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berry is covered with bristles and is not pleasant 

 flavored. The whole plant exhales a disagreeable 

 musky odor, which will readily distinguish it. 



5. Bristly Currant. (R. resinosum # Pursh.) — 

 This was discovered in our mountains by Fraser, I 

 have not myself met with it. It is covered in every 

 part, not excepting the fruit, with resinous glandular 

 hairs, by which it may be recognized. 



HUCKLEBERRIES.— The fruit so called in this 

 State is comprised in two genera ; the first (Gaylus- 

 sacia) including those which have a black or blackish 

 berry, and leaves generally covered with small gland- 

 ular dots ; the second (Vaccinium) including those 

 with a blue, red or greenish berry. The blue ones 

 are known in some States as Blueberries or Bilberries. 

 The red are Cranberries. The greenish one is in this 

 State called Gooseberry and Beerberry. 



1. Blue Huckleberry. (Gaylussacia frondosa, 

 Torr. and Gr.) — Common in the Lower and Middle 

 Districts on the borders of low grounds, 2 to 3 feet 

 high, with pale, somewhat wrinkled leaves, which are 

 whitish underneath, and 1 to 3 inches long. The 

 berries are dark blue, large and sweet, perhaps the 

 finest flavored we have, ripening in June. 



2. Dwarf Huckleberry. (G. dumosa, Torr. and 

 Gr.) — A low species about a foot high, with creeping 

 roots, very common in dry woods of the Lower and 

 Middle Districts. It is somewhat hairy and glandu- 

 lar, the leaves broad, wedge-shaped, green on both 



