1162 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
aw 14. V. marta‘num Wats. The Maryland Whortleberry. 
Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 124.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 854. 
Synonyme. V.marilandicum Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t.124.; and our fig. 978. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Racemes lateral, numerous, 
many-flowered. Corolla cylindrical, contracted 
at the mouth. Leaves elliptic, coriaceous, gla- 
brous, distinctly and minutely denticulated. 
Flowers decandrous, white. (Don’s Miil., iii. 
p- 854.) A native of North America, where 
it is a shrub growing from 3 ft. to 4 ft. high, and 
flowering in May and June. It was intro- 
duced in 1812; and there are plants at Messrs. 
Loddiges’s. 
w 15. V. GRANDIFLO’RUM Wats. The great-flowered Whortleberry. 
Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 125. f. a. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 854. 5 Lodd. 
Cat., ed. 1836. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 125. a. ; and our fig. 979., from a plant at Messrs. 
oddiges. 
Spec. Char., §c. Racemes terminal, 3—4-flowered. Corollas 
cylindrical, contracted at the mouth. Leaves lanceolate, 
finely serrated, attenuated at both ends, glabrous. Flowers 
white, decandrous. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 854.) A native 
of North America, where it forms a shrub, growing 13 ft. 
high, and flowering in July and August. It was intro- 
duced in 1812. To us it appears very doubtful, whether 
this, and the two following sorts, be not varieties of the 
same form ; and, indeed, we might apply the same remark 
to various other sorts, which we have given as species. 
2 16. V. eLonca‘tum Wats. The elongated Whortleberry. 
Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 125. B. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 125. B.; and our jig. 980. 
Spec. Char. §c. Corymbs few-flowered, bractless. Pedicels 
downy. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, serrulated, each tipped 
by a glandular hair, and having a few hairs on the nerves. , 
Branchlets downy. Corollas white, with reflexed teeth. } 
(Don’s Miil., iii. p. 854.) A native of North America, where 
it is a shrub, growing 3 ft. or 4 ft. high, and flowering in July 
and August. It was introduced in 1812; and there are 
plants in the London nurseries. 
17, V. minuTIFLo‘rum Wats. The minute-flowered Whortleberry. 
Identification. _ Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 125. c. ; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Engravings. Dend, Brit., t. 125. c. ; and our fig. 981. 
Spec. Char., $c. Racemes terminal, few-flowered. Corollas 
cylindrical, with erect teeth. Leaves rather coriaceous, 
bluntly subserrated, each tipped by a gland. Flowers 
white. (Dons Mill., ili. p. 854.) A native of North 
America, where it is a shrub, growing to about 1 ft. high, 
and flowering in July and August. Introduced in 1812. 
% 18. V. Gua‘prum Wats. The glabrous Whortleberry. 
idee Wats. Dend. Brit. t. 125. p. ; Don’s Mill. 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. Cat., 982 
Engravings. Dend, Brit., t. 125. D.; and our jig. 982. 
Spec. Char., §c. Spikes lateral. Corollas campanulately 
cylindrical. Leaves elliptic, entire, glabrous. Flowers rose- 
coloured. (Don’s Mill., ili, p. 854.) A native of North 
America, flowering in July and August, and introduced in 
1812. “ A delicate, beautiful, and perfectly smooth plant.” + 
(Dend. Brit., t. 125.) 





