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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



1172. V. grandiflorum. 



Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 125. A.; and our fig. 1171. from a plant at 

 Messrs. Loddiges, and fig. 1172. from Watson. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Racemes terminal, 3 4-flowered. Corollas 

 cylindrical, contracted at the mouth. Leaves lanceolate, 

 finely serrated, attenuated at both ends, glabrous. Flow- 

 ers decandrous. (Don's Mill.) A low deciduous shrub. 

 North America. Height IA ft. Introduced in 1812. 

 Flowers white ; July and August. Berries purple ; ripe 

 in November. 



j 16. V. (G.) ELONGA'TUM Wats. The elongated Whortleberry. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 125. B. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit,, t. 125. B. ; and our fig. 1173. 



Spec. Chm\, fyc. Corymbs few-flowered, bractless. Pedicels 

 downy. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, serrulated, each tipped 

 by a glandular hair, and having a few hairs on the nerves. 

 Branchlets downy. Corollas with reflexed teeth. (Don's 

 Mill.) A low deciduous shrub. North America. Height 

 3ft. to 4ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers white ; July and 

 August. Berries purple ; ripe in November. 



j* 17. V. (G.) MINUTIFLO'RUM Wats. The minute-flowered Whortleberry. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 125. c. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 125. c. ; and our fig. 1174. 



Spec. Char., $c. Racemes terminal, few-flowered. Corollas 

 cylindrical, with erect teeth. Leaves rather coriaceous, 

 bluntly subserrated, each tipped by a gland. (Don's 

 Mill.) A low deciduous shrub. North America. 

 Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers white; July 

 and August. Berries purple ; ripe in November. " 1174 - r. ( B .) minuuflirum. 



j 18. V. GLA X BRUM Wats. The glabrous Whortleberry. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 125. D. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 125. D. ; and our fig. 1175. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Spikes lateral. Corollas campanulately 

 cylindrical. Leaves elliptic, entire, glabrous. (Don's Mill?) 

 A delicate, beautiful, and perfectly smooth deciduous plant 

 North America. Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers 

 rose-coloured ; July and August. Berries purple ; ripe in 

 November. n75 . K . g iabru m . 



M 19. V. FRONDO'SUM L. The frondose Whortleberry. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 499. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. V. glaticum Michx. Fl. Bur. Amer. 1. p. 231. ; Blue Tangles, Amer. 

 Engravings Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 140. ; and our fig. 1176. 



Spec. Char., fyc 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. Flowers 

 small, almost globular, and white, Branchlets 

 frondose (that is, abounding in leaves), terete, 

 smooth, and slender. Leaves 2 in. to 3 in. long, 

 glaucous beneath, and sprinkled with minute resin- 

 ous dots. Racemes lateral, from the former year's 

 wood. Flowers drooping, greenish white, and 

 shaped like those of the lily of the valley, but 

 smaller. Anthers not prominent. (Don's Mill.) A 

 low deciduous shrub. New Jersey to Carolina, in 

 woods. Height 3 ft. Introduced in 1761. Flowers 

 white ; May and June. Berries blue, globular, eatable ; ripe in October. 



