6038 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
2 lanceolate bracteoles. Leaves obovate, mucronate, entire, 
downy, and viscid. Ovarium hairy. Corolla bell-shaped, 
obtuse, longer than the stamens. Branches round. Leaves 
1din. long. Calycine segments fringed. (Don’s Mill.) 
A low bushy deciduous shrub. New Jersey to Florida, in 
dry sandy woods, particularly in pine forests. Height 2 ft. 
to 3ft. Introduced in 1774, Flowers white, tinged with 
pink, rather Jarge; June and July. Berries black, globular ; 
ripe in November. 
Variety. 
a V. d. 2 humile Wats. Dend. Brit. t. 32. ~ The flowers 
are white; anthers red; pedicels solitary, axillary. i164. y, dumasum. 
Shrub, 6 in. high. 
% 12, V. corymBo'sum L. The corymbose-flowered Whortleberry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 499.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 853:; Hook. in Bot. Mag., t. 3433. 
Synonymes. V.amcenum Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, vol. 2. p. 358.; V. disomérphum Miche. Fl. Bor. 
Amer. 1. p. 231.3 V. elevatum Hort. ; V. Album Lam. Dict. 1. p. 13. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit, t. 123. ; Bot. Rep., t. 138. ; Bot. Mag., t. 3433. ; and our figs. 1165. and 1166. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowering branches almost leafless. Racemes corymbose, 
drooping, with membranous bracteas, which are shorter than the downy 
flower stalks. Leaves elliptic, acute, minutely serrated, smooth, with downy 
vibs. (Don’s Mill.) Leaves 13in. to 2in. long, tipped with a glandular 
point. Racemes rising from the branches of the preceding year, and seldom 
accompanied by leaves. Bracteas reddish, membranous, and fringed. Caly- 
cine segments broad and shallow. Corollas white or reddish, cylindrically 
urceolate, rather angular, and contracted at the mouth. Stamens 10, downy. 
Anthers enclosed, having a double pouch at the base, but no spurs. This 
species has a number of varieties, in size, shape, and colour of the leaves, 
flowers, and fruit. A tall deciduous shrub. Canada to Carolina and 
Georgia, in swamps and wet woods. Height 4 ft. to 7 ft. Introduced in 
1765. Flowers white or reddish; May and June. Berries black, insipid, 
used in tarts like those of the cranberry ; ripe in October. 
1165. V. corymbdsum. 1166. V. corymbdsum 1167. V.c. virgatum. 
Varieties. 
& V.c. 2 virgdtum Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 358., Don’s Mill. 
3. p.854.; and our jig. 976, — The flowers are white, tinged with 
crimson or pale red; very elegant, and smaller than the species. 
Racemes short, lateral, and terminal. Virginia and Carolina, in 
swamps; where it grows 2 ft. high. 
& V.c. 3 fuscatum Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. c. V. formésum Andr. Bot. Rep 
t. 97.; V. virgatum Wats. Dend. Brit. t. 33., but not of Ait.; and our 
