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Vaccinium pennsylvanicum Lam. 

 Dwarf h lueb erny 

 I>ry, rocky or sandy soil. Common. May. 



Vaccinium nigrum (Wood) Britton 

 V. pennsylvanicum var. nigrum Wood 

 LoiD yiacJc hliieberry 

 Dry, rocky soil. Frequent. May. 



Vaccinium vacillans Kalm 

 LoiD hlueherry 

 Dry soil. Common. May. 



Vaccinium stamineum L. 

 Deerderry 

 Dry thickets, specially on hillsides. Common. May. The 

 Canada blueberry, V. c a n a d e n s e, which is common in nearly 

 al] elevated swamps, is apparently wanting in our limits. 



Chiogenes hispidula (L.) T. & G. 

 C. serpyllifolia Salisb. 

 Creeping snoio'berry 

 Bogs and cold wet woods north of Barton. May. This plant 

 has the odor and flavor of birch. Its fruit is white. 



Oxycoccus oxycoccus (L.) MacM. 

 Vaccinium oxycoccus L. 

 Small cranberry 

 Bogs north of Barton. June. 



Oxycoccus macrocarpus (Ait.) Pers. 

 Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. 

 Large cranberry 

 Mutton hill pond and bogs near Barton. June. More common 

 than the preceding species. 



PRIMULACEAE 

 Lysimachia quadrifolia L. 

 Whorled loosestrife 

 Thickets and neglected fieids. Common. June-July. 



