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Bog Bilberry

Vaccinium uliginosum. Heath Family.

Low; spreading; tufted; from four inches to two feet high. Leaves.--Oblong; pale; not toothed. Flowers.--White or reddish; solitary, or two or three together, set close to the stem. Corolla.--Usually four-toothed; short; urn-shaped. Fruit.--A sweet berry; black with a bloom. The bog bilberry is found blossoming in early summer on the high mountain-tops of New England and New York, also farther west and northward.