. 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. 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
. 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. 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 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page imag
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