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Vagcinium diffusum. Shining-leaved 

 Whortle-Berry. 



Oafs and Order. 



OCTAN'DRIA [DfXANDRIA pOtiusJ MONOGYN1A. 



Generic Charafter. 



Cat. fuperus. Cor. l-petala. Filam. receptaculo inferta. Bacca 

 4 — 5-locularis, polyfperma. 



Specific CharaHer and Synonyms, 



VACCINIUM diffufum; pedunculis axillaribus folitariis (in 

 racemo fecundo) corollis campanulatis nutantibus, foliis 

 ovatis acutis obfolete glandulofo-denticulatis. 



VACCINIUM diffufum; pedunculis folitariis nudis unifloris, 

 foliis ovatis acutis obfolete ferratis villofiufculis. Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. ed.pr. 2. p. 11. ed. alt. 2. p. 356. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 

 p. 351. Perfocn Syn. 1. p. 479. 



VACCINIUM arboreum ; foliis petiolatis, obovalibus, mucro- 

 natis : racemis bra&eatis : corolla campanulata acute quinque- 

 fida : antheris dorfo ariftatis. Michaux Fl. Bor.-Am. l. p. 230. 

 Perfoon Syn. 1. p. 479. 



VACCINIUM arboreum; foliis petiolatis obovalibus utrinque 

 acutis mucronatis glandulofo-ferrulatis, fupra nitidis reti- 

 culato-venofis, fubtus fubpubefcentibus, racemis brac- 

 teatis nutantibus, pedicellis axillaribus folitariis filiformibus, 

 corollis cylindrico-campanulatis ; laciniis acutis, antheris 

 inclufis dorfo ariftatis. Purjb Fl. Bor.-Am. 285. 



That the plant here reprefented is the Vaccinium diffufum of 

 the Hortus Kewenfis, we have the authority of the Ipecimen 

 from the Royal Garden at Kew, preferved in the Bankfian 

 Herbarium. » 



Our drawing was taken from a pUnt imported from South- 

 Carolina, by Mr. Lyons, and purchaled from his collection, 



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