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Buive Berries—Continued. 
Vaccinium caespitosum, Mich. Less than 4 foot: Rocky Mountains from Col- 
orado northward (to Alaska, and eastward in Labrador, and the White 
Mountains, New Hampshire; growing in tufts: berries rather large, blue 
(bloom), sweet. Variety, cuncifolium, Nutt, is 4 to 1 foot: mountains of 
Colorado (to California, British Columbia, and Lake Superior). : 
Vaccinium Myrtillus, L. One foot or less: Colorado, Utah, and northward (to 
Alaska): branches angled, green; berries black.—‘‘ Whortleberry,” “ Bil- 
berry.” Variety microphyllum, Hook., 3 to 6 inches, with leaves } to 4 of an 
inch long, and berries reddish at first. 
“BEARBERRY.” “KINNIKINNICK.” Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, Spreng. New Mexico (to 
California, to New Jersey), and northward: creeping; foliage thick, ever- 
green; berries red. 
WINTERGREEN. Gaultheria Myrsiniics, Hook. Colorado and Utah to Montana 
(northward and westward): procumbent, tufted; foliage evergreen, with 
aromatie flavor; berries scarlet. 
BRYANTHUS EMPETRIFORMIS, Gray. One-half a foot or more: western Wyoming, 
Montana, (and northward) ; leaves crowded, evergreen ; tlowers, rose-colored. 
Patz Laurer. Kalmia glauca, Ait. One to 2 feet: Colorado and northward in the 
Rocky Mountains (eastward through the northern United States): cold 
bogs; branchlets two-edged; leaves evergreen, white beneath, margin rolled; 
flowers large, lilac-purple. 
LABRADOR Tra. Ledum glandulosum, Nutt. Two to 6 feet: northern Idaho and 
western Montana (also in the Pacifie region and British America): 
leaves 1 to 2 inches long, persistent, with resinous dots below, fragrant 
when bruised ; flowers white. 
OLEACEE: Olive Family.* 
ForestTIeRA NEO-MEXICANA, Gray. Six to 10 feet: southern Colorado to New Mex- 
ico (also in Texas): branches warty: leaves 1 inch long; flowers incon- 
spicuous; fruit dark, cherry-like. . 
CHENOPODIACEX: Goosefoot Family. 
GREASEWOOD. Sarcobatus vermiculatus, Torr. Two to 8 feet: southern Wyoming and 
southward (also in the Great Basin to the Upper Missouri): spreading, 
seraggy ; branches stiff, with white bark; leaves narrow. Most abundant 
of the shrubs called ‘‘ Greasewood.” 
ELAEAGACE®: Oleaster Family. 
- ELAEAGNUS ARGENTEA, Pursh. Six to 12 feet: Utah to Dakota (and eastward to 
Canada): young branches with rusty scales ; flowers yellowish inside, fra- 
grant; fruit cherry-like, mealy, edible, with an eight-grooved stone, 
Borrato Berry. Shepherdia argentea, Nutt. Five to 18 feet: in the mountains from 
Mexico to Montana (and northward to the Saskatchewan River, British 
America; westward to the Pacific coast ranges): spiny; leaves silvery; 
berries scarlet, almost stemless, acid, edible, with flat shiny seed. 
CANADIAN Sueruenndia. Shepherdia Canadensis, Nutt. Three to 6 feet: in the moun- 
tains from New Mexico to southern Montana (also ranging eastward from 
the Columbia River to the Atlantic): young branches, leaves, and yellow- 
ish flowers rusty-scaly ; berries yellowish, red, tasteless. 
* See arborescent species, page 177. 

