1160 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
Spec. Char., §c. Racemes downy, with oval 
bracteas as long as the flowers. Anthers 
2-horned on the back, twice as long as the 
spreading bell-shaped corolla. Leaves ellip- 
tic, acute, entire, glaucous, and rather downy 
beneath. Stem 2 ft. high, with numerous 
green branches, which are downy while 
young. Leaves 14 in. or 2in. long, on very 
short downy stalks. Flowers decandrous, 
copious, white, having linear anthers, which 
are horned near the base. Berries greenish, 
or white, called deer-berries. The bracteas + ;> 
resemble the leaves, but are much smaller. * 
(Don’s Mill. iii. p. 853.) It is a shrub; native of North America, from 
New England to Florida, where it grows from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, and flowers 
in May and June. It was introduced in 1772; and there are plants, both 
of the species and the variety, at Messrs. Loddiges’s. 

Variety. 
a V. s.2 dlbum H.B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., iii. p. 267.—The leaves 
are larger, and ciliated on the nerves beneath, and on the margins. 
Corolla campanulate and white. It is a native of Mexico, in woods, 
between Pachuca and Real del Monte, where it seldom grows above 
6 in. high. 
« 11. V. pumo‘sum Ait. The bushy Whortleberry. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p.356.; Don’s Mill., 3., p. 853. 
pe hs Ae me fronddsum Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 230.; V. hirtéllum Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 
Tygiietnte Curt. Bot. Mag., t.1106.; Andr. Bot. Rep., t.112.; and our fig. 973. 
Spec. Char., §c. Racemes downy, with oval bracteas, and 
the pedicels with 2 lanceolate bracteoles. Leaves obovate, 
mucronate, entire, downy, and viscid. Ovarium hairy. 
Corolla bell-shaped, obtuse, longer than the stamens. A 
low bushy shrub, with round branches. Leaves 13 in. long. 
Calycine segments fringed. Corollas white, tinged with 
pink, rather large. Berries black, and globular. (Don’s 
Mill., iii. p. 853.) It is a native from New Jersey to 
Florida, in dry sandy woods, particularly in pine forests, 
where it grows from 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, and flowers in June 
and July. It was introduced in 1774. There are plants 
at Messrs. Loddiges’s. 

Variety. 
at VY. d. 2 himile Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 32.—The flowers are white ; an- 
thers red; pedicels solitary, axillary. Shrub, 6in. high. 
% 12. V. cornymBo‘sum LZ. The corymbose-flowered Whortleberry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 499. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 853. ; Hook. in Bot. Mag., t. 3433. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. V.amee‘num Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 358., Andr. Bot. Rep., 138.; V. disomér- 
phum Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p.231.; V. elevatum Hort.; V. album Lam. Dict., 1. p. 13. 
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 123.; Bot. Rep., t. 158. ; Bot. Mag., t. 3433. ; and our figs. 974, 975. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowering branches almost leafless. Racemes corymbose, 
drooping, with membranous bracteas, which are shorter than the downy 
flower stalks. Leaves elliptic, acute, minutely serrated, smooth, with 
downy ribs. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 853.) A tall shrub, sometimes 7 ft. or 
8 ft. high, with numerous roughish round branches, which are, however, 
somewhat angular and downy while young. Leaves I3in. to 2in. long, . 
tipped with a glandular point. Racemes rising from the branches of the 
preceding year, and seldom accompanied by leaves. Bracteas reddish, 
membranous, and fringed. Calycine segments broad and shallow. Corollas 
white or reddish, cylindrically urceolate, rather angular, and contracted at 
