Heath (Ericacece) 163 



Low Blueberry. V. vacillans, Solander. 



Flowering-branches, two to three inches or more in length, 

 and without leaves, so that often much of the plant 

 is leafless though covered with fruit. 



Leaves, egg-shape to reverse egg-shape, edge entire or 

 very finely toothed. Branchlets, yellowish-green, 

 angular, and closely set with white dots. 



Fruit, ripening later than that of V. Pennsylvanicum, 

 August. 



Found, in dry ground from New England westward and 



southward. 

 A bush one to two and one half feet high. 



Fig. 74. Common High Blueberry. Swamp Blueberry. 

 V. corymbbsum, L. 



Flowers, in short clusters, appearing with or before the 

 leaves. Corolla, more or less cylindrical, about one 

 quarter to one third inch or more in length. Stamens, 

 shorter than the corolla ("included"), hairy. Style, 

 slightly exserted. May, June. 



Leaves, variable in shape and size, mostly smooth, acute 

 at each end, entire. Branches, green or purple. 

 Flower ing -branches, often almost leafless. 



Fruit, large, blackish or purplish, slightly acid. August, 

 September. 



Found, in shady swamps and thickets from Canada to 

 Florida. 



A shrub five to ten feet high. It furnishes the late 

 blueberry of the markets. A very variable species. 



A marked variety (var. atrococum, G.) has the under 

 surface of the leaves, even when old, and the branchlets 

 downy or woolly. 



