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Blue Berries— Continued. 



Vaccinium cacs2)i(osHm, Micbx. Loss than foot: Rocky Mountains from Col- 

 orado uortliNvard (to Alaska, and eastward in Labrador, and the White 

 Mountains, New ILampsbire; growing in tufts : berries rather large, blno 

 (bloom), sweet. Variety, cuncifoUum, Nntt, is | to 1 foot: mountains of 

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

 Vaccinium Mijytilliis, L, One foot or less: Colorado, Utah, and northward (to 

 Alaska): branches angled, green; berries black. — "Whortleberry,"" Bil- 

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

 inch long, and berries reddish at first. 



''Bearrerry." "Kinnikinnick." Arctostajjhylos I7i'a-m-si, Spreng. New Mexico (to 

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

 green ; herries red. 



Wintergreen. GaiiUheria Mgrsinites, Hook. Colorado and Utah to Montana 

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

 aromatic flavor; berries scarlet. 



Bryaxtiius empetriformis, Gray. One-half a foot or more: western Wyoming, 

 Montana, (and northward) : leaves c?'ou'(?efZ, evergreen; flowers, rose-colored. 



Pal:3 Laurel. Kalmia glauca, Ait. One to 2 feet : Colorado and northward in the 

 Eocky 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 glanduJosnm, Nutt. Two to 6 feet : northern Idaho and 

 western Montana ( also in the Pacific region aud British America) : 

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

 when bruised ; flowers white. 



OleaceyE : Olive Familij* 



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. 



Chenopodiace/E: Goosefoot Family. 



Gre4SEW00D. Sarcohatns vermiculatiis, Torr. Two to 8 feet : southern Wyoming aud 

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

 scraggy; branches stiff, with white bark; leaves Most abundant 



of the shrubs called " Groasewood." 



Elaeagace.e : Oleaster Family. 



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

 Canada): yonng branches with rits^;/ -seaZes ; flowers yellowish inside, fra- 

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



Buffalo Berry. Shcplicrdia 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 rit.sf^-smZ^; berries yellowish, red, tasteless. 



See arborescent species, page 177. 



