HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY 473 
Flowers in slender currant-like clusters. 
Flower 2 or 3 times as long as broad. 
Leaves not usually toothed. 
Leaves smooth or only slightly downy . . . V. corymbosum 
Leaves, under surface, densely downy, especially on veins 
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Leaves toothed V. simulatum 
Flower nearly as broad as long. 
Leaves lance-oblong, not downy . . . . . « V. pennsylvanicum 
Leaves lance-oblong, downy . .. . . . «. «© « V. canadense 
Leaves oblong. 
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l. V. Vitis-Idaea, L. (Fig. 7, pl. 116.) MountTarin CRANBERRY. 
A little evergreen shrub, found where cold winds sweep the northern 
coasts of our region and on the summits of the White Mountains. Its 
stems are creeping with erect branches rising from 3 to 8 in. in height. 
Its broadly oval or pear-shaped leaves, leathery, green and shining above 
and black dotted beneath, curve backward at their margins and are 
crowded near the summit of the slender stems. Flowers in a small clus- 
ter at the extremity of the stem, the corolla bell-shaped, rather thickly 
cleft into 4 lobes which expand from the throat. They are white or pink- 
ish and nodding. Fruit a globular dark red berry about 1/3 in. in 
diameter. August-Sept. 
2. V. stamineum, L. (Fig. 4, pl. 116.) Drerperry. A branching 
shrub, with deciduous leaves and large numbers of bell-shaped flowers 
dangling in leafy bracted lengthened clusters. Stems 2 to 5 ft. high. 
Leaves oval, oblong or rarely broader toward base than at center, 1 to 
4 in. long, on rather short leaf-stems, light green above, paler beneath. 
Corolla rather deeply cleft into 5 lobes, which expand into a bell-shaped 
flower of purplish tinge. The stamens project somewhat beyond the 
bell of the corolla. Berry greenish-white, yellowish or dull red. Woods 
and thickets, frequent, especially in the southern half of our area. April- 
June. 
3. V. uliginosum, L. Boa Worrteserry. <A dwarf shrub, found on 
the summits of the Adirondack and White Mountains. Stems # to 2 ft. 
high, much branched, Leaves pear-shaped, or oblong, 4 to 1 in. long, 
thick, dark green above, lighter beneath. Flowers solitary or in clusters 
of 3 or 4, about 4 as long as the leaves. Fruit a large blue berry. June- 
July. 
4, V. caespitosum, Michx. (Fig. 6, pl. 116.) Dwarr Biriperry. 
Dwarf, much branching shrub, growing in dense tufts, stems 3 to 6 in. 
high, found on summits of White Mountains and Adirondacks. Leaves 
broad at apex, narrow at base, 4 to 1 in. long, with blunt teeth at mar- 
gins. Calyx 5-toothed; corolla egg-shaped, 5-toothed, contracted at throat. 
Stamens 10. Berry blue, with a bloom, June-July. 
5. V. corymbosum, Michx. (Fig. 5, pl. 116.) HiauH-susnH Buvsg- 
BERRY. A tall shrub (6 to 10 ft. high), with oval or oblong leaves and 
clusters of white flowers and sweet blue berries with a bloom. Leaves 
on short leaf-stems, 1 to 3 in. long, smooth above, very slightly downy, 
if at all, beneath. Corolla 4 to 4 in. long, cylindric or constricted at 
throat, white or pink. Fruit a blue berry with a bloom. Swamps and 
moist woods. May-June. 
