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2 19. V. Fronpo‘sum L. The frondose Whortleberry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 499. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. V. glaicum Miche. Fl. Bor. Amer.,1. p.231.; Blue Tangles, Amer. 
Engraving. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 140. 
Spec. Char., §c. Racemes loose. Bracteas obovate, not half so long as the 
slender pedicels, which bear 2 small linear bracteoles in the middle. Leaves 
obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, smooth. Flowers small, almost globular, 
and white. Berries large, blue, globular, eatable; called by the country 
people in America, blue tangles. Branchlets frondose (that is, abounding 
in leaves), terete, smooth, and slender. Leaves 2 in. or 3 in. long, glaucous 
beneath, and sprinkled with minute resinous dots. Racemes lateral, from 
the former year’s wood. Flowers drooping, greenish white, and shaped 
like those of the lily of the valley, but smaller. Anthers not prominent. 
(Don’s Miill., iii. p. 854.) A native of North America, from New Jersey 
to Carolina, in open woods, where it is a shrub growing 3 ft. high, 
and flowering in May and June. Introduced in 1761, and frequent in 
British collections. 
Variety. 
x V.f.2 ventstum Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. ii. p. 357.; V. frondd- 
sum var. B lanceolatum Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., i. p. 786.—The 
leaves are lanceolate, and acute at both ends. 
«x 20. V. rustno‘sum Ait. The resinous Whortleberry. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 357.; Don’s Mill. 3. p.854.; Lodd, Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonyme. Andrémeda baccata Wangh. Amer., t.30. f. 69. 
Engravings. Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 1288.; and our jig. 983. 
Spec. Char., §c. Racemes leafless, viscid, downy, with lanceolate bracteoles 
on the pedicels. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, bluntish, entire, covered with 
resinous dots. Calyx in 5 deep ovate segments, 963 
longer than the ovarium. Branches round, and 
downy when young. Leaves usually 14 in. long, 
bright green on both sides, and rather viscid. 
Racemes laterai, upon last year’s wood, and 
drooping. Flowers greenish yellow. Berries 
black, eatable. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 854.) A 
native of North America, from Canada to Ca- 
rolina, where it is common in woods and on 
mountains, forming a shrub growing 2 ft. high, and flowering in May and 
June. Introduced in 1782, and frequent in collections. 

Varieties. 
wt V.7. 2 rubéscens Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., i. p. 286., Curt. Bot. Mag., 
t. 1288., has the corollas reddish. 
aw V. 7, 3 lutéscens Pursh, |. c.; V. parviflorum Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 125. ; 
has the leaves lanceolate, and the flowers reddish yellow. 
# 21. V. Arcrosta’puyLos L. The Bear’s Grape Whortleberry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 500.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Engraving. Our fig. 984., from the plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
Spec. Char., §c. Racemes lateral. Bracteas all at the base of the pedicels. 
Leaves elliptic, acute, minutely serrated, hairy beneath. Stamens as long 
as the corolla, which is bell-shaped, with very hairy filaments. Calyx 
slightly 5-lobed. Young branches downy on both sides. Leaves 23 in. 
long. Racemes from the wood of the preceding year, below the fresh leafy 
shoots, drooping, rather hairy; each composed of 8—10 pendulous flowers, 
of a dirty white colour, tinged with purple. Anthers spurred at the base. 
Corollas bell-shaped, hairy. (Don’s Mill. iii. p. 854.) A native of the coast 
of the Black Sea, where it was gathered by Tournefort, who describes it as 
a shrub about the height of a man, with a trunk as thick as aman’sarm. It 
usually grows 8 ft. or 10 ft. high in British gardens, and flowers from April 
