XLIII. i;RICA''CEiE : rACCl'NIUM. 



605 



1154, V- uHgin6flum. 



Ipuddings. Their juice has been employed to stain paper or linen purple, 

 iln autumn, many kinds of game live upon them, and the plant affords them 

 Ishelter. In gardens, it may be cultivated in sandy peat, kept moist, in a situ- 

 jation airy, but somewhat shaded. 



1 jit2. V. ULiGiN'o'sUiM L. The Bog Whortleberry, or great Bilberry. 



lldentification. Lin. Spec, 499. ; Smith Eng. Fl., 2. p. 210. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 851. 

 tSytionyme. Jlyrtillus grandis Bauh. Hist. 1 p. .518. 

 Engravings. Fl. Dan., t. 231. Eng. Bot., t. 5S1. ; and our fig. 1154. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Pedicels somewhat aggregate, 1-flov/ered. Leaves obovate, 



entire, smooth. Branches terete. Taller than the common bilberry, 



and of a more glaucous hue. Leaves glaucous be- 

 I neath. Flowers flesh-coloured, with 8 long-horned 



stamens. (Don's Mill.) A low deciduous shrub. 



North of Europe, North America, and North of Asia, 

 I in marshy mountain heaths and alpine bogs. Height 

 ; 1 ft. to 2 ft. Flovvers flesh-colo'ured ; April and May. 

 ; Berries large, juicy, black, and covered with a mealy 



bloom ; ripe in October. 



The berries are agreeable, but inferior in flavour to 

 ':hose of V. Myrtillus; eaten in large quantities, they 

 pccasion giddiness, and a slight headache. In France 

 rliey are used to colour wines red ; and in Siberia and 

 jSweden they furnish an ardent spirit that is highly vola- 

 l.ile and intoxicating. They afford excellent sustenance 

 i:o game. In gardens, it may be cultivated like the preceding species. 

 i 



; J* 3. V. ANGusTiFo^LiuM Ait. The narrow-leaved Whortleberry. 



Vdenti/lcation. Ait. Hnrt. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 356. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 852. 

 jiynonyme. V. myrtilloides Mic/tx. Ft. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 234. 

 'Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3447. ; and our fig. ll.'>5. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Pedicels scattered, mostly solitary, l-flowered, naked. 



i Leaves lanceolate, nearly entire, downy at the ribs and 



i margins. Berries large, and known by the name of 



j bluets. (Don's Mill.) A low deciduous shrub. Ca- 



I nada, about Hudson's Bay and Labrador ; and the 



j high alpine woods of the Rocky Mountains, from the 



; Atlantic to the Pacific. Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Intro- 



' duced in ! 776. Flowers flagon-shaped, yellowish areen, 



I or white tinged with red ; April and May. Berries 



I large, globose, blackish purple, highly esteemed by the , 



I inhabitants of the countries where the plant is indige- 



j nous; ripe in October. 1155. r. angustifoiium. 



! -a 4. F. c^sPiTo'suM Michx. The tufted Whortleberry 



identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 234. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 852. 

 \-ngravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3429. ; and our^^. 1156. 



'fpec. Char., ^c. Flowers lateral, solitary, nearly sessile. 

 I Leaves somewhat wedge-shaped, rounded, obtuse, 

 I serrated, membranous, very smooth. A little shrub, 

 ' with many crowded stems, from 2 in. to 4 in. high, 

 I very smooth in every part. Corolla of a short urceo- 

 j late form. Berries nearly sessile, globose. (Don's 

 I Mill.) A small deciduous shrub, with crowded stems. 

 ; Hudson's Bay, in the Island of Sitcha, and on the Rockv 

 I Mountains. Height 6 in. Introduced in 1823. Flowers 

 I numerous, exceedingly delicate and beautiful, white, 

 ; with a deep tinge of blush ; Mav. Berry blue black| 



with a glaucous bloom ; ripe in October. use. v. c=.spi.6.um. 



