292 HOIV TO KNOW WILD FEUITS 



This is quite a common flower of our rich 

 woods. It is seldom more than eight inches 

 high. Its tuber is globular, edible, and aro- 

 matic, but is rather difficult to procure, being 

 so deep in the ground. Georgia marks the 

 southern limit. 



DEERBERRY. SQUAW HUCKLEBERRY 

 Vaccinium stamineum Huckleberry Family 



Fruit. — This berry is globose or pear-shaped, 

 rather large, and greenish or yellowish. It is 

 scarcely edible, falsely ten-celled, and few-seeded. 

 The fruits grow in leafy-bracted racemes. Sep- 

 tember. 



Leaves. — The oval or slightly heart-shaped 

 leaves have short, downy petioles. They are 

 whitened or slightly pubescent beneath, and the 

 margins are slightly rolled backwards. 



Flowers. — The flowers are distinguished by 

 their long stamens, which project far beyond 

 the short white corollas. The flowers groAV in 

 graceful clusters, with leaf bracts smaller than 

 the regular leaves. 



This is a much-branched shrub, from two to 



