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Vaccinium Crassifolium. Thick-Leaved 

 Whortle-Berry. 



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Oafs and Order, 



OCTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Cbaratler. 



Cor. l-petala. Stamina receptaculo inferta. Anther* apice 

 poris 2. Bacca infera, 4-locularis, polyfperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



VACCINIUM crajfifolium; (decandrum, ftaminibus inclufis) 

 caulibus procumbentibus, foliis petiolatisovatis 

 glabcrrimis coriaceis ferrulatis, racemis fecundis 

 umbelliformibus, bra&eis coloratis pedicellis 

 brevioribus, corollis conniventi-campanulatis. 



VACCINIUM crajfifolium. Bot. Repof. t. 105. Donn. Hort. 

 Cant. p. 84. 



ANDROMEDA ? luridifolia; pedunculis aggregatis, unifloris ; 

 floribus fecundis globofo-campanulatis, laciniis 

 acutis re&is ; foliis alternis oblongo-ovatis, 

 remote ferrulatis, coriaceis. Gawler Recenf. 

 Plant, p. 24. 



Whetber this little fhrub be really a Vaccinium or an 

 Andromeda, as the author of the Recenfio Plantarum fufpe&ed, 

 can only be pofitively determined from the fruit, which we 

 have never feen ; from the habit, however, we mould fufpeft 

 that it belongs to the former genus. 



A native of South-Carolina, whence it was introduced by 

 Mr. Fraser, about the year 1794. It is fufficiently hardy 

 to live in the open air during mild winters, but for fafety 

 mould be protefted from fro ft. 



Flowers in May and J unc. Communicated by Mr. Lo d d 1 c e s. 



