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(Menzies.) Woods at the junction of the Portage Eiver with the 

 Columbia (Douglas.) Sitka. (Rothr. Alask.) Ounalashka. (Gray.) 

 Fort "Wrangel, Alaska. (Meehan.) 



(1362.) V. parvifolium, Smith. 



Shady and low woods near the coast of British Columbia to Alaska 

 and the Aleutian Islands. (Gray.) Great Shuswap Lake, B.C. (Daw- 

 son.) In thickets at New Westminster, on the Lower Fraser, B.C. 

 (Macoun.) At and near Spuzzum, above Yale, B. C. (Fletcher.) 

 Lake Lindeman, source of the Youcon Kiver, B. C., Lat. 60. 

 (Schwatka.) 



(1363.) V. ovatum, Pursh. 



In rocky places on the North-west coast, Lat. 49. (Scouler.) Van- 

 couver Island. (Gray.) Vancouver Island or southern British 

 Columbia. (Cowley.) 



(1364.) V. Vitis-ldeea, Linn. Cowberry. Mountain Cranberry. 



Very abundant from the Atlantic to the Pacific, producing enormous 

 quantities of fruit, which are invaluable as a spring food for birds on 

 their return from the south. The only parts of Canada where it is 

 not found are southern 'Ontario and the prairie region. It extends 

 north to Greenland and the islands in the Arctic Sea. Greenland. 

 (Hook. Arct. PI.) 



350. OXYCOCCUS, Pers. (LOW BUSH CRANBERRY.) 



(1365.) O. vulgar is, Pursh. Small Cranberry. 



Vaccinium Oxycoccus, Linn. Macoun's Cat., No. 1132. 



Sphagnous swamps around the sub-arctic zone, from Newfoundland 

 to the Pacific and south to the Canadian boundary. This species is 

 easily distinguished from the next by its small revolute leaves and 

 terminal fascicle of flowers. Greenland. (Hook. Arct. PL) 



(1366.) O. macrocarpus, Pursh. Large American Cranberry. 

 Vaccinium macrocarpon, Ait. Macoun's Cat., No. 1139. 



Bogs and especially on the margins of ponds and small lakelets, in the 

 soft mud. Newfoundland, Anticosti, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, 

 thence westward throughout Quebec and Ontario to Thunder Bay. 

 (Macoun.) Throughout Canada to the Saskatchewan. (Richardson.) 

 "Ungava Bay and Mackenzie River. (McGill Coll. Herb.) 



