. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 2. Vaccinium caespitosum Michx. Dwarf Bilberry. Fig. 3260. I'acci: cacspti Michx. Fl. 234- 1803. A shrub, 3-12' high, much branched, nearly glabrous throughout, the twigs not angled. Leaves obovate or oblong-cuneate, obtuse or acute, 6"-i2" long, green and shining both sides, nearly sessile, serrulate with close bluntish teeth; flowers mostly solitary in the axils
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 2. Vaccinium caespitosum Michx. Dwarf Bilberry. Fig. 3260. I'acci: cacspti Michx. Fl. 234- 1803. A shrub, 3-12' high, much branched, nearly glabrous throughout, the twigs not angled. Leaves obovate or oblong-cuneate, obtuse or acute, 6"-i2" long, green and shining both sides, nearly sessile, serrulate with close bluntish teeth; flowers mostly solitary in the axils and longer than their drooping pedicels ; calyx slightly 5-toothed (rarely 4-toothed) ; corolla obovoid or obovoid-oblong, pink or white, S-toothed or rarely 4-toothed; stamens 10, rarely 8; berry blue with a bloom, sweet, about 3" in diameter. Rocky and gravelly soil, Labrador to Alaska, Maine, Ver- mont, northern New York, Wisconsin and south in Mountains to Colorado, ascending to the highest summits in New York and New En ' " " ripe Aug. Ingland. June-July. Fruit 3. Vaccinium membranaceum Dougl. Thin-leaved Bilberry. Fig. 3261. Vaccinium myrfillcides Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 32. 1834. Not Michx. 1803. Vaccinium membranaceum Dougl.; Torr. Bot. U. S. Expl. Exp. 377. 1874. A branching shrub, i°-5° high, nearly glabrous throughout, the twigs slightly angled. Leaves oval, oblong or ovate, thin or membranous, green both sides, not shining, acutish to acuminate, short- petioled, sharply and finely serrulate, i'-2i' long; flowers mostly solitary in the axils, their recurved pedicels becoming erect in fruit; calyx-limb entire or slightly toothed; corolla depressed-globose or globose-urceolate, greenish or purplish, mostly 5-toothed; stamens mostly 10; berry dark purple to black, rather acid. In moist woods, northern Michigan : Oregon and British Columbia. June-July. Fruit ripe July-Aug.
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