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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



1164. K. dumd.sum. 



2 lanceolate bracteoles. Leaves obovate, mucronate, entire, 

 downy, and viscid. Ovarium hairy. Corolla bell -shaped, 

 obtuse, longer than the stamens. Branches round. Leaves 

 l|in. long. Calycine segments fringed. (Don's Mill.) 

 A low bushy deciduous shrub. New Jersey to Florida, in 

 dry sandy woods, particularly in pine forests. Height 2 ft. 

 to 3 ft. Introduced in 1774. Flowers white, tinged with 

 pink, rather large; June and July. Berries black, globular ; 

 ripe in November. 



Variety. 



_a V. d. 2 humile Wats. Dend. Brit. t. 32. Thv flowers 

 are white ; anthers red ; pedicels solitary, axillary. 

 Shrub, 6 in. high. 



& 12. V. CORYMBO^SUM L. The corymbose-Jlotvered Whortleberry. 



Identification. Lin, Sp., 499. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 853. ; Hook, in Bot. Mag., t. 3433. 



Synonymes. V. amce^num Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol 2. p. 358. ; V. disom6rphum Michx. Fl. Bor. 



Amer. 1. p. 231. ; V. elevatum Hort. ; V. Slbum Lam. Diet. 1. p. 1-3. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit, 1. 123. ; Bot. Rep., 1. 138. ; Bot. Mag., t. 3433. ; and our^s. 1165. and 1166. 



Spec. Char., $c. Flowering branches almost leafless. Racemes corymbose, 

 drooping, with membranous bracteas, which are shorter than the downy 

 flower stalks. Leaves elliptic, acute, minutely serrated, smooth, with downy 

 ribs. (Don's Mill.) Leaves l^in. to 2 in. long, tipped with a glandular 

 point. Racemes rising from the branches of the preceding year, and seldom 

 accompanied by leaves. Bracteas reddish, membranous, and fringed. Caly- 

 cine segments broad and shallow. Corollas white or reddish, cylindrically 

 urceolate, rather angular, and contracted at the mouth. Stamens 10, downy. 

 Anthers enclosed, having a double pouch at the base, but no spurs. This 

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

 flowers, and fruit. A tall deciduous shrub. Canada to Carolina and 

 Georgia, in swamps and wet woods. Height 4 ft. to 7 ft. Introduced in 

 1 765. Flowers white or reddish ; May and June. Berries black, insipid, 

 used in tarts like those of the cranberry ; ripe in October. 



1 165 K. corymbfcsum. 



1166. V. corymb&sum 



1167. V. c.virRJitum. 



Varieties. 



* V. c. 2 virgatum Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 358., Don's Mill. 



3. p. 854. ; and our fig. 976, The flowers are white, tinged with 



crimson or pale red; very elegant, and smaller than the species. 



Racemes short, lateral, and terminal. Virginia and Carolina, in 



swamps ; where it grows 2 ft. high. 

 a V. c. 3 fuscdtum Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. c. V. formosum Andr. Bot. Rep 



t. 97. ; V. virgatum Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 33., but not of Ait. : and our 



