CHAP. LXIX. ERICA CEE. VACCI/NIUM. 1159 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers in dense sessile tufts. Leaves 
nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, finely 
serrated, smooth, except the rib and margins. 
Branches angular, with a downy line on each side. 
Calyx of 5 deep, acute segments. A low very 
branching shrub. Corollas pale red, or white. 
Berries large, bluish black, extremely sweet, and 
agreeable to eat. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 853.) A shrub, 
2 ft. high; a native from New England to Virginia, 
on dry hills, on a gravelly soil. It was introduced 
in 1772, and flowers in May. There are plants in 
the Glasgow Botanic Garden, and at Messrs, Lod- 
diges’s. 

Variety. The mountains of Pennsylvania produce an immense variety of this 
species, remarkable for the size and shape of the fruit, leaves, and flowers. 
Leaves sometimes | in. long. (Don’s Mill.) 
w« 7. V. Ligu’strinum Miche. The Privet-like Whortleberry. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 283.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 853. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers in tufts, and nearly sessile; as are the leaves, which 
are also erect, lanceolate, mucronate, finely serrated, veiny and downy. 
Corolla longish and ovate. Branches angular. (Don’s Mill., iti. p.853.) 
An erect shrub, from 2 ft. to 3 ft. in height, with membranous leaves, fur- 
nished with conspicuous, often purple, veins. Scales of the flower buds 
often purplish. Corollas purplish red. Berries black. The leaves vary 
extremely in shape and size. It is a native of North America, from Penn- 
sylvania to Virginia, in dry woods, common on the mountains ; and flower- 
ing from May to July. There are plants of it at Messrs. Loddiges’s. 
c. Flowers disposed in Racemes. 
x 8. V.pa’tiipum Ait. The pale-flowered Whortleberry. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 355.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 853. 
Spec. Char., &c. Racemes bracteate. Corolla cylindrically bell-shaped. Leaves ovate, acute, finely 
serrated. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 853.) This low shrub is a native of North America, whence it was 
said to have been sent, in 1772, to the Kew Gardens, by Dr.*Samuel Martin ; but Pursh never met 
with it ina wild state in America. It grows to the height of about 2 ft.,and flowers in May and 
June. We believe it is not now to be found in British gardens. 
% 9. V. arpo‘rEuM Marsh. The Tree Whortleberry. 
Identification. Marsh. in Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 230. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 853. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Syronyme. V. diffasum Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 2. p. 556. 
Engraving. Bot. Cab., t. 1885. 
Spec. Char., §c. Pedicels axillary and solitary, or terminal and racemose, 
naked. Leaves ovate, acute, with slight glandular serratures, polished 
above, and rather downy beneath. Corollas bell-shaped, acute. Stamens 
the length of the tube. Corollas white, tinged with red. Berries globular, 
black, almost dry. Branches terete, downy while young. (Don’s Mill, iii. 
p- 853.) This species joins the solitary-flowered species with the racemose- 
flowered species; the axillary flowers being solitary and pedicellate, and the 
terminal ones racemose. A native of North America, from North Carolina 
to Florida, in dry woods, on the rocky banks of rivers; where it grows to 
the height of from 10 ft. to 20 ft., forming a very elegant shrub, which 
flowers in May and June. It was introduced in 1765, and is occasionally 
to be met with in collections. There is a plant of this species, 10 ft. high, 
in the walled garden at White Knights, and there are plants at Messrs. 
Loddiges’s. 
10. V. stami’neEuM L. The dong-stamened Whortleberry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp.,498.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 853. 
Synonymes. V. album Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 285.; V. elevatum Banks Hervb., Lodd. Cat. 
Pluk. Mant., 22., Phyt., t. 339., f. 3. Thea ‘ f a 
Engravings. Andr. Bot. Rep., t.263.; and our jig. 972. 
