ERICACEAE. LIT. VACCINIUM. 



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lateral, solitary, nearly sessile ; leaves somewhat wedge-shaped, 

 rounded, obtuse, serrated, membranous, very smooth. ^. H. 

 Native of America, in the more northern regions, particularly 

 about Hudson's Bay ; also in the Island of Sitcha. A little 

 shrub, with many crowded stems, from 2 to 4 inches high, very 

 smooth in every part. Corolla of a short urceolate form. Ber- 

 ries nearly sessile, globose, black, with a glaucous bloom. 

 Tufted Whortle-berry. Clt. 1823. Shrub \ to | foot. 



* * Flowers in sessile tufts. 



12 V. GALE V ZANS (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 232.) flowers 

 on very short stalks, in sessile tufts ; leaves sessile, lanceolate- 

 wedge-shaped, slightly serrated, downy ; calyx pointed; corollas 

 ovate, much contracted at the mouth ; style prominent. Tj . H. 

 Native of Virginia and Carolina, in shady woods and swamps. 

 V. galiformis, Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 16. Flowers small, yel- 

 lowish-white. Berries small, globular, black. Michaux de- 

 scribes this shrub as having the aspect of Myrtca Gale, with 

 slightly downy branches. Leaves varying. The pedicels shorter 

 than the flowers, burst from a bud, composed of numerous 

 crowded scales. 



Gate-like Whortle-berry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1806. Shrub 

 2 feet. 



13 V. TENE'LLTJM (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 358.) 

 flowers in dense sessile tufts ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, finely serrated, smooth, except the rib and 

 margins ; branches angular, with a downy line on each side ; 

 calyx of 5, deep, acute segments, f? . H. Native from New 

 England to Virginia, on dry hills, on a gravelly soil. Wats, 

 dendr. brit. 35. V. Pennsylvanicum, Lam. diet. 1. p. 74. 

 Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 232. A low, very branching shrub. 

 Corollas pale red, or white. Berries large, bluish black, ex- 

 tremely sweet, and agreeable to eat. The mountains of Penn- 

 sylvania produce an immense variety of this species, in size and 

 shape of the fruit, leaves, and flowers. Leaves sometimes an 

 inch long. 



Delicate Whortle-berry. Fl. May. Clt. 1772. Shrub 1 to 

 2 feet. 



14 V. LIOU'STRINUM (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 283.) 

 flowers nearly sessile, in tufts ; leaves nearly sessile, erect, lan- 

 ceolate, mucronate, finely serrated, veiny, downy ; corolla 

 longish, ovate ; branches angular. Jj . H. Native from Penn- 

 sylvania to Virginia, in dry woods ; common on the mountains. 

 Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 288. exclusive of the syn. of Willd. 

 A straight shrub. Leaves membranous, furnished with con- 

 spicuous, often purplish veins. Scales of the flower-buds often 

 purplish. Corollas purplish-red. Berries black. The leaves 

 vary extremely in shape and size. The V. ligiistrinum of Lin- 

 naeus is a nonentity, or rather no Vaccmium, according to Smith, 

 being the very same plant with Lybnia paniculata. 



Privet-like Whortle-berry. Fl. May, July. Clt. ? Shrub. 



* * * Flowers disposed in racemes. 



15 V. PA'LLIDUM (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 355.) ra- 

 cemes bracteate ; corolla cylindrically bell-shaped ; leaves ovate, 

 acute, finely serrated. JJ . H. Native of North America, 

 from whence it was said to have been sent, in 1772, to Kew 

 Gardens, by Dr. Samuel Martin ; but Mr. Pursh never met 

 with it. 



/We-flowered Whortle-berry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1772. 

 Shrub 2 feet. 



16V. ARBOREUM (Marsh, in Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 230.) 

 pedicels axillary and solitary, or terminal and racemose, naked ; 



leaves ovate, acute, with slight glandular serratures, polished 

 above, and rather downy beneath ; corollas bell-shaped, acute ; 

 stamens the length of the tube, fj . H. Native from North 

 Carolina to Florida, in dry woods on the rocky banks of rivers. 

