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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BIUTANNICUM. 



Michaux describes the berries as small, globose, crowned by the calyx, 

 black, on short stalks. A low, creeping, evergreen shrub. Carolina. 

 Height 6 in. Introduced in 1812. Flowers pink ; May to July. Berries 

 black ; ripe in October. 



JU 27. V. NI'TIDUM Andr. The glossy-leaved Whortleberry. 



Identification. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 480. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 289. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. 

 Engravings. Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 1550. ; and our fig. 1188. 



Spec. Char. t $c. Racemes terminal, corymbose. Bracteas 

 shorter than the pedicels. Leaves elliptic-obovate, acute, 

 crenated, smooth, and shining. Corollas cylindrical. Stems 

 either erect or diffuse. Leaves \ in. to 1 in. long, paler 

 and veiny beneath. Pedicels, bracteas, and calyx, very 

 smooth, of a shining red or purple colour. Calyx of 5 

 broad, but rather shallow, segments. Corollas ovate, 

 oblong, white or pink, with 5 slightly spreading teeth, de- 

 candrous. The branches are downy on two opposite sides. 

 (Don's Mill.) A decumbent evergreen shrub. Carolina. 

 Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1794. Flowers white or pink ; 

 May and June. Berries ?. uss. 



IU 28. V. CRASSIFO'LIUM Andr. The thick-leaved Whortleberry. 



Identification. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 105. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 289. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. 

 Engravings. Bot. Rep., t. 105. ; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 1152. ; and our 

 fig. 1189. 



Spec. Char., $c. Racemes lateral and terminal, corymbose. 

 Bracteas shorter than the pedicels. Leaves elliptic, 

 crenated, smooth, paler and veiny beneath. Corolla bell- 

 shaped. Stem diffuse. A hairy shrub, requiring some 

 shelter from our variable winters and springs. Leaves 

 not an inch long, with a little minute pubescence on 

 the midrib and petioles. Flowers 5-cleft, decandrous, 

 prettil y variegated with pink and white, drooping, on red 

 corymbose stalks. Stamens hairy. (Dim's Mill.) A 

 trailing evergreen shrub. Carolina. Height 6 in. In- 

 troduced in 1787. Flowers pink and white; May and 

 June. Berries ?. usa. 



L 29. V. OVA^TUM Pursh. The ovate-leaved Whortleberry. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 290. : Hook, et Am. in Beech. Voy., Pt. Bot., p. 114. ; 

 Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Kngravings. Bot. Reg. 1354. ; our Jig. 1190. from a living speci- 

 men, and flu. 1191. from Bot. Reg. 



Spec. Char., $c. Racemes axillary 

 and terminal, bracteate, short. 

 Leaves on short petioles, oblong, 

 ovate, acute, revolute, serrated, 

 smooth, coriaceous. Corolla cylin- 

 drical, campanulate. Calyxes acute. 

 Shrub much branched. Branches 

 hairy, as well as the petioles. 

 (Don's Mill.) A beautiful ever- 

 green shrub. Banks of the Co- 

 lumbia River, and on the north- 

 west coast of America. Height 

 2ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1826. 

 Flowers pink ; May. Berries black, 

 ii9o. r.ovatum. size of a pea. 



. 30. V. CANADE'NSE Richards. The Canada Whortleberry. 



Identification. Richards in Franklin 1st Journ., Append. ; Don's Mill. ,3. p. 856. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3446. ; and our fig. 1192. 



