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Huckleberry. Gaiilassacia. 



Difft-ring from Ijluebenics in the rather spicy and sweet berry having ro large seeds, oi riitlior 

 siii^ill .stoiu's. The foliagi; luid young siioots in the coninion species are sprinltled witli wiixy or 

 isticky dots, Fhjwers purplisli in racemes. 



1. J}i,A('K or Common II. Branches, leaves, kc, clammy when yonng ; racemes and pedicels 



short ; fruit black, witliout any bloom. Very common, furnishing the principal liuckleberries 

 of the market, ripe late in sunimor. (/. resinb k. 



2. r.VLK If. or IJl.i'K-'J'ANtiLK. Leaves and fruit glaucous ; pedicels long and drooi)ing. G. frondu^n, 



3. DWAHK H, IJranches rather hairy; leaves tiiicki.sh and shining; racemes long, wiili leaf-like 



bracts. K. near the coast. G, dnmoKu. 



Blueberry. Vnccinium. 



Flowers white or tingcil with pink, in slunt clusters, latlier earlier than the leaves. Berries blue 

 or black, and generally with a bloum. many-sccdt! 1. Leaves deciduous. 



1. Common Br.UKliKltuv. Stem 5' to 10" high ; leaves ovate, oval, or oblong. 8wamps. 



V. cnrymhosunt, 



2. Low B. Stems i^ high, ami obovate or oval glaucous leaves smooth. T'. rnc'iUaiig, 



3. Dw.vUF n. Stems .V to 1' high, smooth, leave* lance-oblong, fiinged with fine biistle-jiointed 



teeth, smooth, shiidng both sides. Dry woods, kc. This is the earliest hliKlxvri/ or Lhte 

 hiicklihcrrii in the marki.-t. T'. l^nnixiihuinicvm. 



4. Canada ]>. Stems 1' or 2" high; branchlets and lance-oblong leaves downy : otiierwise nnicli 



like tiie last. X, V, CanadcuM. 



Cranberiy. Vncrininm, %0x)jr6ccns. 



Slender, almost herbaceous, creeping or trailin;.', glowing in bogs, with their small leaves rather 

 crowded, entire, thickish, and evergreen, whitened beneatii. Flowers single, nodiiing on tlio 

 sumndt of a slender stalk, p.de I'ose-coloured, the corolla almost divided into 4 long ami narrow 

 petals turned back. Ik-iries lipe in autuuin. 



1. liAKGl-; Ci'.ANHKKUV. Stems 1" to 3' long; leaves oi)long, lilunt, nearly flat, almost \' ^""'•,' ; 



berries .V to i' long, deep red (the piinciiial cranUrrii of the nnuket). T"^. niKcrardrj) m. 



2. Small ('UANUKKUV. Stems hardly i' long; leaves ovate, acute, not half as lai^e as those of 



No. I, tiie maryins more rolled back ; berries much smaller, often speckled. N. and in 

 mountain bogs. ^ T'. Oxiicoccus, 



Kalmia or American Laurel. Kdhnia. 



Floweis (in early summer) showy, in corymbs or umbels : an anther is at first h dged in each of 

 tlio 10 punches of the corolla. Leaves evergreen, veiy smooth, 



1. Mor.Ni'AlX L. or K. Leaves lance-ovate, bright green both sides ; flowers large, i>ale or deep ro>e- 



colour, in tfiminal corymbs; pedicels, >'<;c.. clammy. Stems 4" to kj bigli, K. /itlijdiia. 



2. Shi:ki' L. or Lambkii.l. Leaves lance-oblong, blunt, pale lieiieatb, ]H'tioled, mostly opposite, 



tlowers small, ]miple ; the coryml)s becoming lateral ; siivul) 1 ' or 2" hi-ii. A'. <ni</iiftif<'>li((. 



3. Pai.K L. Leaves ohloiig, sessile, opposite, wldli'-glaucous brmalli; flowers few, large, libic- 



l)urple. Swani)is, N. A', (jhiura. 



Rhododendron or Rose-bay. I!h<d<>(lnidron. 

 Calyx very small or obscure, ('M(dia large, 5 lolied, Stiunens 10, more or less bent to one side, 

 •lender. Shrubs or low trees, with evenireen Ieav( s and a coiyinb or umlx 1 of large ami handsome 

 flowers from a terminal scaly bud, in eaily summer. We have oidy one common species, viz. : — 



