160 Heath (Ericacece) 



Flowers, with corolla five-toothed, excepting in Bog 

 Bilberry, where it is four-toothed. Anthers, some- 

 times with two small, bristle-like hooks (awns) on the 

 back. Seed-case, four-celled (or sometimes eight- to 

 ten-celled by false divisions), many-seeded. 



Leaves, branchlets, etc., less strongly or not at all marked 

 with resinous globules. 



Fruit, four- to five-celled (or sometimes eight- to ten- 

 celled by false divisions), and many-seeded instead of 

 only ten-seeded. 



Fig. 72. Squaw Huckleberry. Deerberry. V. stami'neum, L. 



Flowers, nodding, greenish-white or purplish. Flower- 

 stems, slender, solitary in the axils of the leaves. 

 Stamens, hairy, shorter than the style, much exserted 

 from the corolla. Anthers, tapering into two horns, 

 with a hook (awn) back of each. 



Leaves, one and one half to two and one half inches long, 

 rounded or pointed, or sometimes heart-shaped at 

 base ; smallest on the flowering branches ; egg-shape 

 and oval to reverse egg-shape. Leaf-stem, very 

 short and downy. 



Fruit, somewhat ten-celled, nearly as large as a small 

 cherry, greenish or yellowish, sometimes purple- 

 tinged, round or pear-shaped, scarcely edible. Sep- 

 tember. 



Found, from Canada to Florida. 



A shrub two to three feet high with abundant spread- 

 ing branches and drooping solitary fruit. 



