



361 OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Vaccinium. 



Myrtillus. V. Fruit-stalks 1 -flowered: leaves serrated^ egg-shaped: 



stem angular. 



Dicks, h. s.-E. hot. A36-Sheldr. 18-F/. dan. 97±-*KmJ>h. 8. 

 1 Matth. 23 1 -Dod. ?6S. ( l-Lob. obs. 54b*. 2-Ger. em. 1415. 



1-Pari. 1456. \-Bladn». 46'3. 



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i Stamens 10. Bloss. segments 5. Caps, cells 5. Stem and 

 branches ucorfiered Leaves alternate, serratures blunt. Berries 

 black. Linn. Bloss. nearly globular, but a little flatted at the 

 base ; pale reddish purple ; mouth very small, with 5 small re- 

 flected teeth ; reddish white. Berries bluish black. 



Black Worts Black Whortle-berries. Hurtle-berries. Bil- 

 berries. Wind-berries, h lea-berries. Bilberry Whortle. Woods 



and heaths. [Portland Heath. Mr. Crowe. Rocks above 



Malvern, Worcestershire. Mr. Ballard. The Bishop's 



Woods, near Eccleshall. Lightwoods, near Birmingham.] 



S. April, May 





eligino 'sum 



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egg-shaped, blunt, smooth. 



entire, inversely 



E. lot. 5%\-Kniph. Q-FL dan. 231-Clus. i. 62. l~Ger. cm. 

 14l6. 6-Far&. 1456. 2. 



Stew* generally a foot high. Leaves when young fringed at 

 the base, flat. Berries blue, with 4 slight angles, and a white 

 pulp. Linn. Leaves with a network of veins underneath, some- 

 times slightly dented at the end, often tinged with red. Mr* 

 Woodward. Bloss. pink. 



Great Bilberry Bush, or Whortle. Rash-berries. Moistish 



woods, heaths and pastures, and tops of mountains. Between 

 Hexham and Penrith. Forest of Whinfield, Westmoreland. 

 Near Julian's Bower, Highland mountains. [Near Gamblesby* 

 Cumberland. Ray. Mr. Woodward.] S. April, May.+ 



(2) Leaves evergreen. 



Vitis-idse'a* V. Bunches terminating, nodding : leaves inversely egg- 

 shaped ; edge very entire and rolled back ; dotted 

 underneath. 



* The first tender leaves, cannot be distinguished from real tea, when 

 properly gathered, and dried in the shade. Willicii. The berries are 

 ▼cry acceptable to children, either eaten by themselves, or with milk, or 

 in tarts. The moor game live upon them in the autumn. The juice 

 stains paper or linen purple. Goats eat it ; sheep are not fond ot Itj 

 horses and cows refuse it. 



+ Children sometimes eat the berries; but in large quantities they 

 occasion giddiness, and a slight head-ach, especially wheu full grow" and 

 quite ripe. Many vintners in France are said to make use of the juice to 



colour their white wines red. Horses, cows, sheep, and goats eat it j 

 f v.-ine refuse it. 







