*. 



PLATE CXXXVIII 



*. 



T 



ACCINIUM AMOENUM 



1 



Broad-leaved Whortle-ber?y, 



CLASS 



VIIL 



ORDER 



I. 



^ 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives, One Pointal 



ESSENTIAL GEISTERIC CHARACTER, 



Calyx superus. Corolla monopetala. 

 FiLAMENTA rcceptaculo inferta. Bacca quadri- 

 locularis, polyfperma. 



Cup fuperlor. BlolTom one petal. 



Threads fixed into the receptacle. A Berry 



-^ 



with four cells and many feeds. 



See Vac. arctostafhyllos, PI. XXX. Vol. I. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Vaccinuim foliis utrinquc acuminatis, fubfer- 

 rulatis, deciduis^ floribus racemofis, pedun- 

 culls brafteatis, calycibus reflexis^ corollis 

 eylindraceis. Stamina decern. 



with 



a little fa wed at the edges and falling offj 

 flowers grow in long bunches, foot-ftalks 

 with floral leaves, cups reflexed, bloflbras 

 cylinder-fhaped. Ten Chives. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Flow^er complete. ^ 



2. The Empalement, with the floral leaves. 



3. The Chives, magnified, 



4. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified. 

 B. A nearly ripe Berry. 



6. The fame, cut tranfyerfely, magnified. 



■m 



This very Iiandfome fpecies of Whortleberry was introduced, from North America, in the year i;(55, 

 by Mr. John Cree. Nurferyman, of Addleftone, amongft many others. It is a hardy plant, in our 

 clmiate. This fpecies inclines to a loamy, rather than a peat foil, and is propagated by fuckers, which 

 !t throws up from the root, or from layers^ which may be put down in May, and taken off the 

 lucceeding year. Its time of flowering is about June or July, in which latter month our drawing wa5 



mad 



Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy's, Hammerfmith 



