PLATE 



cy. 



VACCINIUM CRASSIFOLIUM 



Thick-leaved Whortle-herry. 



CLASS 



VIIL 



ORDER 



!• 



C TANDR I A MONO G YNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER 



Calyx fupcrus. Corolla monopetala. Fila- 

 menta receptaculo inferta. Bacca quadri- 

 loculariSj polyfperraa. 



Cup fuperior. BlofTom of one petal. Threads 

 fixed to the receptacle. A berry with four 

 cellsj and many feeds. 

 See Vol. I. PI. XXX. Vaccinium Arctosta- 



PHYLLUS, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



Vaccinium follis ovatis, ferratis, rigidis craffi- 

 ufcullsj floribus fub-umbellatis, tcrminali- 

 bus; calycibus adpreffis^ coroUis campanu- 

 latis; ftamina decera. 



Whortle-berry with oval leaves fawed at the 

 edges, ftifF, and thickiih^ flowers grow 



nearly 



in 



umbels, at the end of the 



branches; cups preffed to the bloiTomj 

 bloffomsbell-fhaped; ten chives. / 



1. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



atural iize. 



2. A Bloflbm cut open. 



3. The Chives and Seed-bud, the leaflets of the cup cut off, magnified 



4. The Pomtal, macrnifierl. 



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1 



fpecies of Whortle 



Burfcryman. 



borders of tl 



94, by Mr 



berry 



winter, on a warm 



^ .„. ^^ .^ „^i v^Yti^iccu, aua Will live uirougn a luiiu wiuici, vw *• - — 



border; but cannot refitt the cold of a fevere one, though a foall degree of protedlon is fufficlent for 

 Its prclcr\'ation . As a greenhoufe plant, it is very decorative, flowering about June; in which month 



Inis year ourdrawine was made, m fh*> V( ^rr^r^^^^uu r r_ i — ^ :„ ^^i,^* ^^ti«Amn. The 



this year our drawing was made, at the Hammerfmith nurfery, from a plant In that colleftion. 

 pabulum bcft calculated to preferve it in a flourilhing ftate, is a mixture compofed of fandy peat two 

 . , , , , - propagate it, the younger branches fliould be laid down about 



the end of May, and they wUl be rooted by the enfuin^ fnrinc. 



parts 



