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CHIOGENES Salisb. Creeping Snowberry. 



Chiogenes hispidula (L.) Torr. & Gray (having fine rough 

 hairs). 



Chiogenes serpyllifolia Salisb. 



Creeping Snowberry. White Teaberry. Moxie Plum. Capil- 



laire. 



Rare. Sphagnum swamps, usually in shade : Preston (W. 

 A. Setchell & Graves), Voluntown (Graves), Burlington (J. 

 N. Bishop), Bethany and Middlebury (Harger), Litchfield 

 (Miss E. H. Thompson), Kent (E. H. Austin), Salisbury 

 (Mrs. C. S. Phelps), Stafford (Weatherby). May— June. 



This plant yields a volatile oil identical with that of Gaul- 

 theria procumbens. 



GAYLUSSACIA HBK. Huckleberry. 



Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) Torr. & Gray (bushy). 

 Dwarf Huckleberry. 



Rare. Sphagnum bogs: Thompson (Harger), Southing- 

 ton (Andrews), Stratford and Huntington (Eames), Bethany 

 and Middlebury (Harger), Litchfield (J. P. Brace, 1822; 

 Weatherby & Bissell). June — July. 



Gaylussacia frondosa (L.) Torr. & Gray (leafy). 

 Dangleberry. Blue Tangle. 



Swamps or open sandy woods. Frequent in New London 

 County (Graves), becoming rare northward and westward, 

 reaching Putnam (Harger), Stafford and East Hartford 

 (Weatherby), Manchester (A. W. Driggs), East Haven, 

 Bethany and Oxford (Harger). June. 



The berries are delicious. 



Gaylussacia baccata (Wang.) K. Koch (berry-bearing). 

 Gaylussacia resinosa Torr. & Gray. 

 Common or Black Huckleberry. 



Common. Moist or dry ground in various situations. 

 May — June. 



Tlie forma glaucocarpa (Robinson) Mackenzie (glau- 

 cous-fruited), Blue Huckleberry, is rare or occasional grow- 

 ing with the typical form. 



The common Fluckleberry, extensively gathered for market 



