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VACCINIUM VIRGATUM. PaLe GREENISH- 
FLOWERED WHORTLEBERRY. , 
Class and Order. 
DecanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Vacciniez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 4—5-dentatus. Corolla urceolata seu campanu- 
lata, limbo 4—5-fido reflexo. Anthere bicornes vel mutice. 
Bacca 4—}-locularis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Vaccinium virgatum ; ramis floriferis plerumque aphyllis, 
racemis subcorymbosis secundis nutantibus bracteatis, 
corollis subcylindraceis, calycibus erectis, foliis obo- 
vato-oblongis integerrimis utrinque acutis membrana- 
ceis deciduis subtus pubescentibus, germine semi- 
supero. 
Vaccinium virgatum. Av. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 2. p. 12. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. v.2. p. 353. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 2. 
p. 210. Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 181 ? (ramis floriferis folio- 
sis). 
V. virgatum, 8. var. Wats. Dendr. t. 34 (non 33.) 
_ V. corymbosum. Linneus. 
The excellent collection of American Whortle-berries 
possessed by the Glasgow Botanic Garden has given me an 
opportunity of studying their peculiarities, which few per- 
haps have enjoyed to such an extent: yet, I confess myself 
much at a loss to find characters to distinguish some of the 
species, which, even to a common observer, appear suflici- 
ently marked : and such is the case with the present indivi- 
dual, which goes by the name of V. virgatum in our gar- 
dens, and which, I have reason to believe, is the plant so 
designated 
