CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



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ERICACE/43. Heath Family. 

 GAYLUSSACIA, HBK. Hucklebeeky. 



G. dumosa, Torr. & Gray. Bog Huckleberry. 



Swamps and sphagnous bogs. 8*, rare; border of Turtle 

 Pond. 

 G. frondosa, Torr. & Gray. Dangleberry. 



Moist open thickets. B, frequent ; dry slopes and edges of 

 wet open ground and in thin shade ; sprouts freely from the 

 root when cut or burnt off: — M*, occasional: — $*. 

 Roouey's Rock. 

 Q. resinosa, Torr. & Gray. Common Huckleberry. 



Dry fields and open woods ; recovers quickly after fires. B*, 

 M, S* and B B, common. 



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VACCINIUM, L. Blueberry. Cranberry. 



V. Pennsylvanicum, Lam. Dwarf Blueberry. 



Dry hills and open pastures ; in dense shade it soon disap- 

 pears. B* , M, S and BB, common : — the black-fruited form 

 occurs rarely in B. 

 V. vacillans, Soland. Low Blueberry. 



Dry open places ; persists in abandoned pastures. B*, M, 

 S * and BB, common. 

 V. corymbosum, L. High-bush Blueberry. 



Low woods, meadows, borders of ponds, and roadsides ; not 

 persisting in heavy shade ; easily killed by fire, but sproutino- 

 from the old stumps. B and M, common : — B B*, by lower 

 pond : — M* and S*, forms approaching var. amcenum, Gray. 

 Var. amcenum, Gray. 



Same habitat as the species. B, by Old Furnace Brook. 

 Var. atrococcum, Gray. 



Same habitat as the species. M*, common. 

 V. Oxycoccus, L. Small Cranberry. 



Bogs. 3*, rare. 



