PLATE CCCCLXXX. 
VACCINIUM NITIDUM. 
Shining-leaved Whortle-berry. 
CLASS VIH:.. ORDER L im 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Catyx superus. Corolla monopetala, Fila- Cup superior. Blossom of one petal. Threads 
menta receptaculo inserta, Bacca quadri- fixed to the receptacle. A berry with four 
locularis, polysperma, cells, and many seeds, 
See Vol. 1. Pl. XXX. Vaccinium ARrcrosTa- 
PHYLLUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 3 
Vaccinium foliis nitidis, ovatis, acutis, obso- WuorTLe-BERRY with shining leaves, egg- 
lete serratis: floribus umbellatis, terminali- shaped, sharp-pointed, and obscurely sawed, 
bus, pendulis: corollis sub-cylindraceis, Sta- Flowers grow in umbels, terminal and pen- 
mina decem: ramis Oppositis, alternatis, dulous: blossom nearly cylindrical : chives 
Caulis pedalis, erectus, ten: branches opposite, and alternate, Stem 
a foot high, and upright. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The blossom spread open, 
2. The chives spread. 
3. A chive magnified. : 
4. Empalement, seed-bud, and pointal. 
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Tue Vaccinium nitidum is one of the handsomest species, but not so often to be met with as many of 
the genus. It is nearly allied in its foliage to the V. crassifoliam ; for, if leaves of both were de- 
tached, and mixt together, they might be easily mistaken, The habits of the plants are, however, 
very distinct, as is also the shape of the flowers, During the month of May and beginning of June 
this plant is in the greatest perfection. After that period the flowers lose much of their fine red 
colour. _ Our figure was made from a beautiful little shrub, above a foot high, in the nursery of 
Messrs, Whitley and Brames, 
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