. V. angustifolium (narrow-leaved). 
V. canadense 
ish-white, shorter, and more open-campanulate. 
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OF HORTICULTURE. 129 
Vaccinium— continued. 
A form of V. pennsyl- 
vanicum. 
V. arboreum (tree-like). ^ Farkleberry. J. profuse, axillary 
along the branches and leafy-racemose ; corolla white, moderately 
five-lobed. fr. black, small, globose. l. obovate or round-oval to 
' oblong, thinnish-coriaceous, very smooth and shining above, 
reticulate - veined, obscurely glandular - denticulate or entire. 
Branches spreading, glabrous or somewhat pubescent. A. 6ft. to 
25ft. 1765. (L. B. C. 1885.) SYN. V. diffusum (B. M. 1607) 
V. Arctostaphylos (Arctostaphylos). A synonym of V. made- 
rense, 
Vaccinium— continued. 
V. caracasanum (Caraccas).* f. secund, with eight to ten 
anthers ; corolla reddish-white, campanulate ; racemes axillary, 
twice as long as the leaves ; bracts lanceolate, nearly equalling 
the pedicels. July. J. elliptic, acute, crenulate, coriaceous, 
glabrous, shining above. Stem shrubby, erect. A.4ft. Caraccas, 
1825, Greenhouse. ; 
V. — (corymbose).* f, more often racemosely than 
corymbosely disposed on the naked twigs; corolla white or 
obscurely rose-coloured, turgid-ovate to cylindraceous-campanu- 
late, three to four lines long. 
copious bloom. 
lets yellowish-green, turning brownish. 
Jr. usually blue-black, with a 
L. ovate or oblong to elliptic-lanceolate. Branch- 
h. 5ft. to 10ft. 1765. ` 
FIG. 146. FRUITING BRANCH OF VACCINIUM LEUCOBOTRYS, 
V. cæspitosum (tufted). d. solitary in the earliest axils, usually 
five-parted ; corolla rose-coloured or nearly white, ovate or ovoid- 
oblong. fr. blue, with a bloom, proportionately large, sweet. 
L obo to cuneate-oblong, obtuse or rarely somewhat acute, 
thickly serrulated, bright green on both sides, reticulate-veined. 
h. Sin. to Gin, 1823. (B. M. 3429; H. F. B. A. ii. 126.) 
(Canadian) fi. few in the clusters; corolla green- 
L elliptic or 
oblong-lanceolate, entire, and, as well as the branchlets, downy 
with soft, pubescence. erwise resembling V. penn- 
sylvanicum, 1825. (B. M. 3446.) : j 
Vol. IV. 
V. e. amoenum (pleasing). Z. ciliate-serrulated or bristly-ciliated, 
rather bright green, slight! or s ly pubescent. Syns. V. 
| 
| oo (A. B. R. 400), ? V. c. fuscatum (B. M. 
| v.e. um e) A pale and very glaucous or glaucescent 
| pallidum (pal 
| . form, with or without some pubescence, generally low; other- 
| wise nearly as in the onst e? variety. SYN. V. albiforum 
| (B. M. 3428). i 
| V. erassifolium (thick-leaved). f. few and almost sessile, in 
small, clusters; corolla nearly white, globose, cam- 
panulate. fr. black. J. lin. to jin. long, oval to narrow-oblong, 
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