two-awned: awzs ere&t, longer than the body of the anther, 
Germen oval, hairy. Style ere&t, equal to the corolla, longer 
than ftamens. Stiga obtufe. 
The Vaccinium dumsfum is a native of North-America. 
Forms a pretty compaé fhrub; is deciduous and perfeétly 
hardy; but the foliage being fo liable to be injured by our 
Jate frofts, it makes a handfomer appearance, when it has the 
fhelter of a greenhoufe in the fpring. May be propagated by 
layers, which, however, do not fpeedily take root. Requires 
a peat foil mixed with loam. Flowers in May and June. 
Introduced by Dr. Wittram Pitcarrn in 1774. 
Our drawing was taken from a plant communicated by Mr. 
LoppicEs. 
_ The. Vaccinium Aréoffaphylos, No. 974, though a native 
of Madeira, has ftood through the laft winter in the open 
ground, in Mr. Lopptces’s garden at Hackney, without fuf- 
fering the {malleft injury. 
