606 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
b. Flowers in sessile Tufts. 
a 5. V. Gatezans Michx. The Gale-like Whortleberry. 
Identification. Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 232.; Don’s Mill. 3. » 
85 
. 853. 
Synonyme. VF. galiférmis Smith in Rees’s Cyct. No. 16. 
Engraving. Our jig. 1157. from a specimen in the Lambertian 
herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers on very short stalks, in 
sessile tufts. Leaves sessile, lanceolate-wedge- 
shaped, slightly serrated, downy. Calyx pointed. 
Corollas ovate, much contracted at the mouth. 
Style prominent. Michaux describes this shrub 
as having the aspect of Myrica Gale, with slight 
downy branches. Leaves varying. The pedicels, 
shorter than the flowers, burst from a bud composed 
of numerous crowded scales. (Don’s Mill.) A low 
deciduous shrub. Virginia and Carolina, in shady 
woods and swamps. Height 2ft. Introduced in 
1806. Flowers yellowish white; May and June. 
Berry small, globular, black; ripe in October. 
1157. V. galézans. 
« 6. V. rene’LLum Ait. The delicate Whortleberry. 
Identification, Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 358. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 853. 
Synonyme. FV. peunsylvanicum Lam. Dict. p. 74. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 35.; Bot. Mag., t. 3434.; our fig. 1158. from Watson, and jig. 1159. 
from Bot. Mag. 
1158." ¥. tenéllum. 
Calyx of 5 deep acute seg- 
ments. (Don’s Mill.) A low, 
very branching, deciduous 
shrub. New England to Vir- 
ginia, on dry hills, on gravelly 
soil, Height 2 ft. Introduced 
in 1772. Flowers pale red or 
white ; May. Berries large, 
bluish black, extremely sweet 
and pleasant; ripe October. 
Spec. Char., §:c. Flowers in dense sessile tufts. Leaves 
nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, finely 
serrated, smooth, except the rib and margins. 
Branches angular, with a downy line on each side. 
1159. V. tendllum. 
Variety. The mountains of Pennsylvania produce an immense variety of this 
species, remarkable for the size and shape of the fruit, leaves, and flowers. 
Leaves sometimes lin. long. (Don’s Mill.) 
aw 7. V. Liegv’/strinum Micky. The Privet-like 
Whortleberry. 
Identification. Michx. F1. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 283. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 853. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1160. trom a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers im tufts, and nearly sessile; as 
are the leaves, which are also erect, lanceolate, mucro- 
nate, finely serrated, veiny and downy. Coroila longish 
and ovate. Branches angular. (Don’s iWill.) An erect 
deciduous shrub. Pennsylvania to Virginia, in dry 
woods, and common on the mountains. Height 2 ft. to 
3 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers purplish red ; May 
to July. Berries black ; ripe in October. 
c. Flowers disposed in Racemes, 
60. V. ligstrinum, 
a 8. V.paLuipum Ait. The pale-flowered Whortleberry. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 355. ; Don’s Mill., 3, p. 853. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1161. from a specimen in the British Museum, 
