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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANKICUM. 



b. Flowers in sessile Tufts. 

 j* 5. V. GALE'ZANS Michx. The Gale-like Whortleberry. 



Identification. Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 232. ; Don's Mill., 3. 



p. 853. 



Synonyme. V. galif6rmis Smith in Bees' s Cycl. No. 16. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 1157. from a specimen in the Lambertian 



herbarium. 



Spec. Char., $c. 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. Michaux describes this shrub 

 as having the aspect of jlfyrica Gale, with slight 

 downy branches. Leaves varying. The pedicels, 

 shorter than the flowers, burst from a bud composed 

 of numerous crowded scales. (Don's Mill.) A low 

 deciduous shrub. Virginia and Carolina, in shady 

 woods and swamps. Height 2ft. Introduced in 

 1806. Flowers yellowish white; May and June. 

 Berry small, globular, black ; ripe in October. 



j* 6. V. TENE'LLUM Ait. The delicate Whortleberry. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 358. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 853. 

 nyme. V. pennsylvanicum Lam. Diet. p. 74. 



V, gait* 



ngravmgs. Dend. Brit., t. 35. ; Bot. Mag., t. 3434. ; our fig. 1158. from Watson, and fig. 1159. 

 from Bot. Mag. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Flowers in dense sessile tufts. Leaves 



nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, finely 



serrated, smooth, except the rib and margins. 



Branches angular, with a downy line on each side. 



Calyx of 5 deep acute seg- 



ments. (Don's Mill.) A low, 



very branching, deciduous 



shrub. New England to Vir- 



ginia, on dry hills, on gravelly 



soil. Height 2 ft. Introduced 



in 1772. Flowers pale red or 



white ; May. Berries large, 



bluish black, extremely sweet 



and pleasant ; ripe October-. 

 Variety. The mountains of Pennsylvania produce an immense variety of this 

 species, remarkable for the size and shape of the fruit, leaves, and flowers. 

 Leaves sometimes 1 in. long. (Don's Mill.) 



j4 7. V. UGU'STRINUM Michx. The Privet-like 

 Whortleberry. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 2o3. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 853. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1160. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 



Spec. Char., Sf-c. Flowers in tufts, and nearly sessile ; as 

 are the leaves, which are also erect, lanceolate, mucro- 

 nate, finely serrated, veiny and downy. Corolla longish 

 and ovate. Branches angular. (Don's Mill.) An erect 

 deciduous shrub. Pennsylvania to Virginia, in dry 

 woods, and common on the mountains. Height 2 ft. to 

 3ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers purplish red ; May 

 to July. Berries black; ripe in October. n 60 . v . / Ig48trinuin . 



1158. V. tenelium. 



Identification. 

 Engraving. 



c. Flowers disposed in Racemes. 

 j* 8. V. PA'LLIDUM Ait. The pale-flowered Whortleberry. 



Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 355. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 853, 

 1161. from a specimen in the British Museum. 



