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Vaccinium pennsylvanicum Lam. 

 D taarf h lueb erry 

 r^ry, rocky or sandy soil. Common. May. 



Vaccinium nigrum (Wood) Britton 

 V. pennsylvanicum var. nigrum Wood 

 Lori: hlack hlueherry 

 Dry, rocky soil. Frequent. May. 



Vaccinium vacillans Kalm 

 Loiv blueberry 

 Dry soil. Common. May. 



Vaccinium stamineum L. 

 Deerberry 

 Dry thickets, specially on hillsides. Common. May. The 

 Canada blueberry, V. canadense, which is common in nearly 

 all elevated swamps, is apparently wanting in our limits. 



Chiogenes hispidula (L.) T. & G. 

 C. serpyllifolia Salisb. 

 Creeping snoivherry 

 Bogs and cold wet woods north of Barton. May. This plant 

 has the odor and flavor of birch. Its fruit is white. 



Oxycoccus oxycoccus (L.) MacM. 

 Vaccinium oxycoccus L. 

 Small cranberry 

 Bogs north of Barton. June. 



Oxycoccus macrocarpus (Ait.) Pers. 

 Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. 

 Large cranberry 

 Mutton hill pond and bogs near Barton. June. More common 

 than the preceding species. 



PRIMULACEAE 

 Lysimacliia quadrifolia L. 

 Whorled loosestrife 

 Thickets and neglected fields. Common. June-July. 



