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it flourishes, at an elevation of between 2000 ft. and 
3000 ft., on the Grampians ; and at the height of 3500 ft. 
in Aberdeenshire. It is said to cover extensive tracts 
of land on the west coast of Greenland, along with 
Andrémeda tetragona. (Casslope tetragona D. Don). 
On the Carpathian Mountains, it grows at an elevation .Q% 
of 6000 ft. (Watson.) It produces its flowers in April @fOR 
and May. The berries are agreeable, but inferior in 
flavour to those of V. Myrtillus: eaten in large quanti- ¢ 
ties, they occasion giddiness, and a slight headache. In | 
France, they are used to colour wines red; and in \ 
Siberia and Sweden they furnish an ardent spirit that 
is highly volatile and intoxicating. They afford excel- 
lent sustenance to game. The leaves are added to Lycopodium alpinum 
by the Icelanders ; and a yellow dye, for colouring woollens, is produced 
by an infusion of the two plants. In gardens, it may be cultivated like the 
preceding species. 

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« 3. V. ancustiFo‘Lium Ait. The narrow-leaved Whortleberry. 
Identification, Ait. Hort, Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p.356. ; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 852. 
Synonyme. V. vayrtilléides Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 234., Hook. in Bot. Mag., t. 3447., 
Engraving. Bot. Mag., t. 3447. 
Spec. Char., §c. Pedicels scattered, mostly solitary, 1-flowered, naked. 
Leaves lanceolate, nearly entire, downy at the ribs and margins. Berries 
large, and known by the name of bluets. (Don’s Mill. iii. p. 852.) A 
shrub, nearly 2 ft. high; a native of Canada, about Hudson’s Bay and 
Labrador; and of the high alpine woods of the Rocky Mountains, from 
the Atlantic to the Pacific. It was introduced in 1776, and flowers in 
April and May. In the Glasgow Botanic Garden it grows about | ft. 
high. The corolla is remarkable for its flagon-shaped appearance, and is of 
a pale yellowish green or white, tinged with red. The fruit is large, 
globose, blackish purple, and is highly esteemed by the inhabitants of the 
countries where the plant is indigenous. 
sw 4, V. cmspito‘sum Michr. The tufted Whortleberry. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 234.5 Don’s Mill., 3. p. 852. 
Engraving. Bot. Mag., t. 3429. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers lateral, solitary, nearly sessile. Leaves somewhat 
wedge-shaped, rounded, obtuse, serrated, membranous, very smooth. A 
little shrub, with many crowded stems, from 2in. to 4 in. high, very smooth 
in every part. Corolla of a short urceolate form. Berries nearly sessile, 
globose, and blue black, with a glaucous bloom. (Don’s Mill., iti. p. 853.) 
It is a native of America, particularly about Hudson’s Bay; and also in the 
Island of Sitcha, and on the Rocky Mountains. It was introduced in 1823, 
and flowers in May. In the Glasgow Botanic Garden the blossoms of this 
species are numerous, and exceeding delicate and beautiful, being white, 
with a deep tinge of blush. 
b. Flowers in sessile Tufts. 
as 5. V. GALE\ZANS Michx. The Gale-like Whortleberry. 
Identification. Mich, FI. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 232. ; Don’s Mill., ® p. 853. 
Synonyme. V. galifsrmis Smith in Rees’s Cycl., No. 16. « 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers on very short stalks, in sessile tufts. Leaves sessile, lanceolate-wedge- 
shaped, slightly serrated, downy. Calyx pointed. Corollas ovate, much contracted at the mouth. 
Style prominent. Flowers small, yellowish white. Berries small, globular, black. Michaux de- 
scribes this shrub as having the aspect of Myrica Gd/e, with slight downy branches. Leaves vary- 
ing. The pedicels, shorter than the flowers, burst from a bud composed of numerous crowded 
scales. (Don’s Miil., iii. p. 853.) A shrub, growing to the height of 2 ft. ; a native of Virginia and 
Carolina, in shady woods and swamps. It was introduced in 1806, and flowers in May and June. 
« 6. V. TenE’LLuM Ait, The delicate Whortleberry. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 358. Don's Mill., 3. p. 853. 
Synonyme. V.pennsylvanicum Lam. Dict., p.74., Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 232., Hook. in 
Bot. Mag. 
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t.35.; Bot Mag., t. 3454. 5 and our jig. 971. 