 V. diffusum, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 356. A large 

 shrub, sometimes 20 feet high, very elegant. Corollas white, 

 tinged with red. Berries globular, black, almost dry. Branches 

 terete, downy while young. This species joins the solitary 

 flowered species with the racemose flowered species ; the axil- 

 lary flowers being solitary and pedicellate, and the terminal ones 

 racemose. 



Tree Whortle-berry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1765. Shrub 10 

 to 20 feet. 



17 V. STAMINEUM (Lin. spec. 498.) racemes downy, with oval 

 bracteas as long as the flowers ; anthers biaristate on the back, 

 twice as long as the spreading bell-shaped corolla ; leaves ellip- 

 tic, acute, entire, glaucous and rather downy beneath. Tj H. 

 Native from New England to Florida. Andr. bot. rep. 263. 

 V. album, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 285. V. elevatum, Banks, 

 herb. Lodd. cat. Pluk. mant. 22. phyt. t. 339. f. 3. Trunk 

 2 feet high, with numerous green branches, which are downy 

 while young. Leaves 1-| or 2 inches long, on very short downy 

 stalks. Flowers decandrous, copious, white, having linear an- 

 thers, which are spurred near the base. Berries greenish or 

 white, called Deer-berries. The bracteas resemble the leaves, 

 but are much smaller. The V. album, Lin. is Xylosteum cilia- 

 turn fi, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 161. ; and therefore there is 

 no wonder that subsequent investigators could never ascertain the 

 V. album of Linnaeus. We must notice another error of Lin- 

 neeus, to prevent mistake. He cites, under V. stammeum, the 

 proper figure of Plukenet, but with a wrong synonyme or defini- 

 tion. Here also it falls to our lot to correct him respecting 

 another of Kalm's plants, V. mucronatum, which has ever re- 

 mained as unintelligible as V. album. His described specimen 

 is certainly a pomaceous plant. 



far. /3; (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 267.) leaves 

 larger, ciliated on the nerves beneath and margins. Jj . F. 

 Native of Mexico, in woods between Pachuca and Real del 

 Monte. Shrub \ foot. Corolla campanulate, white. 



Long-stamened Whortle-berry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1772. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



18V. DUMOSUM (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 356.) ra- 

 cemes downy, with oval bracteas : and the pedicels with 2 lan- 

 ceolate bracteoles ; leaves obovate, mucronate, entire, downy 

 and viscid ; ovarium hairy ; corolla bell-shaped, obtuse, longer 

 than the stamens. t?.H. Native from New Jersey to Florida, 

 in dry sandy woods, particularly in pine-forests. Curt. bot. 

 mag. 1106. Andr. bot. rep. 112. V. frondosum, Michx. fl. bor. 

 amer. 1. p. 230. V. hirtellum, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 

 357. A low bushy shrub, with round branches. Leaves 1^ 

 inch long. Calycine segments fringed. Corollas white, tinged 

 with pink, rather large. Berries black, globular. 



Far. /3, humile (Wats, dendr. brit. t. 32.) flowers white ; an- 

 thers red ; pedicels solitary, axillary ; shrub -| foot high. 



Bushy Whortle-berry. Fl. June, July. Clt. 17?4. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



19V. CORYMBOSUM (Lin. spec. 499.) flowering branches almost 

 leafless ; racemes corymbose, drooping, with membranous brac- 

 teas, which are shorter than the downy flower-stalks ; leaves 

 elliptic, acute, minutely serrated, smooth, with downy ribs. fj . 

 H. Native from Canada to Carolina and Georgia, in swamps 

 and wet woods. Wats, dendr. brit. 123. V. amce'num, Ait. 

 hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 358. Andr. bot. rep. 138. V. diso- 

 morphum, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 231. V. elevatum, Hort. 

 V. album, Lam. diet. 1. p. 13. A tall shrub, sometimes 7-8 



