VACCINIUM. 



to corymio/um, colour being avowedly of no imp(^tance, 

 and the ereft calyx we have good reafon to miftruft. Having 

 formed our opinion from the beft materials in our power, 

 we leave its refutation or confirmation to thofe who may 

 have opportunities of future inquiry, without any mten- 

 tional difrefped to the great authorities from which we 

 diffent. „,, , , 



14. V. braaeatum. Brafteated Japan Whortle-berry. 

 Thunb. Jap. 156. WiUd. n. ii. — Clullers axillary, 

 longer than the fmooth, acute, ferrated leaves. Brafteas 

 lanceolate, ferrated; partial ftalks with two fmaller awl- 

 (haped ones. — Gathered by Thunberg in the ifland of 

 Niphon, Japan, flowering in June. The branches are always 

 fmooth, leafy, (lightly angular when young. Leaves el- 

 liptic-lanceolate, acute at each end, an inch and a half long, 

 on (hort ftalks, (harply but not deeply ferrated, very fmooth 

 on both fides ; paler, and moft reticulated, beneath. We 

 (hould fufpeft them to be evergreen, as they accompany the 

 flowers, on what feem to be laft year's (hoots ; but having 

 no particular information, we, like Willdenow, place this 

 fpecies among thofe to which it appears to be natfe-ally re- 

 lated. Cluprs two or three inches long, axillary, folitary, 

 fimple, (lender, many-flowered, very fmooth. Partialjlalks 

 (hort, drooping, turned all one way, each having at its bafe 

 a lanceolate, acute, fmooth braciea, mofl;ly twice its own 

 length, and about the middle two others of a very fmall 

 fize. Segments of the calyx fliort, acute, fpreading. Co- 

 rolla cylindrical, white. Nothing is known of the fruit. 

 The Japanefe call this plant Ki Fuji. 



15. V. clliatum. Hairy-ribbed Japan Whortle-berry. 

 Thunb. Jap. 156. Willd. n. 12. — Clufters axillary, longer 

 than the ovate, briftly, nearly entire leaves. Bradleas lan- 

 ceolate, fmooth Native of Japan, where it is called 



Sasjebu. The Jlem is fmooth, a(h-coloured, vnth upright 

 villous branches. Leaves ovate, acute, unequal, from one to 

 two inches long, ribbed ; the ribs hifpid all over. Floiuers 

 red, turned one way, in terminal, folitary, brafteated clujlers, 

 as long as the finger. BraHeas about one-third of an inch 

 in length. Calyx very (hort. Thunberg. We formerly 

 examined this fpecies in profefTor Van Royen's herbarium, 

 but are not po{re{red of a fpecimen. It muft be prefumed 

 that by "folia integra" is not meant undivided leaves, the true 

 fenfe of that expreffion ; becaufe no Vaccmtum has any 

 other. The learned author evidently contrails this phrafe 

 with the folia ferrata of the preceding fpecies, and means 

 that the leaves are nearly entire ; in contradiftinftion to 

 integerrima. 



16. V. galiformis. Larger Gale-leaved Whortle-berry. 

 (V. galezans ; Michaux Boreal. -Amer. v. i. 232. Pur(h 

 n. 12.) — "Flowers on very (hort ftalks, in feifile tufts. 

 Leaves fefTile, lanceolate-wedgefhaped, (lightly ferrated, 

 downy. Calyx pointed. Corolla ovate, much contrafted 

 at the mouth. Style prominent." — Found in the fhady 

 woods and fwanips of Virginia and Carolina, flowering in 

 May and June. Flowers fmall, yellowi(h-white. Berries 

 fmall, globular, black. Purfli. Michaux defcribes this 

 flirub as having the afpeft of Myrica Gale, with flightly 

 Ao\iK^ branches. Leaves veiny. The Jlower-flalis, ihorter 

 than ihejlowers, burft from a bud, compofed of numerous 

 crowded fcales, but become naked and corymbofe as the 

 fruit advances. We trud that we need not labour under 

 the necefTity of precifely retaining the original fpecific name. 

 f^. tensllum of Hort. Kew., cited doubtingly by Michaux, is 

 not known to us ; but Mr. Pur(h defcnbes it as diftinft 

 from the prefent fpecies ; fee n. 20. 



17. V.frondofum. Blunt- leaved Whortle-berry or Blue 

 Tangles. Linn. Sp. PI. 499. Willd. n. 14. Ait. n. 9. 



