Genus 5. 



HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY 



?• Vaccinium caesariense Mackenzie. New 

 Jersey Blueberry. Fig. 3265. 



V. caesariense Mackenzie, Torreya 10: 230. 1910. 



A quite glabrous, much-branched shrub, s"-!©" high, 

 the twigs green and warty. Leaves ovate to elliptic- 

 lanceolate, very short-petioled, entire-margined, acute or 

 acutish at the apex, narrowed or somewhat rounded at 

 the base, dull green above, much paler beneath, 3' long 

 or less, about one-half grown at flowering time; ra- 

 cemes 6-i2-flowered ; pedicels about as long as the 

 corolla ; bracts ovate-oblong ; calyx glaucous, its lobes 

 broad, acute ; corolla dull white, urceolate, 2"-3" long, 

 lJ"-2" thick; style slightly exserted; berries dark blue, 

 with a bloom, 3"-4" in diameter. 



Bogs, Long Island, N. Y., and in the pine-barrens of New 

 Jersey. May, 



8. Vaccinium canadense Kalm. Canada Blue- 

 berry. Fig. 3266. 



V. canadense Kalm ; Richards. Frank. Journ. 736. 1823. 



A low pubescent branching shrub, 6'-2° high. 

 Leaves oblong, oblong-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 

 pubescent, at least beneath, entire, acute at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base, I'-iJ' long, 4"-8" wide; flowers 

 few in the clusters, which are sometimes numerous 

 on naked branches, appearing with the leaves ; pedi- 

 cels usually shorter than the flowers; corolla oblong- 

 campanulate, greenish-white, 2"-t," long and li" 

 thick; berry blue or bluish-black, with a bloom 

 (rarely white), sweet, 2§"-3" in diameter. 



In moist places, Labrador to Manitoba, south in the 

 mountains to Virginia, and to Illinois and Michigan. May-June. Fruit ripe July-Aug. 



9. Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. Dwarf, Sugar, Early or Low-bush Blueberry. 



Fig. 3267. 



V. pennsylvanicum Lam. Encycl. i: 74. 1783. Not 

 Mill. 1768. 



Vaccinium pennsylvanicum angustifolium A, Gray, 

 Man. 261. 1848. 



Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 11. 

 1789. 



V. Dobbini Burnham, Am. Bot. 12: 8. 1907. 



A low branching shrub, 6-2° high, similar to 

 the preceding species, but with green warty 

 branches and usually nearly or quite glabrous 

 throughout. Leaves oblong-elliptic or oblong- 

 lanceolate, green and glabrous on both sides or 

 slightly pubescent on the veins beneath, sharply 

 serrulate, acute at both ends, 9"-i8" long, i"-6" 

 wide; flowers few in the clusters, longer than the 

 very short pedicels ; corolla oblong-campanulate, 

 slightly constricted at the throat, 2"-3i" long, 

 about li" thick, white or pinkish; berry blue or 

 nearly black, with a bloom, sometimes white, or 

 reddish, very sweet, 3"-$" in diameter. 



In dry, rocky or sandy soil, Newfoundland to Saskatchewan, Virginia, Illinois and Wisconsin. 

 Strawberry-huckleberry. May-June. Fruit ripe June-July. The early market blueberry. 



