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PLATE CXL. 



VACCINIUM FRONDOSUM. 



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Oh tufe -leaved Whor tie -berry. 



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CLASS 



VIII. 



ORDER 



I. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Eight Chives 



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One Pointal 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Calyx fuperus. Corolla monopetala. Fila- 

 menta receptaculo inferta. Eacca quadri- 

 locvilaris, polyfperma. 



Cup fuperior, BlolTom one petal. Threads* 



fixed into tlie receptacle, 

 four cells and many feeds. 



berry 



See Vac. arctostaphyllos, PI. XXX. Vol. L 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Vaccinium racemis foUofisj pedicellis braftea- 

 , tis) coroUis campanulatis ; foliis obtufis, 

 oblongisj fubtus fub-glaucis, deciduis. Sta- 

 mina decern. 



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Whortle-berry with fmall leaves on the flower- 

 flems ; foot-ftalks of the flowers with leaf- 

 lets 5 bloflbms bell-lhaped; leaves, obtufe^ 

 oblong, rather glaucous underneath and de- % 

 ciduous. Ten Chives. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement, natural size. 



2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified. 

 5. A nearly ripe Berry cut tranfverfely. 



Whortl 



- Tvr u A ^ "1 " uuucea, according to tne Kew UataJogue, vol. li. p. iz, 



trom North America, in the year 1770 by Mr. William Young j but neverthelefs, although faid to be 

 an inhabitant of our gardens fo long as 20 years, it is, we believe, known to very few cultivators. It 

 IS a deciduous (hrub, growing to the height of about two or three feetj and will, in general, furvive 

 the inclemency of our winters, 



'i^ '" '""^^^^'^ ^'^^ difficulty by layers, and the berries feldom ripen with us j light peat earth, 

 with a fmall mixture of loam, it thrives in moft. The drawing for our figure was taken, from the 

 Mibbertian coUeaion, in July 1800. This fpecies has likewife ten Chives, five divifions of the 



cup, &c. 



