ERICACE. LII. Vaccinium. 
lanceolate, acute, serrulated, smooth on both surfaces, except 
the mid-rib; stamens nearly as long as the bell-shaped corolla, 
with smooth slightly fringed filaments ; calyx 5-lobed. h. F. 
Native of Madeira, on the loftiest part of the island, where it 
forms impenetrable thickets. V. arctostéphylos, Andr. bot. rep. 
t. 30. Curt. bot. mag. 974. V. Maderénse, Link. enum. 1. 
p- 375. Corollas larger than those of the preceding, pale green, 
with a purple tinge; sometimes it appears to be all over purple 
externally. The Caucasian plant, discovered by Pallas, is said 
not to differ from that of Madeira. Pallas says the berries are 
black, juicy, eatable, and gratefully acid ; and he sometimes found 
the flowers 4-cleft. 
Bird-cherry-leaved Bear’s Grape. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1777. 
Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 
31 V. cyLINDRA`cEUM (Smith, in Rees’ cycl. no. 23.) racemes 
lateral; bracteas serrated, all at the base of the pedicels; leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate, acute, serrulated, quite smooth, except the 
hase of the mid-rib; stamens half the length of the cylindrical 
corolla, with hairy filaments; calyx slightly 5-toothed. h. H. 
Native of the Azores, on the mountains, where it is called Uva 
de Serra, or Mountain-berry. Apparently arborescent. Branches 
downy on the opposite sides. Racemes numerous, rising from 
the wood of the preceding year. Flowers drooping, nearly an 
inch long, apparently red or purple. 
Cylindrical flowered Bear’s Grape. Shrub or tree. 
82 V. LEDIFO'LIUM (Pohl, pl. bras. 2. p. 36. t. 123.) racemes 
axillary and terminal, loose, downy; flowers unilateral; leaves 
sessile, linear, attenuated at the base, ciliated, glabrous above, 
but yellowish-brown beneath, with the nerves downy. h. G. 
Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, on the 
higher mountains, in dry places. Stem dark, hoary. Leaves 
deciduous. Bracteas of two forms, acute, ciliated. Corolla 
white, glabrous, having the teeth reflexed. 
Ledum-leaved Whortle-berry. Shrub 1 foot. 
§ 2. Leaves evergreen. 
* Flowers racemose. 
33 V. mertiona‘Le (Swartz. fl. ind. occ. p. 676.) racemes 
erect, downy ; bracteas coloured, solitary, ovate, at the base of 
the pedicels; leaves ovate, crenated, smooth; stem arboreous. 
h. G. Native of Jamaica, on the Blue Mountains. Tree with 
a very straight trunk and hard wood. Branches downy when 
young. Leaves 1 inch long. Flowers drooping, reddish-white. 
Corollas ovate, quadrangular before expansion, contracted at the 
mouth, with 4 acute, recurved segments. Stamens 8, as long as 
the corolla: their filaments hairy in the middle. Berries round- 
ish, juicy, pleasantly flavoured, pale red, resembling those of 
V. vitis-ide@a. The flowers are rarely 5-cleft, and decan- 
drous. Racemes rising from the top of the wood of the preced- 
ing year. 
Southern Whortle-berry. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1778. Tree 
10 to 30 feet. 
34 V. conre’rtum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
265. t. 250.) racemes axillary, solitary, short, sessile, drooping, 
about equal in length to the leaves; leaves ovate elliptic, blunt- 
ish, crenulated, coriaceous, glabrous ; flowers decandrous ; an- 
thers mutic. h. H. Native of Mexico, on high mountains 
near Moran and Cerro de Oyamel. Branchlets angular, gla- 
brous. Leaves 5-6 lines long, beset with scattered, brown, minute 
dots beneath. Pedicels bibracteate at the base. Corolla cam- 
panulate, white, with ovate, acute, recurved segments. 
Crowded-leaved Whortle-berry. Shrub 1 foot. 
855 
35 V. rioripu NDUM (H. B. 
et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
266. t. 251.) racemes terminal 
and axillary, drooping, much 
longer than the leaves; leaves 
oblong, acute, coriaceous, gla- 
brous, crenulated ; flowers oc- 
tandrous and decandrous; an- 
thers mutic. h. G. Native of 
Peru, on the mountains near 
Caxamarca. Branchlets angu- 
lar, downy. Leaves 6-7 lines 
long, besprinkled with a few 
black dots beneath. Corolla 
campanulate, white, having a 
quadrifid or quinquefid limb, 
with oval bluntish segments. 
Flowers about the size of those 
of V. vìùtis-idæa. Filaments membranous, ciliated. Racemes 
approximate at the tops of the branches, bracteate (f. 142.) 
Bundle-flowered Whortle-berry. Shrub. 
36 V. Leuca’ntTHUM (Cham. in Linnea. 7. p. 524.) arbore- 
ous; branches angular, sometimes downy ; leaves coriaceous, on 
short petioles, oval-lanceolate, acute, glandularly serrated, hav- 
ing the petioles and mid-rib downy above, the rest glabrous ; 
racemes secund, rising from the branches of the preceding year, 
leafless; flowers drooping ; corollas urceolately campanulate ; 
anthers biaristate. h. F. Native of Mexico, below St. Sal- 
vador. Flowers white. Fruit black and edible. Nearly allied 
to V. Meridionàle. 
White-flowered Whortle-berry. Shrub. 
37 V. Caraccasa‘num (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
266.) racemes axillary, twice longer than the leaves; flowers 
secund, octandrous or decandrous ; leaves elliptic, acute, crenu- 
lated, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above ; anthers biaristate on 
the back. h.H. Native on the southern declivity of Mount 
Silla de Caraccas. Branchlets angular, glabrous. Leaves shin- 
ing above, 9-10 lines long. Racemes crowded at the tops of 
the branches. Corolla campanulate, glabrous, reddish-white, 
with a 4-5-parted limb; segments ovate, acutish. Filaments 
membranous, ciliated. 
Caraccas Whortle-berry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1825. Shrub. 
38 V. viris-1pm‘a (Lin. spec. 500.) racemes terminal, droop- 
ing, with ovate concave bracteas, which are longer than the 
pedicels; leaves obovate, revolute, minutely toothed, dotted be- 
neath ; corolla bell-shaped. hb. H. Native of dry, barren, 
stony woods and heaths in the north of Europe; plentiful in 
Scotland, Westmoreland, Derbyshire, and Wales. Mr. Pursh 
says it occurs on rocks near the sea-coast, from Canada to New 
England ; but the American plant is more robust than the Euro- 
pean, with considerably larger leaves. Lodd. bot. cab. 616, 
It has also been found in the islands of Kamtschatka, Una- 
laschka, and St. Lawrence. Smith, engl. bot. 598. Fl. dan. 
t. 40. Lodd. bot. cab. 1023. — Vitis-ide'a rùbra, Cam. 
epit. 136. Root creeping, woody. Stems ascending a span 
high; young branches terete, downy. Leaves like those of box, 
but darker. Flowers pale pink, 4-cleft, octandrous. Anthers 
without spurs. Berries blood-red, acid, austere, and bitter, less 
palatable in tarts than either the Cranberry or Bilberry, but ex- 
cellent in a rob or jelly, for colds and sore throats, as well as to 
eat with roast meat ; to which latter purpose this jelly is univer- 
sally applied by the Swedes, and forms a sauce to venison which 
is thought superior to currant jelly. In Wales it is used with 
roast mutton. It may be cultivated in a moist shady border of 
bog-earth, like the Bleaberry. 
FIG. 142. 
