400 



VACCINIUM amnmim. 



Broad-leaved Whortle-herry, 



OCTANDRIA (DBCA&DRM. PurtL) MONOQYNIjt. 



Nat. ord. Ericjr Jussieu gen. 159. Dm JL Germ en io&nim aut 



seraiinferam. 



Emczm. JSroumprod* 1. 557. 

 VACCINIUM. Supra vol. 4.J0L 302. 



JDAn JWrw deciduis. 

 V. amcenum 9 racemis bract eatis, corollis subcyKndracefc, folii» ellipttou 



subaerrulatis deciduis: venis subtils villosiusculig. Hort. Kew. 2. 12* 

 Vacciniura amoeoum. Willd. sp. pL 2. 353. Andrews's reposit. 138, Hort. 



Kew. ed. % 2. 358, Pursh amer. sept. I. 287. 

 Vaecimum disomorphum; var.? Mkhaux bor.amer. 1. 232. 



Frutex: rumigtabri, teretes; famuli villosiusculi, varum compressi. FoL 

 dUerna 9 subpetiolata 9 lato~dliptica, acuta, supri gtaberritna 9 subtil* circd 

 venas villosiuscula, tenuissime subserrulata, sesquiuncialia ; petioli brevissitni 9 

 vUlosiusculu Racemi in uUimis ratnis plures 9 alterni, simplke$ 9 pattnte*, 

 Jbliis duplo breviores, sessiies f secundi, multyiori: pedicelli vitiosiusculif tri* 

 vel quadrilineares : bracteee oblongte, acuta, glaberrima, plerumque incar* 

 nata; unica in rachi communi ad exortum singidt pedunctdt partialis^ 2 v. $ 

 tineas hnga, ovata, concava $ duee opposite in pedunculo partiali pauTo supri 

 basin, patentes 9 reliquis paulb brevtores. Gal. monophyUust 5'fidus 9 gfoberri* 

 mus f sordide rubescens^ sesquilinearis •• lacinue ovat<e, lata $ obtusiusctda. 

 Cor. extus ex albo rubicunaa, monopetala, subcylindrica, parum ventrkosa, 

 calyce Aplo longior, ore S-jfidot lacinue ovata obtusiuscula. Fil. 10, margini 

 receptaculi leviter qffixa y subulata 9 plana 9 erecta, villosiusctda 9 caluce pauld 

 longiora; anth, lanceolatO'Siibulata, erectce, bicomes, corolla vaulo or eviores, 

 Jlaya. Germen ir\ferum 9 depressum. Stylus Jilifor mis, coroltdpaulo longior. 

 Stigma obtusum. Solander in sched* baoks. 



Native of North America; where It is said by Mr. Pursh 

 to grow in low grounds and swamps, from New Jersey to 

 Virginia; forming a tall red-twigged shrub, having large 

 white flowers, with a red tinge; black insipid berries; and 

 varying much in size, shape, and colour. Introduced by 

 Mr. John Cree, in 1765. 



The drawing was taken in Mr. Lee's nursery at Ham- 

 mersmith ; where the plant is cultivated in a sheltered bor- 

 der of peat-earth, along with other hardy american shrubs. 

 The well-known Cranberry belongs to the same generic 

 group. 



Branches smooth, round; hranchlets somewhat villous, 

 slightly compressed. Leaves alternate, subpetiolate, broadly 



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