SLUE 271 



Flowers. The white or pink bell-shaped 

 flowers grow on very short pedicels, in short 

 racemes. May. 



This low shrub, scarcely exceeding a foot in 

 height, has a limited range, occurring in dry 

 woods from Delaware and Pennsylvania to Vir- 

 ginia. 



GREAT BILBERRY 



Vaccinium uliginosum Huckleberry Family 



Fruit. The blue, bloom-covered, globular 

 berries usually grow singly or in clusters of 

 from two to four. They are four- or five-celled, 

 sweet, and not very abundant. July, August. 



Leaves. The oblong or obovate leaves, when 

 fully grown, are thick, bright green above and 

 paler beneath. They are entire and nearly 

 stemless. 



Flowers. The solitary or few-clustered pink 

 flowers have their parts mostly in fours. 



This is a low tufted shrub with many 

 branches. It inhabits the mountain heights of 

 New England and New York, the shore of Lake 

 Superior, and thence northward to Alaska. It is 



