Vacciniaceae 223 



recurved pedicels; corolla pink or white, 

 ovoid, 1 of an inch or more long; berries 

 blue with a bloom \ an inch in diameter. 

 In the beds of snow slides, occasionally in 

 the Rockies, and abundant through the 

 Selkirks, where it is also found in the woods 1 ; 

 flowering in May. 



A branching shrub 1-3 feet high, 

 Vaccinium 

 globulare nearly smooth throughout, stems 



Rydb. round, only the youngest twigs 



Thin-leaved slightly angled, bark grey and 

 Bilberry. som ewhat shreddy. Leaves 

 broadly oval or obovate, obtuse to acute, 

 somewhat pale beneath, veiny, sharply and 

 finely serrate, J-iJ inches long. Flowers on 

 pedicels J an inch long; calyx teeth almost 

 obsolete; corolla depressed-globose, fre- 

 quently more than J of an inch in diameter, 

 greenish-white; berry dark, purple, J of an 

 inch in diameter. 



In beds of snow slides and in woods in 

 the valleys of the Selkirks; flowering during 

 June. 



