No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 3I3 



and for home consumption. The fruit of the blue is often 

 larger and better than that of the ordinary black form. 



VACCINIUM L. Blueberry. Cranberry. 

 Vaccinium stamineum L. (having prominent stamens). 

 Polycodiwn stamineum Greene. 

 Buckberry. Deerberry. Squaw Huckleberry. 



Dry woods: Waterbury (J. M. Richardson), New Canaan 

 (E. H. Baldwin), and occasional in western Litchfield County. 

 Late May — June. 



A desirable shrub for planting in shaded situations. 



Vaccinium pennsylvanicum Lam. 



Dwarf Blueberry. Low Sweet or Early Sweet Blueberry. 



Common. Dry rocky or sandy woods. May ; fruit late 

 June — early July. 



The var. angustifolium (Ait.) Gray (narrow-leaved) 

 is rare: Voluntown (Graves). 



The fruit is sweet and delicious but not usually plentiful. 

 Vaccinium pennsylvanicum Lam., var. nigrum Wood (black). 

 Vaccinium nigrum Britton. 

 Low Black Blueberry. 



Rare. Rocky woods: Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). May. 



Vaccinium canadense Kalm. 



Sour-top or Velvet-leaf Blueberry. 



Rare. Cold moist woods at an altitude of 1900 ft., Salis- 

 bury (Weatherby). May; fruit Aug. 



Vaccinium vacillans Kalm (sw^aying). 

 Late Low Blueberry. 



Common. Dry or rocky places. May ; fruit July. 

 Fruit inferior to that of the following species. 

 Vaccinium corymbosum L. (corymbose). 



High-bush or Tall Blueberry. Common or Swamp Blueberry 

 or Bilberry. 



Common. Swamps, borders of ponds and drier places. 

 May — June ; fruit late July — Aug. 



Fruit much gathered for market and for domestic use. 

 Vaccinium corymbosum L., var. amoenum (Ait.) Gray (pleas- 

 ant). 



