Heath (Rricacecz) 159 



Found, in swamps and thickets from Canada to Florida, 

 mostly along- the coast. 



A small shrub, usually about one foot high, from a 

 creeping base. 



Fig. 71. Dangleberry. Blue Dangle. G. frondbsa (L.), T. and G. 



Flowers, in slender, loose clusters. Bracts, oblong or 

 line-like, soon falling, shorter than the slender and 

 drooping flower-stems. Corolla, round, bell-shape, 

 longer than the included stamens. May, June. 



Leaves, entire, mostly reverse egg-shape, often blunt. 



Fruit, large, blue, sweet, covered with a whitish bloom 

 when ripe. July, August. 



Found, from Newfoundland to Florida, oftenest in sandy 

 swamps. 



A loosely branching shrub, three to six feet high. 



Box Huckleberry. G. brachycera, Gray. 



Flowers, in short, close, axillary, and terminal clusters. 

 Flower-stems, very short. May. 



Leaves, one inch long, oval, thick, smooth, many-toothed, 

 evergreen, resembling the leaf of the box. 



Fruit, light blue. 



Found, in Perry County, Pennsylvania, and southward. 

 A pretty evergreen about one foot high. 



(2) Genus VACCINIUM, L. (Blueberry, etc.) 



This genus differs from Gaylusshcia chiefly in the fol- 

 lowing items : 



