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The fruit of this and the two preceding is gathered and sold as "blue- 

 berries." 



Vaccinium membranaceum Dougl. Thin-leaved bilberry. Usually in 

 rich shaded ground, sometimes in damp shaded sand. Frequent. 

 Locally called rabbit berry. Fruit large, black, rather tart, but deli- 

 cious. 



Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm. Oval-leaved bilberry. Usually in rich 

 shaded ground,- often growing with the preceding. Frequent. Berries 

 blue, large but smaller than the preceding, slightly tart but delicious. 

 Often locally called "myrtilloid berry" or "myrtilloid huckleberry. ,: 



Vaccinium oxycoccos L. (Oxycoccus oxycoccus (L.) MacM.). Small 

 cranberry. In open or shaded swamps and often growing in spagnum. 

 Plentiful. 



Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. {Oxycoccus macrocarpus (Ait.) Pursh.). 

 American cranberry. Abundant in what are called cranberry marshes. 



PRIMULACEAE. Primrose Family 



Primula mistassinica Michx. Dwarf Canadian primrose. Damp open 

 ground and often abundant. 



Lysimachia terrestris (L.) BSP. Bulb-bearing loosestrife. Low wet 

 and usually open ground throughout. Common. 



Lysimachia ihyrsiflora L. (Naumburgia thyrsiflora (L.) Duby.). 

 Tufted loosestrife. In wet open ground and shallow water. Common. 



Trientalis americana (Pers.) Pursh. Starflower. Damp rich woods 

 and thickets. Common. 



OLEACEAE. Olive Family 



Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. Red ash. Occasional throughout. 

 One large tree in the city of Manistique. Abundant along the Tahqua- 

 menon River in Luce County. 



Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata (Borkh.) Sarg. (F. viridis Michx.). 

 Green ash. In rich ground and along streams and said to be frequent 

 in Alger County. Thomas B. Wyman. 



Fraxinus nigra Marsh. Black ash. Swamps and low banks of stream- 

 throughout. Common. 



GENTIANACEAE. Gentian Family 



Gentiana procera Holm. Smaller fringed gentian. Moist open groum I 

 mostly near shores in this region. Usually small and abundant. 



Gentiana andrewsii Griseb. (Dasystephana andrewsii (Griseb.) Small). 

 Closed gentian. Moist open or partially shaded ground. Apparently 

 infrequent. 



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