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and in Normand}' Mawrets ; in Brabant, Crakebesien, Haverbe- 

 sien, Postelbesien ; in Germany, Heydelbeeren, Bickbeeren, Blaw- 

 beeren, Schwartzbeeren, Koltzbeeren, Pickelbeeren, Besnigen ; in 

 Bohemia, Czerne iahody ; in Italy, Mj-rtillo : in Russia, Ticherniza. 



6. Vaccinium ovalifolium, Smith in Rees's Cyc, No. 2 ; Hook., 



Fl.,2, 33; Gray, Man., ed. 5, 291, 

 Syn. Fl., 2, 1, 24. 

 Synonyme, Vaccinium Chamissonis, Bong., Sitk., 525. 



Woods, south shore of Lake Superior and Oregon to Unalaschka, 

 and Japan. 



This is the le brou plant of the north-west, being used to make 

 a dainty of that name. The berries are gathered before quite 

 ripe, are pressed into a cake, then dried and laid by. When 

 used a quantity is put into a vessel of cold water and stirred rapidly 

 with the hand until it assumes a form not unlike soap-suds. It is 

 pleasant to the taste, with a slightly bitter flavor.'* 



7. Vacci7iium ovaticm, FuTsh, Fl., 290; Lindl., Bot. Reg., t. 



1354; Gray, Syn. FL, 2, 1, 25. 

 Synonyme, Vaccinium lanceolatum, Dunal in D. C. Prod., VII, 



570. 

 " Metagonia ovata, Nutt. 



Vancouver's Island to Monterey, etc. California, on hills near 

 the coast. 



Douglas says the fruit is black and pleasant ; Torrey that the 

 berries are edible, but small ; Gra^' that the berries are reddish, 

 turning black, small, sweetish. 



8. Vaccinium parvifolium, Smith in Rees's Cyc, No. 3 ; Hook., 



Fl., t. 128 ; Gray, Syn. Fl., 2, 1, 24. 



Shady and low woods. Northern part of California, near the 

 coast, to Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. 



Don says the berries are red and make excellent tarts. T. J. 

 Howell,'* Oregon, calls it the Red Huckleberry and says the 



" R. Brown, Jr., Bot. Soc. of Edinb., IX, 384. is Case's Bot. Index, 1881, 38. 



