ERICACEAE. LII. VACCINIUM. LIII. OXYCOCCCS. 



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flowered, furnished with 2 lanceolate bracteas about the middle ; 

 leaves roundish-ovate, serrated ; calyx of 5 broad ovate pointed 

 segments. fj . F. Native of Otaheite and Owahu. Andro- 

 meda cerea, Lin. fil. suppl. 238. Branches terete, slightly downy 

 when young. Leaves mucronate, about an inch long. Corolla 

 ovate-oblong, with 5 angles, and 5 erect small segments. Sta- 

 mens 10. Anthers with 2 dorsal horns, according to Linnaeus. 

 Perhaps a species of Perneltya, 



Waxy Whortle-berry. Shrub small, |- foot. 



51 V. RETICULA'TUM (Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 30.) pedicels 

 axillary', solitary, 1 -flowered, downy ; leaves obovate, more or 

 less serrated, coriaceous, with a' blunt point, strongly reticulated 

 on both sides, and nearly smooth. Jj . F. Native of the Sand- 

 wich Islands, on the high mountains, in woods, where it was col- 

 lected by Mr. Menzies. Branches when young angular and 

 downy. Leaves an inch long, with revolute margins. Pedicels 

 bractless, swelling upwards. Calyx in 4 or 5 deep-ribbed co- 

 loured segments, at length involute. Corolla cylindrical, twice 

 as long as the calyx, purple, slightly hairy, with 4 or 5 erect 

 blunt teeth. Style hairy. Berries globular, depressed, nearly 

 smooth. 



Reticulated-leaved Whortle-berry. Shrub. 



52 V. HUMIFU'SUM (Graham, in edinb. phil. journ. June, 1831.) 

 pedicels axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered, furnished with many brac- 

 teas ; leaves evergreen, ovate, acutish, quite entire, glabrous on 

 both surfaces, ciliated ; stem prostrate, creeping ; flowers decan- 

 drous; anthers obtuse, mutic. J?. H. Native of North America, 

 on the Rocky mountains. Branchlets downy. Flowers drooping. 

 Corollas campanulate, white, often partially tinged with red 

 outside, with reflexed teeth. Stigma capitate. Filaments gla- 

 brous, flattened. Fruit edible, well-flavoured. 



Trailing Whortle-berry. Fl. May, June. Clt, 1827. Shrub 

 creeping. 



53 V. PENDCLIFLORUM (Gaud, in Freyc. voy. pt. bot. p. 454.) 

 pedicels axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, elongated, pendulous in 

 the fruit-bearing state ; flowers decandrous ; calycine segments 

 lanceolate, one-half shorter than the corolla, which is campanu- 

 late and 5-angled ; anthers awned ; branches angular, leafy ; 

 leaves oblong, sharply serrated, rather coriaceous. T? . F. Na- 

 tive of the Sandwich Islands, at the altitude of 500 hexapods. 

 An erect glabrous shrub. 



Pendulous-flowered Whortle-berry. Shrub. 



54 V. MICROPHY'LLUM (Herb. Reinwdt. ex Blum, bijdr. p. 

 851.) stem shrubby; branchlets puberulous ; leaves oval, 

 obtuse, quite entire, with recurved margins, veiny, coriaceous, 

 glabrous; pedicels almost solitary, axillary, 1-flowered; co- 

 rollas urceolate ; anthers mutic ; calyx bractless. Tj . G. Na- 

 tive of the Celebes, on the mountains. 



Small-leaved Whortle-berry. Shrub. 



55 V. DENTA'TUM (Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 31.) pedicels axil- 

 lary, solitary, 1-flowered, smooth; leaves obovate, with sharp tooth- 

 like serratures, coriaceous, veiny, very smooth ; calyx longer than 

 the smooth ovarium. tj . F. Native of the Sandwich Islands, 

 on the lofty mountains, where it was found by Mr. Menzius. 

 The branches are angular, and always smooth, like every other 

 part. Leaves rather longer than the V. reticulatum, with less 

 prominent veins. Calycine segments keeled. 



TboJA-leaved Vaccinium. Shrub. 



56 V. OBTU'SUM (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 290.) pedicels 

 axillary, solitary, 1-flowered; leaves small, oval, rounded, and 

 blunt at each end, mucronate, entire, coriaceous, smooth ; stem 

 creeping, fj . H. Native of the north-west coast of America, 

 where it was gathered by Mr. Menzies. 



