. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 8. Vaccinium canadense Kalm. Canada Blue- berry. Fig. 3266. V. canadense Kalm ; Richards. Frank. Journ. 736. 1823. A low pubescent branching shrub, 6'-2° high. Leaves oblong, oblong-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, pubescent, at least beneath, entire, acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, I'-iJ' long, 4"-8" wide; flowers few in the clusters, which
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 8. Vaccinium canadense Kalm. Canada Blue- berry. Fig. 3266. V. canadense Kalm ; Richards. Frank. Journ. 736. 1823. A low pubescent branching shrub, 6'-2° high. Leaves oblong, oblong-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, pubescent, at least beneath, entire, acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, I'-iJ' long, 4"-8" wide; flowers few in the clusters, which are sometimes numerous on naked branches, appearing with the leaves; pedi- cels usually shorter than the flowers; corolla oblong- campanulate, greenish-white, 2"-t," long and li" thick; berry blue or bluish-black, with a bloom (rarely white), sweet, 2§"-3" in diameter. In moist places, Labrador to Manitoba, south in the mountains to Virginia, and to Illinois and Michigan. May-June. Fruit ripe July-Aug. 9. Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. Dwarf, Sugar, Early or Low-bush Blueberry. Fig. 3267. V. pennsylvanicum Lam. Encycl. i: 74. 1783. Not Mill. 1768. Vaccinium pennsylvanicum angustifolium A, Gray, Man. 261. 1848. Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 11. 1789. V. Dobbini Burnham, Am. Bot. 12: 8. 1907. A low branching shrub, 6-2° high, similar to the preceding species, but with green warty branches and usually nearly or quite glabrous throughout. Leaves oblong-elliptic or oblong- lanceolate, green and glabrous on both sides or slightly pubescent on the veins beneath, sharply serrulate, acute at both ends, 9"-i8" long, i"-6" wide; flowers few in the clusters, longer than the very short pedicels; corolla oblong-campanulate, slightly constricted at the throat, 2"-3i" long, about li" thick, white or pinkish; berry blue or nearly black, with a bloom, sometimes white, or reddish, very sweet, 3"-$" in diameter. In
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