. 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. Botany. Genls 5. HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY. 699 Corolla nearly cylindric. Tall swamp shrub ; corolla pink. z"-i," long. Low upland shrub; corolla white, 2"-^" long. I. Vaccinium uliginosum L. Great or Bog Bilberry. Bog Whortleberry. Bleaberry. Fig. 3259. Vacciniiiin uliginosum L. Sp. PI. 350. 1753. A stiff much-branched shrub, 6'-24' high. Leaves thick when matur
. 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. Botany. Genls 5. HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY. 699 Corolla nearly cylindric. Tall swamp shrub ; corolla pink. z"-i," long. Low upland shrub; corolla white, 2"-^" long. I. Vaccinium uliginosum L. Great or Bog Bilberry. Bog Whortleberry. Bleaberry. Fig. 3259. Vacciniiiin uliginosum L. Sp. PI. 350. 1753. A stiff much-branched shrub, 6'-24' high. Leaves thick when mature, glabrous or nearly so on both sides, dull, pale or glaucous beneath, obovate, oblong, or oval, obtuse, or retuse, narrowed at the base, entire, nearly sessile, finely reticulate-veined, S"-I2" long; flowers 2-4 together, or sometimes solitary near the ends of the branches, mostly sliorter than the drooping pedicels; calyx 4-lobed (some- times 5-lobed) ; corolla pink, ovoid or urn-shaped, 4-5- toothed; stamens 8-10; berry blue to black, with a bloom, about 3" in diameter, sweet. Summits of the mountains of New England and the Adiron- dacks, mainly above timber-line; Newfoundland and Labrador to Quebec, Maine, and shores of Lake Superior, to Alaska. Also in northern Europe and Asia. Bog-blueberry. June-July. Fruit ripe Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York : Scribner
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