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Vaccinium parvifolium, Smith. 



North- Western America, from Mendocino to Sitka. A tall shrub. 

 The berries are excellent for preserves, in taste not unlike those of 

 V. Myrtillus, but of a red colour. 



Vaccinium penduliflorum, Gaudichaud. 



Hawaia, where it is called the " Ohelo." The acidulous berries of 

 this bush are edible. 



Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum, Lamarck.* (V. angustifolium, Alton.) 



The early Blueberry or Blue Huckleberry. North- America, on 

 dry woody hills. A dwarf bush with deciduous foliage, producing 

 fruit in abundance and early in the season. The berries are large, 

 bluish-black and of sweet taste. V. Canadense (Kalm), according to 

 Dr. Asa Gray, is closely allied. 



Vaccinium prsestans, Rudolphi. 



Kamtschatka. A minute plant, but with large delicious fruits. 

 It might perhaps easily be disseminated on any alpine mountains. 



Vaccinium reticulatum, Smith. 



Hawaia, at elevations from 4,000 to 8,000 feet. A dwarf shrub. 

 Berries somewhat astringent, but of pleasant taste [Dr. Hillebrand]. 

 Related to V. cereum (Forster) from the Tahiti-Mountains. 



Vaccinium uliginosum, Linn6. 



British Bog-Bilberry. Europe, Northern and Middle Asia, North- 

 America. A deciduous bush, with blackish berries, similar to those 

 of V. Myrtillus, but smaller and hardly of equal excellence. Wild to 

 lat. 78 north in Greenland. 



Vaccinium vacillans, Solander. 



Eastern North- America, in sandy forest-lands. A deciduous small 

 bush, with its blue berries coming later into season than P. Pennsyl- 

 vanicum [Dr. A. Gray.] 



Vaccinium Vitis Idsea, Linn<. 



Europe, Northern and Middle Asia, North- America. Extends in 

 Greenland to 76 N. L. [Nathorst] ; therefore fit for subglacier- 

 regions. A dwarf shrub with evergreen leaves. The purplish-red 

 berries are sought for jellies and other preserves. It is as yet impos- 

 sible to say how many other species of Vaccinium produce good-sized 

 and well-flavored fruits. The genus ranges also in tropical species 

 from Continental Asia to the Indian Archipelagus, and has a wide 

 extension likewise in South- America, occupying in hot countries 

 higher mountain-regions ; but few reliable notes on the tropical 



