One to three feet high. Stems.—Shrubby, branching. Leaves.—Oval or oblong, sprinkled more or less with waxy, resinous atoms. Flowers.—White, reddish, or purplish, bell-shaped, growing in short, one-sided clusters. Calyx.—With five short teeth. Corolla.—Bell-shaped, with a five-cleft border. Stamens.—Ten. Pistil.—One. Fruit.—A black, bloomless, edible berry.
The flowers of the common huckleberry appear in May or June; the berries in late summer. The shrub abounds in rocky woods and swamps.
Common Blueberry.
Vaccinium corymbosun. Heath Family.
Five to ten feet high.
The blueberry has a bloom which is lacking in the huckleberry. It is found in swamps or low thickets in late summer.
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SHIN-LEAF.—P. elliptica.
Squaw Huckleberry.
Vaccinium stamineum. Heath Family.
Two or three feet high. Stems.—Diffusely branched.
This large greenish or yellowish berry is hardly edible. The flowers appear in June, and are easily recognized by their protruding stamens. The leaves are pale green above and whitish underneath.