1164 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
till June, It was introduced in 1800; and, though com- 
monly grown only as an ornamental shrub, yet might \ 
be cultivated for its fruit, which is produced in very 
great abundance, is agreeable to the taste, and makes ~ 
excellent tarts. There are plants at White Knights 
upwards of 10 ft. high, and there are others in the 
Knaphill Nursery 6 ft. high, which produce abun- 
dance of fruit every year. ‘All the culture required is, © 
to place the plants in sandy peat, or in peat and leaf 
mould, kept moist. There seems to be a good deal 
of confusion, in British gardens, between this species 
and the following one, and we have not been able to 
satisfy ourselves on ‘the subject. All that we can 
state with certainty is, that there are plants bearing 
the name of V. Arctostaphylos in Loddiges’s arbore- 
- tum, and the other places mentioned, which answer to the description 
given, and are well worth cultivating for their fruit. 
@ 22. V.(? A.) papiro‘Lium Smith. The Bird-cherry-leaved Bear’s Grape. 
Whortleberry. 
Identification. - Smith in Rees’s Cycl., No. 22. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. V. Arctostaphylos Andr. Bot. Rep. , t. 30., Curt. oe Mag. , t.974.; V. maderénse Link 
Enum., p.375.; V. caucasicum Hort.; V. padifolium caucasicum fort. Soc. Cat. of Fruit., edit. 
1826, p. 203. 
Engravings. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 30.; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 974.; and our figs. 985, 986. 
Spec. Char., §c. Racemes lateral. Bracteas all at the base of the pedicels. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrulated, smooth on both siplmninc except 
the midrib, Stamens nearly as long as the bell-shaped corolla, 
with smooth, slightly fringed filaments. Calyx 5-lobed. Co- 
rollas larger than those of V. Arctostaphylos, 
pale green, with a purple tinge: sometimes 
it appears to be all over purple externally. 
(Don’s Mill., iii. p. 854.) The Caucasian 
plant, discovered by Pallas, is said not to 
differ from that of Madeira. Pallas says 2 
the berries are black, juicy, eatable, and grate- =% 
fully acid; and he sometimes found the” Ag 
/ flowers 4-cleft. A shrub, from 6 ft. to 10 ft : 
high; a native of Madeira, on the loftiest parts of the island, 986 
where it forms impenetrable thickets. It was introduced in 1777, and flowers 
from June till August. From observing the plants of this alleged species, of 
large size, in the Knaphill Nursery, in the Hammersmith Nursery, and in 
the Horticultural Society’s Garden, we are inclined to think that it is no- 
thing more than a variety of V. Arctostaphylos. 


A. Leaves evergreen. 
a. Flowers racemose. 
a 23. V. caracasa‘num H. B. et es The Caraccas ere, 
Identification. H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p.266.; Don’s Mill., 5. p.855, 
Spec. Char., §c. _ Racemes axillary, twice as lass as the beige Flowers secund, octandrous or 
decandrous. Leaves elliptic, acute, crenulated, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above. Anthers 
2 horned on the back. Branchlets angular, glabrous. Leaves shining above, 9—10 lines long. 
Racemes crowded at the tops of the branches. Corojla campanulate, glabrous, reddish white, with 
a 4—5-parted limb. Segments ovate, acutish. Filaments membranous, ciliated. (Don’s Mill, iii. 
p. 855.) It is a native of the southern deciivity of Mount Silla de Caraccas, where it is a shrub, 
Rigg aoe in May and June. It was introduced in 1825. 
« 24. V. Vivis ea L. The Mount Ida Whortleberry, or Cowberry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 500. ; Eng. Fl. 2. p.220.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 855.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, 
Synonymes. Vitis idzw*a rubra Cam. Epit., 136. ; the red Whortleberry. 
Engravings. WLodd, Bot. Cab., t. 1023. ; Eng. Bot., t. 598.; Fl. Dan., t.40.; and our jig. 987. 
Spec. Char., &c. Hace boriviuiall drooping. with ovate concave bracteas, 
which are longer than the pedicels. Leaves obovate, revolute, minutely 
toothed, dotted beneath. Corolla bell-shaped. Root creeping, woody. 
