614 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Michaux describes the berries as small, globose, crowned by the calyx, 
black, on short stalks. A low, creeping, evergreen shrub. Carolina. 
Height 6in. Introduced in 1812. Flowers pink; May to July. Berries 
black ; ripe in October. 
& 27. V. ni’t1pum Andr. The glossy-leaved Whortleberry. 
Identification. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 480. ; Pursh Fl]. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 289.; Don’s Mill., 3, p. 856. 
Engravings. Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 1550. ; and our fig. 1188. 
Spec. Char, §&c. Racemes terminal, corymbose. Bracteas 
shorter than the pedicels. Leaves elliptic-obovate, acute, 
crenated, smooth, and shining. Corollas cylindrical. Stems 
either erect or diffuse. Leaves }in. to lin. long, paler 
and veiny beneath. Pedicels, bracteas, and calyx, very 
smooth, of a shining red or purple colour. Calyx of 5 
broad, but rather shallow, segments. Corollas ovate, 
oblong, white or pink, with 5 slightly spreading teeth, de- 
candrous. The branches are downy on two opposite sides. * 
Sere Mill.) A decumbent evergreen shrub. Carolina. 
eight 1 ft. Introduced in 1794. Flowers white or pink ; y} 
May and June. Berries ?. 1188. ¥. nitidum. 
2. 28. V. crassiro‘Lium dndr. The thick-leaved Whortleberry. 
Identification. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 105. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 289. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. 
ae Bot. Rep., t.105.; Curt. Bot: Mag., t. 1152.; and our 
Spec. Char., §c. Racemes lateral and terminal, corymbose. 4 
Bracteas shorter than the pedicels. Leaves elliptic, 
crenated, smooth, paler and veiny beneath. Corolla bell- 
shaped. Stem diffuse. ‘A hairy shrub, requiring some 
shelter from our variable winters and springs. Leaves 
not an inch Jong, with a little minute pubescence on 
the midrib and petioles. Flowers 5-cleft, decandrous, 
prettily variegated with pink and white, drooping, on red 
corymbose stalks. Stamens hairy. (Don’s Mill.) A 
trailing evergreen shrub. Carolina. Height 6in. In- 
troduced in 1787. Flowers pink and white; May and 
June. Berries ?. 1189. ¥. erassifolium. 
= 29. V. ova‘tum Pursh. The ovate-leaved Whortleberry. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 290.; Hook. et Arn. in Beech. Voy., Pt. Bot., p. 114.; 
Don’s Mill., 3. p. 856. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg. 1354.; our jig. 1190. from a living speci- 
men, and fig. 1191. from Bot. Reg. 
Spec. Char. §c. Racemes axillary 
and terminal, bracteate, short. 
Leaves on short petioles, oblong, 
ovate, acute, revolute, serrated, 4 
smooth, coriaceous. Corolla cylin- 
drical, campanulate. Calyxes acute. 
Shrub much branched. Branches 
hairy, as well as the petioles. 
(Dor’s Mill.) A beautiful ever- 
green shrub. Banks of the Co- 
lumbia River, and on the north- 
west coast of America. Height 
2ft. to 3ft. Introduced in 1826. 
Flowers pink ; May. Berries black, 
1190. V.ovatum. size of a pea. 1191. ¥. ovatum. 
w 30. V. canave’NSE Richards. The Canada Whortleberry. 
Identification, Richards in Franklin 1st Journ., Append. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3446. ; and our fig. 1192. 
