. 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. Genus 5. HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY 13. Vaccinium EUiottii Chapm. Elliott's Black Blueberry. Fig. 3271. V. EUiottii Chapm. Fl. S. States 260. i860. A much-branched shrub, 3°-7° high, the young twigs greenish, pubescent, or glabrous, often rather densely leafy. Leaves nearly sessile, dark green, somewhat shining above, dull and glabrous, or sparingly pubescent on the ve
. 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. Genus 5. HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY 13. Vaccinium EUiottii Chapm. Elliott's Black Blueberry. Fig. 3271. V. EUiottii Chapm. Fl. S. States 260. i860. A much-branched shrub, 3°-7° high, the young twigs greenish, pubescent, or glabrous, often rather densely leafy. Leaves nearly sessile, dark green, somewhat shining above, dull and glabrous, or sparingly pubescent on the veins beneath, ovate to eUiptic, serrulate or nearly entire, acute at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, 4"-l2" long; racemes few-flowered; pedicels shorter than the corolla; calyx-lobes broad, acute; corolla reddish, conic-urceolate, 2i"-3" long; berries black, z'-A" in diameter. Pine lands, southeastern Virginia to Florida and Texas. March-May. Has been mistaken for V, myrsinites Lam., an evergreen shrub of the south- eastern states, with blue berries, and obovate or oblanceolate 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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