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Blue Berries— Continued. 



Vaccinium caesjntosum, Michs. Less tliau J loot : JRocky Mountains from Col- 

 orado northward (to Alaska, and eastward in Labrador, and tlie White 

 Mountains, New Hampshire ; growing in tufts : berries rather large, blue 

 (bloom), sweet. Variety, cuneifoUuvi, Nutt, is i to 1 foot: mountains of 

 Colorado (to California, British Columbia, and Lake Superior). 

 t^uccinium MyrtUlus, L. One foot or less: Colorado, Utah, and northward (to 

 Alaska): branches angled, green; berries black. — *^ Wbortleberry,"" Bil- 

 berry." Variety m.icrophyllmn, Hook., 3 to G inches, with leaves ^ to ^ of an 

 inch long, and berries reddish at first. 



"Bearbehry." "Kinnikinnick." Arctostapliylos Uva-ursi, Spreno;. New Mexico (to 

 California, to New Jersey), and northward: creeping: foliage thicJc, ever- 

 green; berries red. 



WiNTERGUEEN. Gaultlwria Myrsinites, Hook. Colorado and Utah to Montana 

 (northward and westward): procumbent, tufted; foliage evergreen, with 

 aromatic llavor; berries scarlet. 



Bryantiius eaipetriformis, Gray. One-half a foot or more : western Wyoming, 

 Montana, (and northward) : Iq^yQ)^ crowded, evergreen; llowers, rose-colored. 



Palis Laurel. Kalmia glauca, Ait. One to 2 feet : Colorado and northward in tlje„ 

 ^ Rocky Mountains (eastward through the northern United States): cold 

 bogs; branchlets two-edged; leaves evergreen, white beneath, margin rolled ; 

 flowers large, lilac-purple. 



Labrador Tea. Ledum glandulosum,, Nutt. Two to G feet : northern Idaho and 

 western Montana {also in the Pacific region and British America) : 

 leaves 1 to 2 inches long, persistent, with resinous dots below, fragrant 

 when bruised ; flowers white. 



Oleace^e : Olive Family * 



FoRESTiERA 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. 



CuENOPODiACEyE: Goosefoot Family. 



GREA.SEWOOD. Sarcohatus vermicuJatus, Torr. Two to 8 feet : southern Wyoming and 

 southward (also in the Great Basin to the Upper Missouri): spreading, 

 scraggy ; branches stiif, Avith white bark; leaves /mrrojf;. Most abundant 

 of the shrubs called " Greasewood." 



Elaeagace.e : Oleaster Family. 



Elaeagnus argentea, Pursh. Six to 12 feet : Utah to Dakota (and eastward to 

 Canada): young branches with rwsi^^sca/es ; llowers yellowish inside, fra- 

 grant ; fruit cherry-like, mealy, edible, with an eight-grooved stone. 



Ouffalo Berry. Sltephcrdia 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 SiiEPiiERDiA. 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. 



