854 



. LII. VACCINIUM. 



feet high, with numerous roughish terete branches, which are 

 somewhat angular and downy while young. Leaves 1-| to 2 

 inches long, tipped with a glandular point. Kacemes rising 

 from the branches of the preceding year, seldom accompanied 

 by leaves. Bracteas reddish, membranous, fringed. Calycine 

 segments broad and shallow. Corollas white or reddish, cylin- 

 drically urceolate, rather angular, contracted at the mouth. 

 Stamens 10, downy ; anthers inclosed, having a double pouch at 

 the base, but no spurs. Berries black, insipid. This species 

 has a number of varieties in size, shape, and colour. 



Var. ft, virgatum (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 358.) 

 flowers white, tinged with crimson or pale red, very elegant, 

 smaller than the species, fj . H. Native of Virginia and Caro- 

 lina, in swamps. Andr. bot. rep. 181. Wats, dendr. brit. t. 33. 

 In Andrews's plate of V. virgdtwn, the racemes are accompanied 

 by leaves, of which we have seen no example in V. corymbbsum. 

 Shrub 2 feet high. Racemes short, lateral and terminal. 



Var. y, fuscatum (Ait. hort. kew. 1. c.) flowers striped with 

 red and white ; calyx downy. Tj . H. Native of Lower Caro- 

 lina and Georgia, in swamps. V. formosum, Andr. bot. rep. 

 t. 97. 



Var. , angust ifolium ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminated 

 at both ends, sessile, besprinkled with brown minute pedicellate 

 glands beneath, and hairy on the mid-rib above. V. virgatum, 

 var. angustifolium, Wats, dendr. brit. t. 34. Flowers almost 

 white. 



Corymbose-flowered Whortle-berry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 

 1765. Shrub 4 to 7 feet. 



20 V. MARIA' NUM (Wats, dendr. brit. t. 124.) racemes lateral, 

 numerous, many-flowered ; corolla cylindrical, contracted at the 

 mouth ; leaves elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous, distinctly and mi- 

 nutely denticulated. T; . H. Native of North America. Flowers 

 decandrous, white. 



Maryland Whortle-berry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1812. Shrub 

 S feet. 



21 V. GRANDiFLbRUM (Wats, dendr. brit. 125. f. a.) racemes 

 terminal, 3-4-flowered ; corollas cylindrical, contracted at the 

 mouth ; leaves lanceolate, finely serrated, attenuated at both 

 ends, glabrous. 17 . H. Native of North America. Flowers 

 white, decandrous. 



Great-flowered Whortle-berry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub H foot. 



22 V. ELONGA'TUM (Wats, dendr. brit. t. 125. B.) corymbs 

 few-flowered, bractless ; pedicels downy ; leaves elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, serrulated, tipped by a glandular hair each, and with a few 

 hairs on the nerves ; branchlets downy. J? . H. Native of 

 North America. Corollas white, with reflexed teeth. 



Elongated Whortle-berry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



23 V. MINUTIFLORUM (Wats, dendr. brit. 125. c.) racemes ter- 

 minal, few-flowered ; corollas cylindrical, with erect teeth ; 

 leaves rather coriaceous, bluntly subserrated, each tipped by a 

 gland. >j . H. Native of North America. Flowers white. 



Minnie-flowered Whortle-berry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



24 V. GLA'BRUM (Wats, dendr. brit. t. 125. D.) spikes lateral ; 

 corollas campanulately cylindrical; leaves elliptic, entire, gla- 

 brous. T? . H. Native of North America. Flowers white. 



Glabrous Whortle-berry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub. 



25 V. BRACTEA'TUM (Thunb. fl. jap. 156.) racemes axillary, 

 longer than the glabrous, acute, serrated leaves ; bracteas lan- 

 ceolate, serrated; pedicels furnished with 2 awl-shaped brac- 

 teoles. Tj . F. Native of Japan, in the Island of Niphon. 

 Branches smooth, angular while young. Racemes 2-3 inches 



357.) 



V. frondosum, 

 p. 786. 

 Clt. 1761. Shrub 



long ; pedicels secund, drooping. Corollas cylindrical, white. 

 The leaves may be evergreen. 



Bracteate-Rovrered Whortle-berry. Shrub. 



26 V. ciLiAVruM (Thunb. fl. jap. 156.) racemes axillary, longer 

 than the ovate, bristly, nearly entire leaves ; bracteas lanceolate, 

 smooth. Jj . F. Native of Japan, &c. where it is called Sas- 

 jebu. The stem is smooth, and the branches villous. Leaves 



1-2 inches long, unequal. Flowers red, unilateral. 

 Ciliated-leaved Whortle-berry. Shrub. 



27 V. FRONDOSUM (Lin. spec. 499.) 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. Tj . H. Native from New Jersey to 

 Carolina, in open woods. Andr. bot. rep. 140. V. glaucum, 

 Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1, p. 231. Flowers small, almost glo- 

 bular, white. Berries large, blue, globular, eatable, called by 

 the country people Blue Tangles. Branchlets terete, smooth, 

 and slender. Leaves 2-3 inches long, glaucous beneath, and 

 sprinkled with minute resinous dots. Racemes lateral from the 

 former year's wood. Flowers drooping, greenish-white, shaped 

 like those of the Lily of the valley, but smaller ; anthers in- 

 closed. 



Var. ft, venustum (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 

 leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends. J? . H. 

 var. /3, lanceolatum, Pursh, fl. bor. amer. 1. 



Leafy Whortle-berry. Fl. May, June. 

 3 feet. 



28 V. RESINOSUM (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 357.) ra- 

 cemes leafless, viscid, downy, with lanceolate bracteoles on the 

 pedicels ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, bluntish, entire, covered 

 with resinous dots ; calyx in 5 deep ovate segments, longer than 

 the ovarium. Tj . H. Native from Canada to Carolina, in 

 woods, and on mountains frequent. Curt. bot. mag. t. 1288. 

 Andromeda baccata, Wangh. amer. t. 30. f. 69. Branches te- 

 rete, downy when young. Leaves usually ! inch long, bright 

 green on both sides, rather viscid. Racemes lateral from last 

 year's wood, drooping. Flowers greenish-yellow. Berries black, 

 eatable. 



Far. /3, rulescens (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 286.) corollas 

 redish. Tj . H. Curt. bot. mag. 1288. 



Far. y, lutescens (Pursh, 1. c.) leaves lanceolate ; flowers red- 

 ish-yellow. Tj . H. V. parviflorum, Andr. bot. rep. 125. 



Resinous Whortle-berry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1782. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



29 V. ARCTOSTA'PHYLOS (Lin. spec. 500.) racemes lateral ; 

 bracteas all at the base of the pedicels ; leaves elliptic, acute, 

 minutely serrated, hairy beneath ; stamens as long as the co- 

 rolla, which is bell-shaped, with very hairy filaments ; calyx 

 slightly 5-lobed. fj . H. Native on 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 a 

 man's arm. Young branches downy on two opposite sides. 

 Leaves 2J- inches long. Racemes from the wood of the preced- 

 ing 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. Co- 

 rollas bell-shaped, hairy. Tournefort judges this to be, with 

 great probability, the ap/croora^uXof, or Bear's Grape, of 

 Galen. What the var. /3 of Linnaeus may be, we know not, as 

 nothing answerable to it is to be found in Tournefort's Corol- 

 larium. 



Bear's-Grape Whortle-berry. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



30 V. PADIFOLIUM (Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 22.) racemes 

 lateral ; bracteas all at the base of the pedicels ; leaves ovate- 



