XLiii. RiCA^cE^ : tacci'nium. 



611 



i Vmiety. 



! ^ v./. 2 venustitm Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2 vol. ii. p. 357. V. frondosum 

 ( var. 3 lanceolatuiii Pursh Ft. Avier. Sept. i. p. 786. The leaves 



are lanceolate, and acute at both ends. 



J, 20. V. RESiNO'suM Ait. The resinous Whortleberry. 



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

 Synonyme. Andr6meda bacc^ta IVang/i. Amer. t. 30. f. G9. 

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



Spec. Char., ^c. Racemes leafless, viscid, downy, with lanceolate bracteoles 

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

 resinous dots. Cal}x in 5 deep ovate segments, longer than the ova- 

 rium. Branches round, and downj' when young. 

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

 sides, and rather vi.scid. Racemes lateral, upOn 

 last year's wood, and drooping. (Do?i's Mill.) 

 A low deciduous shrub. Canada to Carolina, 

 in woods and on mountains. 

 Height 2 ft. Introduced in 

 ] 782. Flowers greenish yellow ; 

 May and June. Berries black, 

 1177. V. ren6sum. catable ; ripe in October. 



Varieties. 



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

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



V. r. 3 lutesce7is Pursh I. c. V. parviflorum Andr, Bot. 

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

 and the flowers reddish yellow. 



V. r. lut^sceiii. 



m 21. V. ^rctosta'phylos L. The Bear's-Grape Whortleberry. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., .500. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 8.54. 



Engraving. Oar Jig. 1179. from the plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Spec. Char.. Sfc. Racemes lateral. Bracteas all at the baseof the pedicels. 

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

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

 5-lobed. Yoimg bran'-hes downy on both sides. Leaves 2^ in, long. Ra- 

 cemes from the wood of the preceding \ ear, 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, hair}'. (Don's Mill.) A 



j large deciduous shrub. Coast of the Black Sea. 



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



i white, tinged with purple ; May and June. Berries 



I purple ; ripe in October. 



, Commonly grown only as an ornamental shrub, yet it 

 jmight 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 

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

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

 (Confusion, in British gardens, between this species and the 



following one 



1179. V. ^rctostaplnlos. 



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



Whortleberry. 



Identification. Smith in Sees's Cycl., No. 22. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 8.54. 

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