1160 



AUBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



i'AllT III. 



Spec. Chnr., Sfc. 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 \\ in. or 2 in. long, on very 

 short downy stalks. Flowers decandrous, 

 copious, w hitc, having linear anthers, which 

 are horned near the base. Berries greenish, 

 or white, called deer-berries. The bracteas v , 

 resemble the leaves, but are much smaller. 

 (Von's Mill., iii. p. 8o:i. ) 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 \l~i2; and there are plants, both 

 of the species and the variety, at Messrs. Loddiges's. 

 Variety. 



j» V. s. 2 alhinu II. B. et Kinith Nov. Gen. Amer., iii. p. 207. — 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 Heal del Monte, where it seldom grows above 



6 in. high. 



■a 11. V. DCMO^sLM yl/V. The bushy Whortleberry. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kcw., c<i. 2., vol. 2. p. fijd ; Urm's Mill., C, p. H^.i. 



.fynonywrs. f. IroiidOsiim Miclix. Ft. ttor. Amer., 1. p. iiJO. ; V. liirti'llum Ait. llort. Krw., c«l. C, 



vol. '2. p. 357. 

 Engravings. Curt Bot Mag., 1. 1106. ; Andr. Bot Rep., 1 112. ; and ourjf^. 973. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Racemes downy, with oval bracteas, and 

 the pedicels with 2 lanceolate bractcolcs. Leaves obovale, 

 mucronate, entire, downy, and viscid. Ovarium hairy. 

 CoroUa l)ell-sha()ed, obtuse, longer than the stamens. A 

 low bushy shrub, with round branches. Leaves 1 > 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 .lersey to 

 Florida, in dry sandy woods, particularly in pine forests, 

 where it grows from 2 ft. to :i ft. high, and flowers in June 

 and July. It was introduced in 1774 There are plants 

 at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



Varieti/. 



^ V. d. 2 himile Wats. Dend. Brit., t. .32.— The flowers arc white ; an- 

 thers red; pedicels solitary, axillary. Shrub, Gin. high. 



* 12. V. coRVMBo'siMi L, The corymbose^o?<;d'r<'</ Whortleberry. 



Id,-ntification. Lin. Sp., 499. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 8ii ; Hook, in Hot. Mag,, t. riiSS, ■ XaxXA Cat cd 1836 

 Synonymes /'. amoe^num Ait. Hort. Krw., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. .«8., Andr. Bot. Hep., 1.J8. : /■.'di.sonn'.r- 



phum ^fu:/l Fl. Bur. Amer., 1. p. 231. ; T. elevMutn Hort. ; V. Album Lam Dirt , 1 p 13 

 Engravings. Wats. Dciid. Brit, t 123. ; Bot. Rep., t. I3S ; Bot. Mag., t. 3433. ; and o\iT_fig.i. 974. <C.V 



Spec. Char., I^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. {Bon's Mill., iii. p. 8.53.) A tall shrub, sometimes 7 ft. or 

 8ft. high, with numerous roughish round branches, which are, however, 

 somewhat angular and downy while young. Leaves 1 /, in. to 2 in. Ion?,' 

 tipped with a glandular point. Racemes rising from the branches of tlic 

 preceiling year, and seldom accompanied by leaves. Bracteas reddish, 

 membranous, and fringed. Calycine segments broad and shallow. Corollas 

 white or reddish, c^lindrically urceolate, rather angular, and contracted at 



