XLllI. ^RICA^CEiE : KACCi'nIUM. 



613 



1184. Y. ritisidsB^a. 



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 



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



I serve is also considered an excellent medicine in 



' colds, sore throats, and all irritations of the mouth 



I or fauces. In Siberia, the berries are macerated, 



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



and afterwards they are eaten in a raw state, and 



i fermented along with barley or rye, and a spirit 



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



I diiced. Sweetmeats are also made of them with 



j 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 scacetiices so npplied to Ameri- 



j can beds and borders, and in other cases where the 



' soil is peat. From its smooth shining foliage, and 



i the beauty of its flowers and fruit, the latter being , 



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



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



I H. 25. V. (V.) suxiFO^LiUM Salisb. The Box-leaved Whortleberry. 



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

 Synomime. V. brach^cerum Mic/ix. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 234. 

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



} Spec. Char., S^c. Racemes axillary, of few flowers. Leaves petiolate, obo- 

 I vate, toothed or crenated, smooth on both surfaces. Stems tufted. Corollas 

 ' roundish-ovate. Filaments glandular. Stigma 

 capitate. Flowers white, delicately striped with 

 red. {DorCs 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- 

 ^^V ^^^L^I^^P some little ever- 

 " '^ ' ^ green shrub, in 



stature and gene- 

 ral aspect resem- 

 bling Face. Fitis 

 idae'a. Western 

 parts of Virginia, 

 near Winchester 



I and the Sweet Springs. Height 6 in. Introd. 1794. Flowers white, delicately 

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



J I. 26. V. (? V.) ii/YRTiFo'LiUM Michx. The Myrtle- 

 i leaved Whortleberry. 



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

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

 I lies Plantes. 



\Spec. Char., Sfc. Creeping, quite smooth. Leaves petio- 

 1 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. (Bon's Mil/.) 

 ! BR 3 



1185. V. {V.) (luxifiliuin. 



118C. K(r.)iuxiR)Iium. 



1187 r. (r.)m>Ttifolium. 



