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feet high, with numerous roughish terete branches, which are 
somewhat angular and downy while young. Leaves 1} to 2 
inches long, tipped with a glandular point. Racemes rising 
from the branches of the preceding year, seldom accompanied 
by leaves. Bracteas reddish, membranous, fringed. Calycine 
segments broad and shallow. Corollas white or reddish, cylin- 
drically urceolate, rather angular, contracted at the mouth. 
Stamens 10, downy; anthers inclosed, having a double pouch at 
the base, but no spurs. Berries black, insipid. This species 
has a number of varieties in size, shape, and colour. 
Var. B. virgatum (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 358.) 
flowers white, tinged with crimson or pale red, very elegant, 
smaller than the species. h. H. Native of Virginia and Caro- 
lina, in swamps. Andr. bot. rep. 181. Wats. dendr. brit. t. 33. 
In Andrews’s plate of V. virgatum, the racemes are accompanied 
by leaves, of which we have seen no example in V. corymbdsum. 
Shrub 2 feet high. Racemes short, lateral and terminal. 
Var. y, fuscatum (Ait. hort. kew. 1. c.) flowers striped with 
red and white ; calyx downy. h.H. Native of Lower Caro- 
lina and Georgia, in swamps. V. formdsum, Andr. bot. rep. 
t, 97. 
Var. ò angustifolium ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminated 
at both ends, sessile, besprinkled with brown minute pedicellate 
glands beneath, and hairy on the mid-rib above. V. virgdtum, 
var. angustifolium, Wats. dendr. brit. t. 34. Flowers almost 
white. ; 
Corymbose-flowered Whortle-berry. 
1765. Shrub 4 to 7 feet. 
20 V. Maria num (Wats. dendr. brit. t. 124.) racemes lateral, 
numerous, many-flowered ; corolla cylindrical, contracted at the 
mouth ; leaves elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous, distinctly and mi- 
nutely denticulated. h. H. Native of North America. Flowers 
decandrous, white. 
Maryland Whortle-berry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1812. Shrub 
5 feet. 
21 V. eranpirròrum (Wats. dendr. brit. 125. f. a.) racemes 
terminal, 3-4-flowered ; corollas cylindrical, contracted at the 
mouth; leaves lanceolate, finely serrated, attenuated at both 
ends, glabrous. h. H. Native of North America. Flowers 
white, decandrous. 
Great-flowered Whortle-berry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. 
Shrub 14 foot. . 
22 V. eLonea`rum (Wats. dendr. brit. t. 125. B.) corymbs 
few-flowered, bractless; pedicels downy ; leaves elliptic-lanceo- 
late, serrulated, tipped by a glandular hair each, and with a few 
hairs on the nerves; branchlets downy. h. H. Native of 
North America. Corollas white, with reflexed teeth. 
Elongated Whortle-berry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. Shrub 
3 to 4 feet. 
23 V. MINUTIFLORUM (Wats. dendr. brit. 125. c.) racemes ter- 
minal, few-flowered ; corollas cylindrical, with erect teeth ; 
leaves rather coriaceous, bluntly subserrated, each tipped by a 
gland. h.H. Native of North America. Flowers white. 
Minute-flowered Whortle-berry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. 
Shrub | foot. 
24 V. GLA`BRUM (Wats. dendr. brit. t. 125. D.) spikes lateral; 
corollas campanulately cylindrical; leaves elliptic, entire, gla- 
brous. h.H. Native of North America. Flowers white. 
Glabrous Whortle-berry. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. 
Shrub. j 
25 V. sractea‘tum (Thunb. fl. jap. 156.) racemes axillary, 
longer than the glabrous, acute, serrated leaves; bracteas lan- 
ceolate, serrated; pedicels furnished with 2 awl-shaped brac- 
teoles. k. F. Native of Japan, in the Island of Niphon. 
Branches smooth, angular while young. Racemes 2-3 inches 
Fl. May, June. Clit. 
ERICACEZ. LIJI. Vaccum. 
long; pedicels secund, drooping. Corollas cylindrical, white. 
