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« ♦ Parts of the flower iiiflres: staiiviis 10: leaves meinbiamtceous : flowers soUtarj 

 on short (ij-il/ari/ pidniicles, nodJiiifj. 



8. V. C8espit6sum, Mklix. Dwarf (3' -5' lii};li), tiifteil ; leaves ofmvatc, 

 narrowed at tlio basr, siaootli ami shini/u;, serrate; corolla ohlomj, slif^litly urn- 

 shaped; berries liluo. — Aljiiiie reyioii of the White Mountains of New Hamp- 

 shire; and hi;;li nortiiward. 



9. V. OValif61ium, Smith. Stran:','ling, 3°- 10° higli ; leaves elliptical, 

 obtuse, nearly entire, jiale, mostly glaucous beneath, smooth ; corolla ovoid; berries 

 blue. — Peat-l)ogs, Keweenaw Co., Lake Superior, Dr. Robbins (and far west- 

 ward). May. 



10. v. myrtilloides, Hook. More erect, 1°- 4° hi<,-h; branchlets .some- 

 what angled ; leaves niosthj orate and acute or pointed, sharply and closely sejrulate, 

 bright green, nearly smooth ; border of the calyx almost entire ; corolla depresscd- 

 glolmlar, rather large ; berries large, black, rather acid. — Woods and bluffs, 

 Keweenaw Co., Lake Sui)crior, Dr. liobbins. (Lake Huron, Dr. Todd; and 

 northwestward.) May, June. — Pedicels 3" - G" long, drooping in flower, 

 erect in fruit. 



§ 6. CYANOCOCCUS. Ocarti more or less completeli/ \Ocelled hji false partitions: 

 corolla ohlong-cylindrical or slightly urn-shaped, Moothtd : anthers 10, uwnless: 

 fllaments hairy : berries blue or black with a bloom (sweet) : flowers in clusters or 

 very short racemes from seedy buds separate from and lather preceding the leaves, 

 on short pedicels, appearing in early spring. (Leaves deciduous in the Nortliern 

 species or pro/ier Bhtdierries.) 



11. V. Pennsylvanicum, Lnm (Dwarf BLUEitKiiKY.) Dwarf (6'- 

 15' high), smooth ; leares lanceolate or oblong, distinrily serrulate with bristle-jminted 

 teeth, smooth and shining Imth sides (or sometimes downy on the midrib under- 

 neath) ; corolla short, cyliudrical-bell-sliapcd. — Var AXGUSTiF(")LifM is a high 

 mountain or ijoreal form, 3' -6' higli, with narrower lanceolate leaves. (V. an- 

 gustifolium. Ait.) —Dry hills and woods: common from Pennsylvania and N. 

 Illinois far northward. — Branches green, angled, warty. Berries abundant, 

 large and sweet, ripening early in July: the earliest blueberry or blue huckle- 

 berry in the market. 



12. V. Canadense, Kalm. (Canada Bu'khkruv.) Low (1° -2° high) ; 

 leaves olilong-lanccolate or elliptical, entire, downy both sid'S, as well as the crowded 

 branchlets ; corolla shorter : otherwise as the last, into which it seems to pass. 

 — SwamjjS or moist woods, Maine to Wisconsin, and northward. 



13. V. vaciUaus, Sulander. (Low Bukhkuky.) /^w (l°-2i° high). 

 glabrous; lanes olioralc or oval, very pale or dull, f/la neons, at least underneath, 

 minutely ciliolate-serrulatc or entire ; corolla between bell-shaped and cylindra- 

 ceous, the mouth somewhat contracted. — Dry woodlands, es|)ccially in sandy 

 soil. New Kngland to Virginia and N. Illinois. — Branches yellowish-green. 

 Berries ripening later than those of No. 11. 



14. V. COrymbdsum, L. (t'osniox or SwA.Mr-Bi,i:KnERRY.) Tall 

 po_ioo hijrji) ; /,(/(, .s urate, orid, oblong, or ellipticallanceolate ; corolla varyinjj 

 from turgid-ovatc and cylindric.al-urn-shaped to oblong-cylindrical. — Swamps 

 and low thickets: everywhere common, except southwestward. — This yields 



