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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



4t 14. r. MARiA^NUM Wats. The Maryland Whortleberrv. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., 1. 1^4. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. 

 Si/nanyme. V. maril&ndicum Lodd. Cat., ed. 183f>. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t 124. ; and our yfg. 978. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Racemes lateral, numerous, 

 many-flowered. Corolla cylindrical, contracted 

 at the mouth. Leaves elliptic, coriaceous, gla- 

 brous, distinctly and minutely denticulated. 

 Flowers decandrous, white. (^Do)i's Mill., 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. 



M 15. r. grandiflo'rum Wats. The great-flowered Whortleberry. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit, 1 125. f. a. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. 



Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 123. A. ; and our Jig. 979., from a plant at Messrs. 



Loddiges. 



Spec. Char.,Sfc. Racemes terminal, 3 — 4-flowered. Corollas 

 cylindrical, contracted at the mouth. Leaves lanceolate, 

 finely serrated, attenuated at both ends,glabrous. Flowers 

 white, decandrous. {Dons Afil/., iii. p. 854.) A native 

 of North America, where it forms a shrub, growing H 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. 



tt 16. V. ELONGA^TUM Wots. The elongated Whortleberry. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., 1. 125. B. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 125. D.; and our fig. 980. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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 Art//., 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. 



jt 17. V. MixuTiFLO^RUM IVa/s. 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 out fig. 981. 



Spec. Char., c^c. Racemes terminal, few-flowered. Corollas 

 cylindrical, with erect teeth. Leaves rather coriaceous, 

 bluntly subserrated, each tipped by a gland. Flowers 

 white. (Do7i's Mill., iii. p. 854.) A native of North 

 America, where it is a shmb, growing to about 1 ft. high, 

 and flowering in July and August. Introduced in 1812. ggj 



a 18. V. gla'brum Wats. The glabrous Whortleberry. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit 1 125. p. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. : Lodd Cat <iu9 



ed. 1836. -^^^ 



Engravings. Dend. Brit, t. 125. D. ; and our fig. 9S2. 



Spec. Char., Src Spikes lateral. Corollas campanulately 

 cylindrical. Leaves elliptic, entire, glabrous. Flowers rose- 

 coloured. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 854.) A native of North 

 America, flowering in July and Angust, and introduced in 

 1812. " A delicate, beautiful, and perfectly smooth plant." 

 {Dend. Brit., t. 12.5.) 



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