Arbulits. ERICACE.K. 45] 



cmkLs, nearly tmtirc, dull, very short-i)etiole(l, pule beneath : calyx 5-lobeil : corolla 

 globular, S-toothed: stamens 10: berries pale red, insipid. — Hook. Fl. ii. 33, t. 128. 

 l\(>(hvoo(ls, &c., Mendocino Co., Bolander. Common from Oregon to Sitka. Ix-ave.s from a 

 third to n full inch long. 



2. V. ovalifolium, Smith. A more straggling shrub, with terete branches, 

 larger and mure veiny leaves, ovoid corolla, and large edible blue berries. — Hook. 

 1. c. t. 127. 



(-ommon in Oregon, and extending to l^akii Hiiiinrior ; coninionly iiaHocjatfMl with V, parvi- 

 folium, and tlioroiore probably roaching the nortlioru part of tlio "Stjito on tiio coast. 



3. V. Myrtillus, Linn. Low undershrul), glabrous, with Bliarply angled green 

 branclilets : leav(\s ovate or oval, bright green and usually shining, veiny, serrate, 

 very short-petioled : border of the calyx almost entire : corolla between globular 

 antl campanulate, r)-toothed, sometimes 4-toothed : stamens 10 or 8 : berries blue- 

 black when ripo. — Our plant is wholly the 



Var. microphyllum. Hook., with clustered stems only a span or less in height : 

 leaves from the sixth to barely half an inch long : flowers only about 2 lines long : 

 berries according to Watson (I'ot. King Exp. 210) light red. Ihit in the Rocky 

 Mountains and in Oregon the berries are dark-colored, and the parts all larger, yet 

 not crpialling the European Bilberry in size of foliage, fruit, &c. 



Wet places in the Sierra Nevada, at 7,000 feet (Mariposa Co., Gray), thence northward, and 

 eastward at high elevations. 



+- +■ Flowers 2 or 3 or solitart/ from a separate seal;/ bud, short -pediaicled. 



4. V. OCCidentale, Gray. Low shrub, [glabrous : leaves thinnish, dull and 

 pale both .sides, from oval to obovato-oblong or oblanceolate, entire, acutish or 

 obtuse, rather obscurely veiny (half to three fourths of an inch long) : ilower mostly 

 solitary : lobes of calyx and of the oblong-ovate corolla 4 : berry small, 2 or 3 lines 

 in diameter, blue with a bloom, sweetish. 



Sierra Nevada at 6,000 or 7,000 feet, fiom Mariposa to Sicrni Co., Bnlandcr, Anderson, Lcm- 

 man, &c. Mountains of Utiih, H'a/son. 



V. ULlGlNOStiM, Linn., the Hilberry of Europe, kc, from Oregon noithward, has rounder 

 leaves conspicuously reticulated beneath, shorter and broader corolla, and Ijcrrics much larger. 



* * Leaves e^iergreen ami coriaceous : parts of flower in flves and the stamens 10: 

 anthers not awned on the bad: 



5. V. ovatum, Pursh. Shrub erect, 3 to 5 feet high, with numerous spreading 

 branches and hirsute branchlets : leaves thick, very smooth, shining above, ovate 

 varying to oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrate with rigid small teeth, short-petioled : 

 (lowers crowded in very short and numerous axillary aii<l tormin.d niccmoa : corolla 

 campanulate, pink : catyx-tc'eth as long as the 5-celled ovary : berries dark pur|)Ie 

 turning black, witliout a bloom. — Lindl. l)ot. Reg. t. 1354. V. lanceolatum, DC, 

 oidy a narrow-leaved form. 



Along the roast range, &<;., os])Ci'in]ly in roilwooila, from Monterey to Oipgon. porries edible. 



2. ARBUTUS, Tourn. MAnisoSo. 



Calyx small, 5-lobed. Corolla ovate, globular, or urn-shaped, .O-toothed ; the 

 teeth recurved. Stamens 10, included : anthers flattened, furnished with a pair of 

 reflexed awns on the back below the summit ; the cells opening by a terminal pore. 

 Ovnry raiHCMl on a liypogynoiw dlHk, ^-colled : ovuIoh nuniemuH on ii (loHJiy p]ar(<nfA 

 projecting from the inner angle of each coll. Style rather long : sfignni ohluHo. 

 IJorry with a rough or granular nurfaco, maturing povoml seedH in each roll. — 

 Small trees or shrubs, with evergreen and eoriaceous alternate leave.i. and white or 



