long and 3 mm. in 

 diameter; berry bluish black, with a bloom, 5-8 mm. in diameter. Vaccinium 

 canadense Richards. Moist places: Lab. — Va. — 111.— Sask. Boreal. My-Je. 



2. C. pennsylvanicus (Lam.) Rydb. Shrub 1-4 dm. high, with warty 

 branches; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, slightly pubescent on the veins 

 beneath and the margins, acute at both ends, 2-4 cm. long; corolla as in the pre- 

 ceding; berry 6-10 mm. in diameter, bluish black, with a bloom, very sweet. 

 V. pennsylvanicum hava. Hillsides and woods: Newf. — N.J. — -111. — Sask. Boreal. 

 My-Je. 



4. VITIS-IDAEA (Tourn.) Moench. Mountain Cranberry, 

 Swedish Cranberry. 



Low shrubs, with coriaceous, persistent leaves. Flowers in short racemes 

 from separate buds. Calyx-teeth small, 4 or 5. Corolla urceolate or campanu- 



