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places, more especially in barren woods and heaths. Height 6 in. ; in shel- 

 tered places, 1 ft. Flowers pale pink ; May and June. Berries blood red ; 

 ripe from August to October. 



The berries are scarcely to be eaten raw : but they are made into pies in 

 Derbyshire ; and, in Sweden, a rob, or jelly, is made from them, which is eaten 

 with all kinds of roast meat. In Sweden, this pre- 

 serve is also considered an excellent medicine in 

 colds, sore throats, and all irritations of the mouth 

 or fauces. In Siberia, the berries are macerated, 

 during the autumn and part of the winter, in water ; 

 and afterwards they are eaten in a raw state, and 

 fermented along with barley or rye, and a spirit 

 distilled from them ; or with honey, and a wine pro- 

 duced. Sweetmeats are also made of them with 

 honey or sugar, which, in 1814, we found in frequent 

 use in Moscow, at balls and masquerades. In Sweden 

 and Norway, the plant 58 said to be used in gardens 

 for edgings, as box is In Central Europe; and, in 

 British gardens, it is sosrsetimeB so applied to Ameri- 

 can beds and borders, and in other cases where the 

 soil is peat. From its smooth shining foliage, and 1184 . K . ntis id(eVl . 



the beauty of its flowers and fruit, the latter being 



retained on the plant for several months, it forms a more beautiful and 

 varied edging than box, provided clipping can be dispensed with. 



u. 25. V. (V.) tfuxiFo'Liujvr Salisb. The Box-leaved Whortleberry. 



Identification. Salisb. Par., t. 4. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. 



Synonyme. V. brach^cerum Michx. Fl. Bar. Arner. 1. p. 234. 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 928. ; Bot. Cab., t. 648. ; and our figs. 1185. and 1186. 



Leaves petiolate, obo- 

 Stems tufted. Corollas 



Spec. Char., fyc. Racemes axillary, of few flowers. 



vate, toothed or crenated, smooth on both surfaces. 



roundish-ovate. Filaments glandular. Stigma 



capitate. Flowers white, delicately striped with 



red. (Don's Mill.) The leaves are, however, 



smooth, even, and not dotted on the under side. 



Corollas globular, contracted at the mouth, not 



bell-shaped. Stamens 10. Anthers spurless at 



the base, discharging their pollen by lateral, not 



by terminal, aper- 

 tures. A hand- 

 some little ever- 

 green shrub, in 

 stature and gene- 

 ral aspect resem- 

 bling Face. Fitis 

 idae'a. Western 



near Winchester 



and the Sweet Springs. Height Gin. Introd. 1794. Flowers white, delicately 

 striped with red ; June. Berries red ; ripe in October. 



*~ 26. V. (? F.) JfYRTiFo v LiUM Michx. The Myrtle- 

 leaved Whortleberry. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 229. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 1187. from a specimen in the Museum of the Jardin 

 des Plantes. 



Spec. Char., $c. Creeping, quite smooth. Leaves petio- 

 late, oval, shining, revolute, sparingly and minutely 

 toothed. Racemes axillary, nearly sessile, of few flowers. 

 Corolla bell-shaped, somewhat inflated, minutely 5- 

 toothed. Anthers without dorsal horns. (Don's Mill.) \m v. (K.)myrtifciium. 



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