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Variety. 
at V.f. 2 venistum Ait. Hort, Kew. ed. 2 vol. ii. p. 357. V. frondésum 
var. 8 lanceolatum Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p.'786.— The leaves 
are lanceolate, and acute at both ends. 
a 20. V. nestno‘sum Ait, The resinous Whortleberry. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 357. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 854. 
Synonyme. Andrémeda baccita Wangh. Amer. t. 30. f. 69. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1288.; and our fig. 1177. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Racemes leafless, viscid, downy, with lanceolate bracteoles 
on the pedicels. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, bluntish, entire, covered with 
resinous dots, Calyx in 5 deep ovate segments, longer than the ova- 
rium. Branches round, and downy when young. 
Leaves usually I}in. long, bright green on both 
sides, and rather viscid. Racemes lateral, upon 
last year’s wood, and drooping. (Don’s Mill.) 
A low deciduous shrub. Canada to Carolina, 
in woods and on mountains. 
Height 2 ft. Introduced in 
a ~ 1782. Flowers greenish yellow ; 
a ? May and June. Berries black, 
Ripa se eae eatable ; ripe in October. 
Varieties. 
sx V. 7. 2 rubéscens Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 286., & 
Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 1288.—Corollas reddish. 
a V.r. 3 lutéscens Pursh l.c. V. parviflorum Andr. Bot. 
Rep. t. 125. (our fig. 1178.)— Leaves lanceolate, 117s. y. x. tutéscens. 
and the flowers reddish yellow. 
g@ 21. V. Ancrosta’puyLos L. The Bear’s-Grape Whortleberry. 
Identification, Lin. Sp., 500. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 854. 
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Engraving. Our fig. 1179. from the plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
Spec. Char., Gc. FRacemes lateral. Bracteas all at the baseof the pedicels. 
Leaves elliptic, acute, minutely serrated, hairy beneath. Stamens as long as 
the corolla. which is bell-shaped, with very hairy filaments. Calyx slightly 
5-lobed. Young branches downy on both sides. Leaves 24 in. long. Ra- 
cemes from the wood of the preceding year, below the 
fresh leafy shoots, drooping, rather hairy ; each com- 
posed of 8—10 pendulous flowers, of a dirty white 
colour, tinged with purple. Anthers spurred at the 
base. Corollas bell-shaped, hairy. (Don’s Mill.) A * 
large deciduous shrub. Coast of the Black Sea. 
Height 8 ft. to 10ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowers 
white, tinged with purple; May and June. Berries 
purple; ripe in October. 
Commonly grown only as an ornamental shrub, yet it 
might be cultivated for its fruit, which is produced in 
very great abundance, is agreeable to the taste, and 
makes excellent tarts. All the garden culture required 
is, to place the plants in sandy peat, or in peat and leaf 2 
mould, kept moist. There seems to be a good deal of 
confusion, in British gardens, between this species and the 
following one. 
1179. V. Arctostaphylos. 
ue 22. V. (? A.) PapiroLium Smith. The Bird-Cherry-leaved Bear’s-Grape 
Whortleberry. 
Identification. Smith in Rees’s Cycl., No. 22. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 854. 
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