Pur(h n. 5. Andr. Repof. t. 140. (V. glaucum ; Mi- 

 chaux Boreal. -Amer. v. i. 231.) 



^. V. venuftum; Ait. n. 10. Willd. n. 15. Herb. 

 Banks. Purjh. — Clufters lax. Brafteas obovate, not half 

 fo long as the flender partial flower-ftalks, which bear two 

 fmaller linear ones. Leaves obovate-oblong, pointlefs, en- 

 tire, fmooth. — In open woods, on a fandy foil, from New 

 Jerfey to Carolina, flowering in May and June. About 

 three feet high. Flowers fmall, almoft globular, white. 

 Berries large, blue, globular, eatable, called by the country 

 people Blue Tangles. Purfli. The branches are round, 

 fmooth, and flender. Leaves from two to three inches 

 long, thin and pliant, generally obtufe, but in the variety /3 

 acute ; bright green above ; glaucous beneath, fprinkled 

 with minute refinous dots, and reticulated with copious 

 veins. Clujlers lateral, from the laft year's wood, about tlie 

 length of the leaves, loofe, flender, and fpreading. Partial 

 Jlotver-Jlalks about an, inch long, with a fmall obovate, 

 pointed, entire braSea, covered with refinous dots, at the 

 bafe, and two, much fmaller and narrower, deciduous ones 

 about the middle. Flowers drooping, greeni(h-whitc, 

 (haped like Lily of the Valley, but fmaller. Segments of 

 the calyx broad, deep, nearly triangular. 



18. V. ligtijlrinum. Privet-leaved Whortle-berry. Mi- 

 chaux Boreal.-Amer. v. I. 233. Purfli n. 13, excluding 

 the fynonyra of Willdenow. — " Flowers nearly feflUe, in 

 felTile tufts. Leaves nearly fefllle, ereft, lanceolate, pointed, 

 finely ferrated, veiny, downy. Corolla longilh-ovate. 



Branches angular In dry woods, from Pennfylvania to 



Virginia ; common on the mountains, flowering in May and 

 June. An upright ftraight Jlirub. Leaves membranous, 

 furni(hed with confpicuous, often purplifli, veins. Scales o( 

 the flower-buds alfo purplilh. Tufts oi flowers fometimcs 

 fpringing leaflefs from the branches, fometimes axillary. 

 Corolla purpli(h-red. Berries black. The leaves vary ex- 

 tremely in (hape and fize. Purjli, Michaux. We adopt 

 this fpecies, which we have never feen, from the authors 

 quoted, under the name by which they have diftingui(hed it. 

 But the Linnsean V. Ugujlrinum is a nonentity, or rather no 

 Vaccinium, being the very fame plant with jindromeda pani- 

 culata ; Linn^us having received it in flower, from Kalm, 

 as a Vaccinium, and in fruit, as an Andromeda. The latter 

 fpecimen, having flowers of another fpecies annexed, could 

 not but miflead him, though we muft allow that he too im- 

 plicitly trufted his pupil, in all the ftrange blunders, which 

 we have had the mortification of recording and explaining, 

 relative to this genus. 



19. V . rtfinofum. Clammy Whortle-berry. Ait. n. it. 

 Willd. n. 17. Purfli n. 7. Curt. Mag. t. 12S8. (V. par- 

 viflorum ; Andr. Repof. t. 125. " Andromeda baccata ; 

 Wangenh. Amer. t. 30. f. 69.") — Clufters leaflefs, vifcid, 

 downy, with lanceolate brafteas on the partial ftalks. 

 Leaves obovato-lanceolate,blunti(h, pointlefs, entire, covered 

 with refinous dots. Calyx in five deep ovate fegments, 

 longer than the gcrmen. — In woods and on mountains fre- 

 quent, from Canada to Carohna, flowering in May and 

 June. From two to four feet high. ^crnVj- black, eatable. 

 PurJli. The branches are round ; downy when young. 

 Leaves ufually an inch and half long, bright green on both 

 (ides, more or lefs obtufe, vifcid ; veiny beneath. Clujlers 

 lateral, from laft year's wood, drooping, lax, (horter than 

 the leaves. Flowers fmall, either red or tawny, or of a 

 greeui(h-yellow. Calyx reddiih or brown, remarkably large 

 in proportion to the germen, not well expreifed in either of 

 our Englifh figures. 



20. V. tcnellmn. Gale-leaved Dwarf Whortle-berry. 

 Ait. n. 15. Willd. n. 20. Purfh n. 14. (V. penfyl- 



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