PLATE CXL. 



VACCINIUM FRONDOSUM. 



Obtufe-leaved Wliortle-berry. 



CLASS VIII. ORDER I. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx fuperus. Corolla monopetala. Fila- 

 menta receptaculo inferta. Bacca quadri- 

 locularis, polyfpetma. 



Cup fuperior. Bloffom one petal. Threads 

 fixed into the receptacle. A berry with 

 four cells and many feeds. 



Sec Vac. arctostaphyllos, PI. XXX. Vol. I. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Vaccinium racemis foliofis ; pedicellis braftea- 

 tis; corollis campanulatis ; foliis obtufis, 

 oblongis, fubtus fub-glaucis, deciduis. Sta- 

 mina decern. 



Whortle-bcrry with fmall leaves on the flower- 

 ftems ; foot-ftalks of the flowers with leaf- 

 lets ; bloffoms bell-fhaped ; 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. 



The Obtufe-leaved Whortle-berry was introduced, according to the Kew Catalogue, Vol. II. p. 12, 

 from North America, in the year 1770 by Mr. William Young ; 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 ihrub, growing to the height of about two or three feet; and will, in general, furvive 

 the inclemency of our winters. 



It is increafed with difficulty by layers, and the berries feldom ripen with us ; light peat earth, 

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

 Hibbertian collection, in July 1800. This fpecies has like wife ten Chives, five divifions of the 

 cup, &c. 



