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places, more especially in barren woods and heaths. Height 6 in. ; in shel- 
tered places, 1 ft. Flowers pale pink; May and June. Berries blood red ; 
ripe from August to October. 
The berries are scarcely to be eaten raw: but they are made into pies in 
Derbyshire ; and, in Sweden, a rob, or jelly, is made from them, which is eaten 
with all kinds of roast meat. In Sweden, this pre- 
serve is also considered an excellent medicine in 
colds, sore throats, and all irritations of the mouth 
or fauces. In Siberia, the berries are macerated, 
during the autumn and part of the winter, in water ; 
and afterwards they are eaten in a raw state, and 
fermented along with barley or rye, and a spirit 
distilled from them; or with honey, and a wine pro- 
duced. Sweetmeats are also made of them with 
honey or sugar, which, in 1814, we found in frequent 
use in Moscow, at balls and masqnerades. In Sweden - 
and Norway, the plant is said to be used in gardens 
for edgings, as box is in Central Europe; and, in 
British gardens, it is sometimes so applied to Ameri- 
can beds and borders, and in other cases where ‘the 
soil is peat. From its smooth shining foliage, and 1184. Y. Vitis ides'a. 
the beauty of its flowers and fruit, the latter being 
retained on the plant for several months, it forms a more beautiful and 
varied edging than box, provided clipping can be dispensed with. 
2 25. V. (V.) Buxiro‘tium Salish. The Box-leaved Whortleberry. 
Identification. Salisb. Par., t.4.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 856. 
Synonyme. V.brach¥cerum Michz. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 234. 
ngravings. Bot. Mag., t. 928.; Bot. Cab., t. 648.; and our jigs. 1185. and 1136. 
Spec. Char., §c. Racemes axillary, of few flowers. Leaves petiolate, obo- 
vate, toothed or crenated, smooth on both surfaces. ‘Stems tufted. Corollas 
roundish-ovate. Filaments glandular. Stigma 
capitate. Flowers white, delicately striped with 
red. (Don’s Mill.) The leaves are, however, 
smooth, even, and not dotted on the under side. 
Corollas globular, contracted at the mouth, not 
bell-shaped. Stamens 10, Anthers spurless at 
the base, discharging their pollen by lateral, not 
by terminal, aper- 
tures. A hand- 
some little ever- 
green shrub, in 422 
stature and gene- 
ral aspect resem- 
bling Vace. Vitis 
ide‘a. Western ; 
Tiss... (72 bustin. parts of Virginia, 186. ¥. (14) buxom, 
and the Sweet Springs. Height 6in. Introd. 1794. Flowers white, delicately 
striped with red; June. Berries red ; ripe in October. 
2. 26. V.(?V.) myrtiro'Lium Michz. The Myrtle- 
leaved Whortleberry. 
Identification. Michx. FL Bor. Amer., 1. p. 229.; Don’s Mill., 3. p, 856. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1187. froma specimen in the Museum of the Jardin <= 
des Plantes. ly) 
Spee. Char., §c. Creeping, quite smooth. Leaves petio- 
late, oval, shining, revolute, sparingly and minutely 
toothed. Racemes axillary, nearly sessile, of few flowers, 
Corolla bell-shaped, somewhat inflated, minutely 5- Aw, 
toothed. Anthers without dorsal horns, (Don’s Mill.) 1187p. (v.) mirisfoitum. 
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