8 The Shrubs of North Carolina 



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 glandular, the leaves broad, wedge-shaped, green on 

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

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



3. Black Huckleberry. (G. resinosa, 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 resinous 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. ursina, Gray.) — ■ 

 Found in 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 corymbosum, 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. 



2. Pale Dwarf Blueberry. (V. Constablsei, Gray.) — About 



1 foot high, abundant on the bald summit of Roan Mountain 

 (where it was first discriminated by Prof. Gray,) and not un- 

 likely on others. It is of a pale whitish aspect, with leaves 1 to 



2 inches long, and blue sweet berries. 



3. (V. tenellum, Ait.) — Common on the borders of small 

 swamps in the Lower District and extending somewhat into the 

 Middle; about 2 feet high, with green, angled branches. The 

 leaves are 1/2 to- 1 inch long, narrow, wedge-shaped, slightly 

 toothed at the top, and of a bright green. Berries black, small, 

 of little worth. 



