VACCINIUM 



B.JI. 3429- It is doubtful if varieties can be distin- 

 guished. Var. arbiiscula, Gray, passes into the ordinary 

 form ; while vars. angustifdlium, Gray, and cuneifolitun, 

 Nutt., are found to be simply forms produced by shade. 

 The last form, particularly, is common in New Eng- 

 land, and early in the season the Ivs. are of the ordinary 

 obovate type, while later they become elongated. 

 Recommended by Warren H. Manning for the rock 

 garden. 



11. Pennsylvinicum, Lam. Lnw 

 2630. A dwarf shrub, G-1". in. lii^ 

 ceous, oblong'-lanceolate »ir ■ ' ' ! 

 with bristle-pointed teeth, im 

 but often hairy on niidril. I ■ :. 

 eels; corolla campanulatu l\ ii;;'li. 

 large, globose, bluish black with 

 earliest to ripen north. N. Amer, 

 2:378. Em. 2:450. Rep. Me. Exp. 



VACCINIUM 



1893 



13. Canadense, Richards. Canada Blueberky. Erect 

 shriibs, 1-2 ft. high, the crowded branchlets downy- 

 pubescent: Ivs. oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, entire, 

 downy on both sides: corolla short, open-campanulate, 

 greenish white, often tinged with red : berries globose 

 or oblate, blue with muct bloom, of excellent flavor. 

 Low woods, Hudson Bay to Bear Lake and the north- 

 ern Rocky Mts.; south to New Eng., mts. of Pa. and 

 111. B.M. 344G. B.B. 2:578. -This species, commonly 



rthwarl — 



and shape 



f the a 



Miihtof fur halfa 

 t and transferred 

 \ distinguished by 

 t is described as 



n.i, „.,<,, shining 

 1 n.l.r i-ultivation 



I.. 11 as one of the 

 Vrnold Arboretum 

 middle of August, 



Huckleberry. Low slmib, 1-2 ft. hi 



grooved, 0bscni(l\ i :i;i^l.a, lliM,,. ,,| 



covered wiili 



entire and, i" 



corolla, the.;ii 



Verj' local in > , 



species, disi-., i 



century until i ' ! ; - n 



to the Arnold /. n . • il 



the hairv rt"^vi r ;mi<I Iruil. Th' [III! 



fully as "large ;is that of (;aiil„xs,,r,,i 

 black, and of an agreeable Ha\.ir. 1 

 not so densely hairy as in the » ild st 

 ise of being valuable under cultivati 

 latest of its kind to ripen, — at the J 

 the best period of fruitage being the i 

 berries remaining into September. 



15. myrtilloides, Hook. An erect, branching shrub, 

 mostly glabrous throughout, the twigs slightly angled : 

 Ivs. oval, oblong or ovate, acute, serrate, membranous, 

 green on both sides but not shining, 1-2 in. long: calyx 

 entire; corolla depressed-globular, yellowish or green- 

 ish white: berries lar-e. ol.late, "black, ratlier acid. 

 Lake Superior «i-st«Mr.l. \'..M^ :il 17. -'i'l..- Kmirs uro 



flavor; much nh-lird l.y lii.' nntivi-s ..r the iiortlnvist, 



16. Ovalif6Iium, Smitli. A sh ml. r. straggling, 

 branched shrub 3-12 ft. liiL;li, h iili -I. n.l, i lu.av or less 

 angled branchlets: l\s. o\al, nl.nis,, Mlalir.ius, green 

 above, glaucous beinaili : lU. s,,liiaiy. (ni short, re- 

 curved pedicels; corolla gl..l)(.s. m\ ,,i,l : l..rr\- lar^e. 



!a-/4 in., bluish purple, with I.I.imhi. \\ N. i^mrl,, .■ ii, 



Mich., Ore. and Alaska. B.B. J ;.'.;:. 11, i- -|h ,i, s is 

 very abundant in the nortlnv.-i, l.inniiiL' a lar-r jiart 

 of the undergrowth along the si mi In in cDast ,,f Ma^Ua 

 (Funston) The 1 err es rati 1 g r la i a e 



collected n great quantit es by tl e In 1 ans who use 

 tl em fresh and dry them for winter The exception 

 ally large berr es and v "oro s hah t of th s species 

 s ggest its val e for cult vat on and part cularlj for 

 cross ng w th the low grow n*^ spec es such as V 

 Pennsjlvn c and Cai le se 



1 virgatum A t A shn 1 1 ft 1 1 v 1 1 

 1 1 n he the ill 



I 1 oblo g a ute 



rul te "reen a 1 

 1 I 



e\ ept 



tl at pos 



1 ern f 

 luced to ar etal ank 



Var ten611um C ay ( T (e IJ 

 A 1 f 1 tl le tha ft 



1 earlv wh te fl n sho t cl e 

 Va to Ark Fla and Ala -Probabl 



18 corymb5suin L nn H h i 



S P H kLEBERR F g 1 



1 4-1'' f t h gh V th J ellow h g 



ad should be re 



A t not Pur h) 

 w th smaller Iv 

 te So tl ern 



SH Blfebfrry 

 •\ tall t ,,gl ng 

 een war j branch 



