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sides, and the fruit smooth, black and insipid. A 

 larger form of this (var : hirtella) has the berries also 

 hairy. 



3. Blaqk Huckleberry. (G. resi»osa, T. and 

 Gr.) — Belongs to the Middle and Upper Districts, 2 

 to 3 feet high and much branched. The leaves are 

 2 to 3 inches long, and thickly sprinkled with resin- 

 ous atoms. The berries are black, shining and very 

 pleasant. There is a white variety of this, found in 

 the mountains by Mr. Buckley. 



4. Bear Huckleberry. Bearberry. (G. ur- 

 sina, Gray.) — Found on the sides of the mountains 

 south of the French Broad River, 2 to 3 feet high, and 

 resembling No. 3. But in the latter the flowers are 

 cylindrical ; in the Bearberry cup-shaped. The berry 

 is purplish or dark red, insipid and dry, ripening in 

 July and August. 



1. Swamp Huckleberry. (Vaccinium corym- 

 bosum, Linn.) — Abundant in swampy grounds of the 

 Lower and Middle Districts, and probably extending 

 into the Upper. It is from 5 to 10 feet high, with 

 very variable leaves, but generally thin, pale and 

 smooth. The berries are large, deep blue, subacid 

 and pleasant, ripening in May and June. 



There is a variety of this (var: atrococcum, Gray), 

 having a similar range and locality and size, but 

 much less common, with thicker leaves, which are 

 white-downy underneath, and with berries dark blue. 

 Dr. Hunter finds this variety with a white berry in 

 Lincoln and Burke Counties. 