The leaves may be evergreen. 
Bracteate-flowered Whortle-berry. Shrub. 
26 V. cıLra`rum (Thunb. fl. jap. 156.) racemes axillary, longer 
than the ovate, bristly, nearly entire leaves; bracteas lanceolate, 
smooth, h.F. Native of Japan, &c. where it is called Sas- 
jebu. The stem is smooth, and the branches villous. Leaves 
1-2 inches long, unequal. Flowers red, unilateral. 
Ciliated-leaved Whortle-berry. Shrub. 
27 V. Frronpdsum (Lin. spec. 499.) racemes loose; bracteas 
obovate, not half so long as the slender pedicels, which bear 2 
small linear bracteoles in the middle; leaves obovate-oblong, 
obtuse, entire, smooth. h. H. Native from New Jersey to 
Carolina, in open woods. Andr. bot. rep. 140. V. glaticum, 
Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1, p. 281. Flowers small, almost glo- 
bular, white. Berries large, blue, globular, eatable, called by 
the country people Blue Tangles. Branchlets terete, smooth, 
and slender. Leaves 2-3 inches long, glaucous beneath, and 
sprinkled with minute resinous dots. Racemes lateral from the 
former year’s wood. Flowers drooping, greenish-white, shaped 
like those of the Lily of the valley, but smaller ; anthers in- 
closed. 
Var. B, venistum (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 357.) 
leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends. h.H._ V. fronddsum, 
var. 3, lanceolatum, Pursh, fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 786. 
Leafy Whortle-berry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1761. Shrub 
3 feet. 
28 V. rEstnosum (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 357.) ra- 
cemes leafless, viscid, downy, with lanceolate bracteoles on the 
pedicels; leaves obovate-lanceolate, bluntish, entire, covered 
with resinous dots; calyx in 5 deep ovate segments, longer than 
the ovarium. h. H. Native from Canada to Carolina, in 
woods, and on mountains frequent. Curt. bot. mag. t. 1288. 
Andrómeda baccata, Wangh. amer. t. 30. f. 69. Branches te- 
rete, downy when young. Leaves usually 14 inch long, bright 
green on both sides, rather viscid. Racemes lateral from last 
year’s wood, drooping. Flowers greenish-yellow. Berries black, 
eatable. 
Var. B, rubéscens (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 286.) corollas 
redish. h.H. Curt. bot. mag. 1288. 
Var. y, lutéscens (Pursh, 1. c.) leaves lanceolate ; flowers red- 
ish-yellow. h. H. V. parviflorum, Andr. bot. rep. 125. 
Resinous Whortle-berry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1782. Shrub 
2 to 3 feet. 
29 V. arcrosta’pHytos (Lin. spec. 500.) racemes lateral ; 
bracteas all at the base of the pedicels; leaves elliptic, acute, 
minutely serrated, hairy beneath; stamens as long as the co- 
rolla, which is bell-shaped, with very hairy filaments ; calyx 
slightly 5-lobed. h. H. Native on the coast of the Black 
Sea, where it was gathered by Tournefort, who describes it as a 
shrub about the height of a man, with a trunk as thick as a 
man’s arm. Young branches downy on two opposite sides. 
Leaves 2} inches long. Racemes from the wood of the preced- 
ing year, below the fresh leafy shoots, drooping, rather hairy, 
each composed of 8-10 pendulous flowers, of a dirty white 
colour, tinged with purple. Anthers spurred at the base. Co- 
rollas bell-shaped, hairy. Tournefort judges this to be, with 
great probability, the apxrosraġvňoc, or Bear’s Grape, of 
Galen. What the var. 6 of Linnæus may be, we know not, as 
nothing answerable to it is to be found in Tournefort’s Corol- 
larium. 
Bear’s-Grape Whortle-berry. Fl. April, June. 
Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
30 V. rapirétium (Smith, in Rees’ cycl. no. 22.) racemes 
lateral; bracteas all at the base of the pedicels; leaves ovate- 
Clt. 1800. 
