222 Vacciniaceae 



flowers appearing with the leaves in early 

 June. 



Vaccinium Stems erect with numerous 



erythro- slender, strict, green branches 



coccum and branchlets, 3-18 inches high. 



y ' Leaves ovate or oval, J an inch 



Alpine 



Bilberr l n g or l ess bright green. Flow- 



ers ovate, | of an inch long, 

 white or pink, 5-lobed, solitary in the axils 

 of the leaves; berries small, bright red. 



On slopes and in alpine meadows through- 

 out the Rockies at the higher altitudes; 

 flowering during June. 



Vaccinium A straggling branched shrub, 

 ovalifolium 3-12 feet high, the branches 

 Smith. slender, twigs smooth, joints 



Blueberry. sharply ang l e d. Leaves OVal, 



short-petioled, smooth on both sides, green 

 above, pale and glaucous beneath, rounded 

 at both ends or somewhat narrowed at the 

 base, thin, sometimes spine tipped, entire 

 or nearly so, 1-2 inches long. Flowers 

 commonly solitary in the axils on rather 



