V. corymbosum, L. (Iligh-bush Blueberry, Swamp Hucklebei-ry) 



Linnreus, Sp, PI. 350, 1753. 



(Syiionyiii: J', disoiiiorpliuin, Michx., Fl. Bor. Am. i : 223.) 

 A tall, straggling- shrub 4-12 feet high, with yellowish-green, 

 warty, branchlets which later turn brownish ; leaves ovate or 

 oblong to elliptical-lanceolate, usuallv entire ; flowers in short 

 racemes on naked twigs ; corolla ovate to urn-shaped, or oblong- 

 cylindrical, white or pinkish ; berries blue-black with much 

 bloom, of excellent flavor. (Figured: Emerson, Trees and 



V. CORVMIKISUM. 



Shrubs, ed. 5, 2:454; Am. Ag. 1886, 364.j-Moist woods or 

 swamps, Newfoundland and Canada to Michigan and Mmne- 

 sora; through eastern United States to Louisiana; rather rare 

 in the Mississippi valley. Exceedhigly variable, and numerous 

 gradations unite the several varieties. 



