610 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 125. a.; and our jig. 1171. from a plant at 
Messrs. Loddiges, and fig. 1172. from Watson. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Racemes terminal, 3—4-flowered. Corollas 
cylindrical, contracted at the mouth. Leaves lanceolate, 
finely serrated, attenuated at both ends, glabrous. Flow- # 
ers decandrous. (Don’s Mill.) A low deciduous shrub. 
North America. Height 14 ft. Introduced in 1812. 
Flowers white; July and August. Berries purple; ripe 
in November. 1172. V. grandiflérum. 
« 16. V. (c.) ELoneGa'tum Wats. The elongated Whortleberry. 
Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 125. B.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 854. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 125. B.; and our jig. 1173. 
Spec. Char,, $c. Corymbs few-flowered, bractless. Pedicels 
downy. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, serrulated, each tipped 
by a glandular hair, and having a few hairs on the nerves. 
Branchlets downy. Corollas with reflexed teeth. (Don’s 
Mill.) A ‘ow deciduous shrub. North America. Height 
3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers white ; July and 
August. Berries purple ; ripe in November. 1TB-Y, lg) elongas 
« 17. V. (G.) MiInuTIFLo‘ruM Wais, The minute-flowered Whortleberry. 
Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 125. c.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 854. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 125. c.; and our fig. 1174. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Racemes terminal, few-flowered. Corollas 
cylindrical, with erect teeth. Leaves rather coriaceous, 
bluntly subserrated, each tipped by a gland. (Don’s 
Mill.) A low deciduous shrub. North America. 
Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers white; July 
and August. Berries purple ; ripe in November. Utds Vols) minunlorum: 
a 18. V.eta’Brum Wats. The glabrous Whortleberry. 
Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 125. p.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 854. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t, 125. p.; and our fig. 1175. 
Spec. Char., §c. Spikes lateral. Corollas campanulately 
cylindrical. Leaves elliptic, entire, glabrous. (Don’s Mill.) 
A delicate, beautiful, and perfectly smooth deciduous plant. 
North America. Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers 
rose-coloured ; July and August. Berries purple; ripe in 
November. 1175, V. glabrum. 
«a» 19. V. FRonDo'sum Z. The frondose Whortleberry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp.,499.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 854. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. V.glaticum Miche. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 231.; Blue Tangles, Amer. 
Engravings Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 140. ; and our fig. 1176. - 
Spec. Char., $c Racemes loose. Bracteas obovate, 
not half so long as the slender pedicels, which bear 
2 small linear bracteoles in the middle. Leaves 
obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, smooth.. Flowers 
small, almost globular, and white. Branchlets 
frondose (that is, abounding in leaves), terete, 
smooth, and slender. Leaves 2in. to 3 in. long, 
glaucous beneath, and sprinkled with minute resin- 
ous dots. Racemes lateral, from the former year’s 
wood, Flowers drooping, greenish white, and 
shaped like those of the lily of the valley, but 
smaller, Anthers not prominent. (Don’s Mill.) A 
low deciduous shrub. New Jersey to Carolina, in di36. Heronasete: 
woods. Height 3ft. Introduced in 1761. Flowers 
white; May and June. Berries blue, globular, eatable ; ripe in October. 
