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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETl.M. 



PART III. 



Spec. Char., %c. Racemes downy, with oval 

 bracteas as long as the flowers. Anthers 

 2-horned on the back, twice as long as the 

 spreading bell-shaped corolla. Leaves ellip- 

 tic, acute, entire, glaucous, and rather downy 

 beneath. Stem 2 ft. high, with numerous 

 green branches, which are downy while 

 young. Leaves l^in. or 2 in. long, on very 

 short downy stalks. Flowers decandrous, 

 copious, white, having linear anthers, which 

 are horned near the base. Berries greenish, 

 or white, called deer-berries. The bracteas 

 resemble the leaves, but are much smaller. 

 (Don's Mill., iii. p. 853.) It is a shrub; native of North America, from 

 New England to Florida, where it grows from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, and flowers 

 in May and June. It was introduced in 1772; and there are plants, both 

 of the species and the variety, at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



Variety. 



j* V. s. 2 album H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., iii. p. 267. The leaves 

 are larger, and ciliated on the nerves beneath, and on the margins. 

 Corolla campanulate and white. It is a native of Mexico, in woods, 

 between Pachuca and Real del Monte, where it seldom grows above 

 6 in. high. 



j* 11. V. DUMO V SUM Ait. The bushy Whortleberry. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 356. ; Don's Mill., 3., p. 853. 



Si/nonymes. V. irondbsum Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 230. ; V. hirte'lluin Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 



vol. '2. p. 357. 

 Engravings. Curt. Bot. Mag., 1. 1106. ; Andr. Bot Rep., 1. 112. ; and our fig. 973. 



Spec. Ckar. y fyc. Racemes downy, with oval bracteas, and 

 the pedicels with 2 lanceolate bracteoles. Leaves obovate, 

 mucronate, entire, downy, and viscid. Ovarium hairy. 

 Corolla bell-shaped, obtuse, longer than the stamens. A 

 low bushy shrub, with round branches. Leaves Hin. long. 

 Calycine segments fringed. Corollas white, tinged with 

 pink, rather large. Berries black, and globular. (Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 853.) It is a native from New Jersey to 

 Florida, in dry sandy woods, particularly in pine forests, 

 where it grows from 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, and flowers in June 

 and July. It was introduced in 1774, There are plants 

 at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



Variety. 



j* V. d. 2 humile Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 32. The flowers are white ; an- 

 thers red ; pedicels solitary, axillary. Shrub, 6 in. high. 



SB 12. V. CORYMBO^SUM L. The corymbosc-^oivered Whortleberry. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 499. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 853. ; Hook, in Bot. Mag., t. 3433. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. V. amce^num Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 358., Andr. Bot. Rep., 138. ; V. disomor- 



phuin Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 231. ; V. elevatum Hort. ; V. album Lam. Diet., 1. p. 13. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit, t. 123. ; Bot. Rep., 1. 138. ; Bot. Mag., t. 3433. ; and our figs. 974, 975. 



Spec. Char., $c. Flowering branches almost leafless. Racemes corymbose, 

 drooping, with membranous bracteas, which are shorter than the downy 

 flower stalks. Leaves elliptic, acute, minutely serrated, smooth, with 

 downy ribs. (Don's Mill. y iii. p. 853.) A tall shrub, sometimes 7 ft. or 

 8 ft. high, with numerous roughish round branches, which are, however, 

 somewhat angular and downy while young. Leaves l^in. to 2 in. long, 

 tipped with a glandular point. Racemes rising from the branches of the 

 preceding year, and seldom accompanied by leaves. Bracteas reddish, 

 membranous, and fringed. Calycine segments broad and shallow. Corollas 

 white or reddish, cylindrical!}' urceolate, rather angular, and contracted at 



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