i HAP. LXIX. A'KICAYKA:. /ACCI'NIUM. 1 167 



ering branches, and campanulate corolla ; from V. pennsylvanicum by its 

 large quite entire leaves, and wider mouth to the corolla; and from both 

 by its leaves being very hairy. (Hot. Mag. y Nov. 1835.) 



b. Flowers disposed in scaly Tufts, nearly sessile. 

 . 31. V. AfvRsiM v TEs Micfix. The My rsine-like Whortleberry. 



Iitt-nfificatiim. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 233.; Pursh Fl. Araer. Sept., 1. p. 290. ; Don's Mill., 3. 

 p. 836. 



Spec. Char., 8$c. Flowers in terminal and lateral tufts. Leaves sessile, oval, mucronate, obscurely 

 serrated, smooth and shining above, and rather hairy and dotted beneath. Stem erect, much 

 branched. Corolla oblong-ovate. (Dun's Mill., iii. p. 856.) A beautiful little shrub, with slightly 

 downy branches. Leaves glandular beneath. Tufts of flowers axillary, with purple scales. Caly- 

 cine segments scarlet. Corolla of a fine purple colour, 5-tootlicd. Stamens 10. It is a native of 

 Carolina and Florida, in dry sandy woods, where it is a small shrub, flowering in May and June. 

 It is said to be introduced, but when is uncertain j and we have never seen a plant. 



far ie ties. 



*L V. M. 2 lanceoldfus Pursh Fl. Araer. Sept., 1. p. 290., has the leaves lanceolate, acute at 



both ends. 

 tL V. M. 3 obiiisus Pursh, L c., has the leaves roundish-obovate. 



^ 32. V. HUMIFU'SUM Grah. The trailing Whortleberry. 



Identification. Graham in Edinb. PhiL Journ. June, 1831 ; Don's Mill, 3. p. 857. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Pedicels axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, furnished with many bracteas. Leaves 

 evergreen, ovate, acutish, quite entire, glabrous on both surfaces, ciliated. Stem prostrate, creep- 

 ing. Flowers decandrous. Anthers obtuse, mutic. Branchlets downy. Flowers drooping. Co- 

 rollas campanulale, white, often partially tinged with led outside, with reflexed teeth. Stigma 

 capitate. Filaments glabrous, flattened. Fruit edible, well flavoured. (Don's Mil/., iii. p. 857.) It 

 is a native of North America, on the Rocky Mountains. A creeping shrub, flowering in May 

 and June. Introduced in 18 V 27 ; but we have not seen the plant. 



App. i. Hardy Species ofVaccinium not yet introduced. 



V. Chamissdnis Bongard, Don's Mill., iii. p. 852. ; V. Myrtillus Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaa., \. 

 p. 525. Pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, short, deflexed while in fruit. Leaves elliptic, nearly entire, ob- 

 tuse, mucronated, glabrous, glaucous beneath. Calyx 5-toothed. Flowers decandrous. BranclMts 

 erect, angular. Corolla white, urceolate, with short obtuse lobes. Anthers awned on the* back. 

 Berries black. It is a native of the Island of Sitcha, where it is a shrub, growing about 1 ft. high. 



V. ovalifblium Smith, Don's Mill., 3 p. 852. Pedicels solitary, 1-flowered. Leaves elliptic, obtuse, 

 pointless, entire, smooth, strongly veined beneath. Stem angular. Calyx hardly divided. A shrub, 

 growing from 10ft. to 12 ft. high, native of the north-west coast of America, where it was collected 

 by Mr. Menzies ; and in the Island of Sitcha, by Bongard. 



' V. parvifilium Smith, Don's Mill., 3. p. 852. Pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, clavate while bearing 

 the fruit. Leaves elliptic, obtuse-pointed, entire, smooth, glaucous, and slightly veined beneath. 

 Stem acutely angular. Calyx hardly divided. The leaves much smaller than those of V. ovalifo- 

 lium ; as are" the berries, which are red, and make excellent tarts. A native of the north-west coast 

 of America, where it was collected by Mr. Menzies ; and in the Island of Sitcha, by Bongard. 



V. taHcinum Cham, et Schlecht. is a creeping shrub, with the habit of Salix alpigena ; a native of 

 Oonalaschka, on mossy hills. 



V. cylindrdceum Smith is a native of the Azores, on mountains, where it is called uva de serra, 

 or mountain berry. Flowers drooping, and nearly 1 in. long. 



V. conftrtum H. B. et Kunth is a native of Mexico, on high mountains, near Moran and Cerro 

 de Oyamel, growing to the height of 1 ft. 



V. obtusum Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 190. Pedicels axillary, solitary, 1-flowered. Leaves 

 small, oval, rounded, and blunt at each end, mucronate, entire, coriaceous, smooth. Stem creeping. 

 A native of the north-west coast of America, where it was gathered by Mr. Menzies. 



App. ii. Half-hardy Species ofVaccinium not yet introduced. 



In Don's Miller, p. 852. to p. 857., the following species of Faccinium are described as not yet intro- 

 duced ! - 



V. gemlniflbrum H. B. et Kunth is a native of Mexico, with the habit of V. Myrtillus ; growing to 

 the height of 1 ft. 



V. hirtum Thunb. is a native of Japan, growing to the height of 2ft. or 3ft., on hills. 



V. calytinum Smith is a native of the Sandwich Islands, in woods, upon lofty mountains ; and 



growing to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft. 

 V. bracteutum Thu 



nb. is a native of Japan, in the Island of Niphon, with racemes 23 in. 

 long. 



V. cilihium is a native of Japnn, where it is called sasjcbu, with leaves 1 2 in. long. 



V. \edifblium Pohl is a native of Brazil, in the province of Minos Geraes, on the higher moun- 

 tains, iii dry places ; growing to the height of 1 ft. 



V. florWtndum H. B. et Kunth is a native of Peru, with leaves 67 lines long, besprinkled with 

 a few black dots beneath. 



V. leuciinthum Cham, in Linna-a is a native of Mexico, with white flowers, and black edible fruit. 



V. vitlusum Smith in Rees's Cycl. is a native of Mexico, whence specimens were sent to Linnaeus 

 by Mutis. 



V. Schlechtendfihli\ G. Don is an erect, much-branched, evergreen shrub, with leaves 2 in. long, 

 and 9 lines broad ; a native of Mexico, in woods. 



V. srtlliriim Pohl is a shrub, about 1 ft. high, a native of Brazil, in turfy bogl. 



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