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VACCINIUM, L. Cranberries. Blueuernti. 



OXYCOCOUS, L. Small Cranberry. Tart-fruited Vaccinium. 



Sphagnum swamps. Summit lake, Otsego county; Mud lake, Hidden lake, 

 State marsh, Frankfort hill ponds, Herkimer county. Oriskany swamp; 

 Paris hill; and abundant in the mossy marshes of the northwestern part of 

 the county and the north woods. Frequent. June. 



MACROCARPON, Alton. Common Cranberry. Large- fruited Vaccinium. 



Cranberry swamps, margins of pond.'i. Mud lake, Graefenberg hill Hidden 

 lake, south Herkimer county. Common in the Rome swamps; west of Fort 

 Bull; head of Oneida lake. Abundant. June, July. 



STAMINEUM, L. Beerberry. Long-stamened Vaccinium. 



Borders of woods. Abundant in the dry plains and pine woods of Schenec- 

 tady county. I have seen Oneida county specimens, tut not growing. Knies- 

 kern. Frequent in Yates county, Sartwell. Kare. June. 



PENNSYLVANICUM, Lamarck, Blueberry. Dwarf Vaccinium. 



Sandy fields, hillsides and rocks. The most common species. May. 



CANADENSE, Kalm. Downy Vaccinium. 



Cold cedar swamps. Mud lake, and the State marsh of Herkimer county. 

 Bridgewater, Gray. Below Utica, in arbor-vitae swamps on the flats of tlie 

 Mohawk. Beyond Rome, on borders of deep sphagnum bogs. Rare. June. 



VACILLANS, Solander. Wavy-leaved Vaccinium. 



Borders of sphagnum swales. At Rome, common in open woods and sandy 

 plains. 



Near Oriskany, Dr.KNiESKEEN found a var. with small lanceolate-elliptical 

 leaves, Torrey Fl. N.Y. Infrequent. May. 



CORTMBOSUM, L. Corybmed Vaccinium. 



Swamps and low open woods. Common. 



var. ATROCOCCTJM, Gray. Black-fruited Vaccinium, 



Borders of woods around bear pond on Frankfort hill. May, June. 



CHIOGENES, Salisbury. Creeping Snowberry, 



HISPIDULA, Torr. ^ Gr. Hispidulous Chiogenes. 



Mossy swamps, under cedars and tamaracks; but on the hills and in the 



northern part of the county, it abounds in the soil of woods and rocky banks. 



Frequent. May. 



CALLUNA, Salisbury. Heath. Ling, 



VULGARIS, Salisb. Common Calluna. 



Plants from Tewksbury, Mass., have been stationed on the sand plains of 

 Rome; and in the north woods of Herkimer county, on a barren knoll in the 

 beaver meadow beyond Bald rock, north of the Eight lakes, where they ought 

 to flourish and multiply. July - November. 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Adanson. 



UVA-URSI, Sprengel. Bearberry. 



Sandy plains between Albany and Schenectady, H. Seymour. Dry sandy 

 hills, pine plains north of New-London, Knieskern. Near Oneida lake. Gray. 

 On the Thousand islands of the St. Lawrence at Alexandria bay. 



Rare. May. 



