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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



Virginia, near Winchester and the Sweet Springs ; where it grows about 

 6 in. high, and flowers in June. It was introduced in 1794, and forms a 

 very handsome plant, frequent in collections. In all probability, it is only a 

 variety of V. Fitis idse x a. 



*~ 26. V. MYRTIFO'LIUM Michx. The Myrtle-leaved Whortleberry. 



Identification. Michx. Fl Bor. Amer., 1. p. 229. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. S56. 



Svec. Char., S(C. Creeping, quite smooth. Leaves petiolate, oval, shining, revolute, sparingly and 

 minutely toothed. Racemes axillary, nearly sessile, of few flowers. Corolla bell-shaped, some- 

 what inflated, minutely 5-toothed. Anthers without dorsal horns. (Don's Mill., in. p. 856.) 

 Michaux describes the berries as small, globose, crowned by the calyx, black, on short stalks. It 

 is a native of Carolina, where it forms a creeping shrub, flowering from May to July. It was 

 introduced in 1812. 



-* 27. V. NI'TIDUM Andr. The glossy-leaved Whortleberry. 



Identification. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 480. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 289. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. 

 Engravings. Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 1550. j and our fig. 990. 



Spec. Char., %c. Racemes terminal, corymbose. Bracteas 

 shorter than the pedicels. Leaves elliptic-obovate, acute, 

 crenated, smooth, and shining. Corollas cylindrical. Stems 

 either erect or diffuse. Leaves \ in. to 1 in. long, paler and 

 veiny beneath. Pedicels, bracteas, and calyx, very smooth, 

 of a shining red or purple colour. Calyx of 5 broad, but 

 rather shallow, segments. Corollas ovate, oblong, white or 

 pink, with 5 slight spreading teeth, decandrous. The branches 

 are downy on two opposite sides. (.Don's Mill., iii. p. 856.) 

 It is a native of Carolina, where it is a decumbent shrub, or 

 rising to above 1 ft. high ; flowering in May and June. It 

 was introduced in 1794, and is frequent in collections. 990 



JU 28. V. CRASSIFO V LIUM Andr. The thick-leaved Whortleberry. 



Identification. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 105. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 289. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. 

 Engravings. Bot. Rep., 1. 105. ; Curt. Bot. Mag., 1. 1152. 



Spec. Char. #c. Racemes lateral and terminal, corymbose. Bracteas shorter than the pedicels. 

 Leaves elliptic, crenated, smooth, paler and veiny beneath. Corolla bell-shaped. Stem diffuse. 

 A hairy shrub, requiring some shelter from our variable winters and springs. Leaves not an inch 

 long, with a little minute pubescence on the midrib and petioles. Flowers 5-cleft, decandrous, 

 prettily variegated with pink and white, drooping, on red corymbose stalks. Stamens hairy. 

 (Don's Mill., iii. p. 856.) A native of Carolina, where it forms a trailing shrub, flowering in May 

 and June. It was introduced in 1787. 



* 29. V. OVA V TUI Pursh. The ovate-leaved Whortleberry. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 290. ; Hook, et Arn. in Beech. Voy., 



Pt. Bot., p. 114. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 991. 



Spec. Char., $c. Racemes axillary and terminal, bracteate, short. 

 Leaves on short petioles, oblong, ovate, acute, revolute, ser- 

 rated, smooth, coriaceous. Corolla cylindrical, campanulate. 

 Calyxes acute. Shrub much branched. Branches hairy, as 

 well as the petioles. The foliage is like that of Perne"ttya 

 mucronata. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 856.) It was found by Go- 

 vernor Lewis, on the banks of the Columbia River, and by 

 Mr. Menzies, on the north-west coast of America. It flowers 

 in May, and was introduced in 1826. There are plants at 

 Messrs. Loddiges's. 



L 30. V. CANADE'NSE Richards. The Canada Whortleberry. 



Identification. Richards, in Franklin 1st Journ., Append. ; Don's Mil)., 3. p. 856. ; Hook, in Bot. 



Mag., t. 3446. 

 Engraving. Bot. Mag., t. 3446. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends, quite entire, downy. 

 R.acemes terminal. Flowers in racemes, of from 4to 6in each. Style enclosed. 

 Corolla short, and campanulate, white, tinged with red. *Stem much 

 branched. Leaves often 1 in. long. Berries blue black, agreeable to the taste. 

 It may be readily known from V. corymbosum, by its dwarf size, leafy flow- 



