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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETLM. 



PART III. 



978 



& 14. r. MARIA V NUM Wats. The Maryland Whortleberry. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit, 1. 124. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. 

 Si/nom/mc. f. maril&ndicum Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit, t 124. ; and our Jig. 978. 



Spec. Char., $c. Racemes lateral, numerous, 

 many-flowered. Corolla cylindrical, contracted 

 at the mouth. Leaves elliptic, coriaceous, gla- 

 brous, distinctly and minutely denticulated. 

 Flowers decandrous, white. (Don's Mill., iii. 

 p. 854.) A native of North America, where 

 it is a shrub growing from 3 ft. to 4 ft. high, and 

 flowering in May and June. It was intro- 

 duced in 1812 ; and there are plants at Messrs. 

 Loddiges's. 



j* 15. V. GRANDIFLO'RUM Wats. The great-flowered Whortleberry. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit, 1. 125. f. A. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. 



Cat, ed. 1836. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 125. A. ; and our fig. 979., from a plant at Messrs. 



Spec. Char.,Sfc. Racemes terminal, 3 4-flowered. Corollas 

 cylindrical, contracted at the mouth. Leaves lanceolate, 

 finely serrated, attenuated at both ends, glabrous. Flowers 

 white, decandrous. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 854.) A native 

 of North America, where it forms a shrub, growing Hft. 

 high, and flowering in July and August. It was intro- 

 duced in 1812. To us it appears very doubtful, whether 

 this, and the two following sorts, be not varieties of the 

 same form ; and, indeed, we might apply the same remark 

 to various other sorts, which we have given as species. 



& 16. V. ELONGA N TUM Wats. The elongated Whortleberry. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit, 1. 125. B. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit, t. 125. B.; and OUT fig. 980. 



Spec. Char., $c. Corymbs few-flowered, bractless. Pedicels 

 downy. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, serrulated, each tipped 

 by a glandular hair, and having a few hairs on the nerves. 

 Branchlets downy. Corollas white, with reflexed teeth. 

 (Don's Mill., iii. p. 854.) A native of North America, where 

 it is a shrub, growing 3 ft. or 4 ft. high, and flowering in July 

 and August. It was introduced in 1812; and there are 980 

 plants in the London nurseries. 



j* 17. V. MINUTIFLO^RUM Wats. The minute-flowered Whortleberry. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit, t. 125. c. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. Cat , ed. 183R. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t 125. c. ; and our fig. 981. 



Spec. Char., $c. Racemes terminal, few-flowered. Corollas 

 cylindrical, with erect teeth. Leaves rather coriaceous, 

 bluntly subset-rated, each tipped by a gland. Flowers 

 white. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 854.) A native of North 

 America, where it is a shrub, growing to about 1 ft. high, 

 and flowering in July and August. Introduced in 1812. 



979 



981 



* 18. V. GLA'BRUM Wats. The glabrous Whortleberry. 



982 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit. 1 125. P. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. Cat., 

 ed. 1836. 



Engravings. Dend. Brit, t. 125. D. ; and our Jig. 982. 



Spec. Char., %c. Spikes lateral. Corollas campanulately 

 cylindrical. Leaves elliptic, entire, glabrous. Flowers rose- 

 coloured. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 854.) A native of North 

 America, flowering in July and August, and introduced in 

 1812. " A delicate, beautiful, and perfectly smooth plant." 

 (Dend. Brit., t. 125.) 