Blunt-leaveA Whortle-berry. Shrub. 



57 V. EMPETRIFO'LIUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p, 263. t. 268.) creeping, auite ({labrous leaves approximate, 



VOL. in. 



subimbricated, obtuse, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous ; pedi- 

 cels solitary, axillary, 1-flowered ; flowers octandrous ; corollas 

 tubularly campanulate ; anthers mutic ; calyx bibracteate at the 

 base. Pj . G. Native of the western declivity of the burning 

 Mount Antisana, between Pintac and Pinantura. Leaves 2j 

 lines long. Corolla scarlet, glabrous : with ovate, acute, spread- 

 ing segments. Anthers dehiscing lengthwise. Filaments cili- 

 ated. 



Empelrum-leaved Whortle-berry. Shrub creeping. 



58 V. PENjEOiDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 264.) creeping, glabrous ; leaves approximate, subimbricated, 

 oblong, acute, obsoletely and remotely crenulated, stiff, glabrous, 

 a little ciliated; pedicels short, axillary, solitary, 1-flowered; 

 flowers octandrous ; calyx bibracteate ; anthers mutic. Tj . G. 

 Native of the province of Quito, at Mount Tunguragua, near 

 Cuchilla de Guandisava. Leaves 3 lines long. Branchlets 

 downy. Flowers solitary, on the tops of the branches. Corolla 

 tubularly campanulate, scabrous, with ovate acutish segments. 

 Filaments pilose. 



Pencea-like Whortle-berry. Shrub creeping. 



59 V. ACUMINA'TUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 264.) arboreous ; leaves approximately subimbricated, ovate, 

 acuminated, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous ; flowers axillary, 

 solitary, twin or tern, almost sessile, octandrous ; calyx bibrac- 

 teate ; anthers mutic. ? ^ . G. Native of New Granada, in 

 Paramo de Almaguer, and near Pansitara. Branches clothed 

 with rusty hairs, densely leafy. Leaves on short petioles, 3 

 lines long. Corollas nearly globose, white, with a quadrifid 

 reflexed limb. Filaments pilose. 



4cuminated-leaved Whortle-berry. Shrub 10 to 15 feet. 



60 V. ALATERNOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 265.) 

 arborescent? leaves roundish, elliptic, acutish, quite entire, ob- 

 soletely 3-nerved, coriaceous, glabrous ; flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, twin or tern, sessile, octandrous ; calyx bibracteate ; 

 anthers mutic, half exserted. I? . G. Native of the Andes of 

 Peru, near Ayavaca. Branches downy. Leaves 8-9 lines long. 

 Corolla tubularly campanulate, white, with a quadrifid revolute 

 limb. Filaments villous. 



Alaternus-like Whortle-berry. Shrub or small tree. 



N. B. There are several plants with different names than 

 those above, in the gardens, but these names are only synony- 

 mous with some of the species described above, as V. pruni- 

 fdlium, F. hallericejolium, and V. salicinum. 



Cult. All the species may be raised from seeds,, or from off- 

 set root-suckers, creeping roots, and trailing rooting stems. 

 Those also growing with several rooted stalks, may be divided 

 in the root and top into separate plants, in which way they suc- 

 ceed very well. The seeds should be sown, when that method 

 is pursued, in the autumn, as soon as they are ripe and gathered, 

 in a shady border ; and when the plants are up, and require to 

 be removed, keep a ball of earth about their roots. The offsets 

 or root-plants may be set out in the same season, in proper 

 places. The species are admitted into gardens and pleasure- 

 grounds for the sake of variety, curiosity, and ornament, and 

 some of them are grown for the use of their fruit. All thrive 

 best in peat soil, or very sandy loam. Some require to be grown 

 in moist situations, and others in dry. The stove and green- 

 house kinds should be treated as other green-house and stove 

 shrubs ; and cuttings of them strike readily in sand, under a 

 bell-glass ; those of the stove species in heat. 



LIII. OXYCO'CCUS (from ouc, oxys, sharp, and KOK- 

 KOS, tcokkos, a berry ; in reference to the sharp acid taste of the 

 berries). Pers. syn. 1. p. 419. Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 263. 

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