i 4 <5 OF TREES AND PLANTS. 



fides of the Roman wall, in the mofles, weftward ; in great abun- 

 dance in wet fummers. The flower is of a beautiful fcarlet, con- 

 fiding of four long fegments, revolute, with eight ftamina. The 

 fruit is ripe in autumn, of a florid red, fpotted with a deep pur- 

 ple, and on its going off entirely of a deep purple. It is ufed 

 for tarts, for which it is much valued ; of a moft grateful tafte, 

 cooling and refrigerant. 



17. We have the fmall deciduous-leaved black Wortle-berry ( a) , in 

 moift woods, and about madowy rocks, in great abundance. The 

 fruit is well tafted, but not to be eaten too freely ; being a great 

 aftringent, and has been known to caufe fuch a conftipation of 

 the bowels as has been fatal *. It is a fuccedaneum in the ftiops to 

 Myrtle-Berries, from which it obtained the name of Myrtillus. 



1 8. Procumbent perennial-leaved Wor tie-berry (b). About moift al- 

 pine rocks, and in hilly ftony places upon heaths. On the ledges 



525. 'Raj. Hift. p. 685. Tourn. Inft. p. 665. Vitis Idaea paluftris. C. B. Pin. p. 470. Raj. 

 Syn. iii. p. 267. Occicoccus Rupp. Flo. Jen. Hall. Helv. p. 413. Vaccinium ramis fili- 

 formibus repentibus, foliis ovatis perennantibus. Linn. Flor. Lappon. p. 145. Vaccinium 

 ramis filiformibus, foliis ovatis perennantibus, pedunculis fimplicibus ftipula duplici. Flo. 

 Suec. p. 114. n. 315. 



(a) Vaccinia nigra. Dod. Pempt. p. 768. Myrtillus. Mattb. p. 231. bent. Cam. Epit. 

 p. 135. Myrtillus, Off. Dal. Pharm. p. 294. Vitis Idaea foliis oblongis, crenatis, fiuflu 

 nigricante. C. B. Pin. 470. Tourn. Inft. p. 608. Vitis Idaaa angulofa. I. B. i. p. 520. 

 Raj. Hift. II. p. 1488. Syn. iii. p. 457. Vaccinium caule angulato, foliis ovatis ferratis 

 deciduis. Linn. Suec. n. 313. Vaccinium caule angulato, foliis ferratis annuls. Lapp. 

 ji. 43. Hort. Cliff, p. 148. Royen. lugdb. p. 239. Hall. Helv. p. 415. 



* BrefslerienftSy 1722. M. Oclobr. a clariff. Hall, citat. 



(b) Vaccinia rubra. Dod. Pempt. p. 770. Vitis Idaea rubra. Cam. Epit. p. 136. bent. 

 Vitis Idaea femper virens fruftu rubro. /. B. I. p. 522. Raj. Hift. p. 488, &c. Syn. iii. 

 p. 457. Vitis Idaea foliis fubrotundis non crenatis baccis rubris. C. B. Pin. p. 470. Vac- 

 cinium foliis perennantibus obverfe ovatis. Linn. Hort. Cliff, p. 148. Royen. lugdb. p. 239. 



Hall, Helv. p. 414. 



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