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(G. haccata) ; blue huckleberry {G. frondosa) ; and dwarf huckle- 

 berry (G. dumosa). The latter plant grows in sandy swamps 

 in both the United States and Canada and the fruit ripens in 

 May and June. The fruits of the other two species ripen in July 

 and August (Fig. 356). 



Fig. 358. Low Blueberry or Blue Huckleberry {Vaccinium vacillans). A small 

 shrub with yellowish-green branchlets having nearly entire, narrow, obovate leaves. The 

 flowers are in racemose clusters, appearing before the leaves are half grown, as shown in 

 the illustration; the corolla is pinkish-white, oblong-cylindrical, and somewhat constricted 

 at the throat. The berries are blue, covered with a bloom, and ripen in August and Sep- 

 tember. — After Brown. 



The plants belonging to the genus Vaccinium vary from very 

 small shrubs to tree-like shrubs and the fruit is an inferior, 

 5-locular berry with numerous seeds. The blueberries or bilberries 

 (whortleberries) are the fruits of several species of Vaccinium. 



