VACCINIUM MICROPIIYLLUM (Hook.) V. Myrtillus var. microphyllum Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 33. 1834.
In my opinion this is just as good a species as any, differing from V 111yriiilus in the bright green branches, the small leaves, which are more pointed and scarcely half the size of those of that species, in the smaller nearly sessile flowers and the small bright red ber ries, which become dark purple only when fully ripe, never bluish black as in V. 111:yrtillzis. It is common in Montana and was col
lected by Flodman in the Spanish Basin, no. 712.