Vor. II.J HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY. SV iri 
4. Vaccinium ovalifdlium J. E. Smith. 
Tall or Oval-leaved Bilberry. (Fig. 2786.) 
Vaccinium ovalifolium J. E. Smith in Rees’ 
Cyclop. No. 2. 1817. 
A straggling branched shrub, 3°-12° high, 
the branches slender; twigs glabrous, jointed, 
sharply angled. Leaves oval, short-petioled, 
glabrous on both sides, green above, pale and 
glaucous beneath, rounded at both ends, or 
somewhat narrowed at the base, thin, some- 
times mucronulate, entire or very nearly so, 1/— 
2’ long; flowers commonly solitary in the axils, 
on rather short recurved pedicels; calyx-limb 
slightly toothed; corolla globose-ovoid; stamens 
10; berry blue with a bloom, 4’’-5’’ in diameter. 
Woods, Quebec to Michigan, Oregon and Alaska. 
Also in Japan. June-July. Fruit ripe July-Aug. 
5. Vaccinium virgatum Ait. Southern 
Black Huckleberry. (Fig. 2787.) 
Vaccinium virgatum Ait. Hort. Kew. 2:12. 1789. 
' A shrub, 3°-12° high, the branches slender, 
green, the young twigs puberulent. Leaves 
narrowly oval-oblong, broadest at the middle, 
mucronate, short-petioled, entire, green and gla- 
brous above, pale or glaucous beneath, veins 
pubescent, thick when old, 1/-2!4’ long, 34/-1/ 
wide, the ends narrowed; flowers in short ra- 
cemes or clusters, appearing before the leaves, 
} equalling or longer than their pedicels; bracts 
ee and bractlets small, deciduous; calyx 5-lobed; 
TF corolla nearly cylindric, 3/’-4/’ long, 1//-1%4/” 
thick, white or light pink; stamens 10; berry black, with or without bloom, 2//-3/ in diameter. 
In swamps, southern Virginia to Florida and Louisiana. April-May. Fruit ripe in July. 
Vaccinium virgatum tenéllum (Ait.) A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: Part 1, 22. 1878. 
Vaccinium tenellum Ait. Hort. Kew. 2:12. 1789. 
Low, mostly less than 2° high; leaves smaller, narrower, %'-1%’ long; flowers white, or nearly 
so, 2''-3''long. Probablya distinct species. Southern Virginia to Arkansas, Florida and Alabama. 
6. Vaccinium corymbosum I,. High-bush or Tall Blueberry. (Fig. 2788.) 
Vaccinium corymbosum I,. Sp. Pl. 350. 1753. —— ee 
V. amoenum Ait. Hort. Kew. 2:12. 1789. 
A shrub, 6°-15° high; branches stiff; twigs 
terete, minutely warty, greenish-brown, pu- 
berulent, or glabrous. Leaves oval or oblong, 
mostly acute at each end, usually entire, some- 
times ciliate, green and glabrous above, paler 
and often pubescent at least on the veins be- 
neath, short-petioled, 1/-3/ long, %%4/-1'%4/ 
wide; flowers in short racemes, appearing 
with the leaves, equalling or longer than their 
pedicels; bracts oblong or oval, deciduous; 
calyx 5-lobed; corolla cylindric, or slightly 
constricted at the throat, white or faintly 
pink, 3//-6’’ long, 114’/-3/’ thick, 5-toothed 
(rarely 5-lobed); stamens 10; berry blue with 
a bloom, 3/’-4’’ in diameter, pleasantly acid. 
Inswamps, thickets and woods, Newfoundland 
to Virginia, west to Minnesota and Louisiana. 
May-June. Fruit ripe July-Aug. Called also 
Swamp Blueberry. The late market blueberry. 
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