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Vaccinium resinosum(/3.) Red-flowered 



CLAMMY WhORTLE-BERRY. 



CLifs and Order. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



m Cal. fuperus. Cor. l-petala. Tilam. receptaculo inferta. 

 Bacca t 4-locularis, polyfperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



VACCINIUM refinofum ; racemis braeleatis, corollis ovatis, 

 foliis ellipticis acutiufculis integerrimis deci- 

 duis atomis refinofis irroratis. Hort. Kew. 2. 

 f 12. Wtlld.Sp. PL 2. p. 352. Martyn 

 Mill Dicl. ». 17. 



VACCINIUM refinofum ; foliis tenuibus, oblongo-ovalibus, 

 muticis, infegris, fubtus atomis refionofis ir- 

 roratis: racemis lateralibus, deorfum fecundis: 

 corolla 5-gono-ovata. Micbaux FL Bor. Amcr. 

 1. p. 230. 



ANDROMEDA baccata / foliis lanceolatis integerrimis acutis 

 glabris vifcidis, fioribus racemofis, baccis 

 decafpermis. IVangenh. Amer. 11. /. 30./. 69. 



«. corollis viridifcentibus. 



P. corollis rubellis. 



The Vaccinium refinofum is a native of Canada and Pen- 

 fylvania, and the mountains of Vir<z : "ia and both the Carolinas. 



It forms a pretty little fhrub, is ufuaily planted in pots and 

 protected from froft during the winter ; but is fufficiently hardy 

 to bear our climate in the open air, at leaft in afheltered fitua- 

 tion. 



Introduced into the Kew Garden in 1772. Communicated 

 by Meffrs. Loddiges and Sons, Hackney. Flowers in May 

 and June. Thrives beft in a mixture of bog-earth and loom. 



