XLIII. 



TACCTNIUM. 



611 



resinous dots. 



Variety. 



ji V./. 2 venustum Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2 vol. ii. p. 357. V. frondosum 

 var. 3 lanceolatuni Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 786. The leaves 

 are lanceolate, and acute at both ends. 



js 20. V. RESIN o v suai Ait. The resinous Whortleberry. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 357. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. 

 Synonyme, Andr6inedrt baccata Wangh, Amer. t. 30. f. 69. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1288. ; and our fig. 1177. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Racemes leafless, viscid, downy, with lanceolate bracteoles 

 on the pedicels. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, bluntish, entire, covered with 

 Calyx in 5 deep ovate segments, longer than the ova- 

 rium. Branches round, and downy when young. 

 Leaves usually 1 1 in. long, bright green on both 

 sides, and rather viscid. Racemes lateral, upon 

 last year's wood, and drooping. (Don's Mill.) 

 A low deciduous shrub. Canada to Carolina, 

 in woods and on mountains. 

 Height 2 ft. Introduced in 

 1 782. Flowers greenish yellow ; 

 May and June. Berries black, 

 1177. r.redn6n.m. eatable ; ripe in October. 



Varieties. 



J4 V. r. 2 rubescens Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 286., 



Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 1288. Corollas reddish. 

 ji V. r. 3 lutescens Pursh I. c. V. parviflorum Andr. Bot. 



Rep. t. 125. (our Jig. 1178.) Leaves lanceolate, 



and the flowers reddish yellow. 



1178. V. r. liu&cen?. 



ai 21. V. ^RCTOSTA'PHYLOS L. The Bear's-Grape Whortleberry. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 500. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. 



Engraving. Our fig. 1179. from the plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Spec. Char., $c. Racemes lateral. Bracteas all at the baseof the pedicels. 

 Leaves elliptic, acute, minutely serrated, hairy beneath. Stamens as long as 

 the corolla, which is bell-shaped, with very hairy filaments. Calyx slightly 

 5-lobed. Young branches downy on both sides. Leaves 2| in. long. Ra- 

 cemes from the wood of the preceding year, below the 

 fresh leafy shoots, drooping, rather hairy ; each com- 

 posed of 6 10 pendulous flowers, of a dirty white 

 colour, tinged with purple. Anthers spurred at the 

 base. Corollas bell-shaped, hairy. (Don's Mill.) A 

 large deciduous shrub. Coast of the Black Sea. 

 Height 8ft. to 10ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowers 

 white, tinged with purple j May and June. Berries 

 purple ; ripe in October. 



Commonly grown only as an ornamental shrub, yet it 

 might be cultivated for' its fruit, which is produced in 

 very great abundance, is agreeable to the taste, and 

 makes excellent tarts. All the garden culture required 

 is, to place the plants in sandy peat, or in peat and leaf 

 mould, kept moist. There seems to be a good deal of 

 confusion, in British gardens, between this species and the 

 following one. 



& 22. V. (? A.) PADIFOYIUM Smith. The Bird-Cherry-leaved Bear's-Grape 



Whortleberry. 



Identification. Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 22. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. 



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1179. V. ^rctostaplijlos. 



