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it flourishes, at an elevation of between 2000 ft. and 

 3000 i\., on the Grampians ; and at the height of 3500 ft. 

 in Aberdeenshire. It is said to cover extensive tracts 

 of land on the west coast of Greenland, along with 

 Andromeda tetragona. (Cassiope tetragona D. Don). 

 On the Carpathian Mountains, it grows at an elevation 

 of GOOOft. (Watson.) It produces its flowers in April 

 and May. The berries are agreeable, but inferior in 

 flavour to those of V. Myrtillus : eaten in large quanti- 

 ties, they occasion giddiness, and a slight headache. In 

 France, they are used to colour wines red; and in 

 Siberia and Sweden they furnish an ardent spirit that 

 is highly volatile and intoxicating. They afford excel- 

 lent sustenance to game. The leaves are added to Lyeopodium alpinum 

 by the Icelanders ; and a yellow dye, for colouring woollens, is produced 

 by an infusion of the two plants. In gardens, it may be cultivated like the 

 preceding species. 



j* 3. V. axgustifo v lium Ait. The narrow-leaved Whortleberry. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 356. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 852. 

 Synonyme. V. myrtilloides Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 234., Hook, in Bot. Mag., t. 3447. r 

 Engraving. Bot. Mag., t. 3447. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Pedicels scattered, mostly solitary, 1-flowered, naked. 

 Leaves lanceolate, nearly entire, downy at the ribs and margins. Berries 

 large, and known by the name of bluets. (Don's Mill., hi. p. 852.) A 

 shrub, nearly 2 ft. high ; a native of Canada, about Hudson's Bay and 

 Labrador ; and of the high alpine woods of the Rocky Mountains, from 

 the Atlantic to the Pacific. It was introduced in 1776, and flowers in 

 April and May. In the Glasgow Botanic Garden it grows about 1 ft. 

 high. The corolla is remarkable for its flagon-shaped appearance, and is of 

 a pale yellowish green or white, tinged with red. The fruit is large, 

 globose, blackish purple, and is highly esteemed by the inhabitants of the 

 countries where the plant is indigenous. 



.** 4. V. c^spito^sum Michx. The tufted Whortleberry. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 234. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 852. 

 Engraving. Bot. Mag., t. 3429. 



Spec. Char. y eye. Flowers lateral, solitary, nearly sessile. Leaves somewhat 

 wedge-shaped, rounded, obtuse, serrated, membranous, very smooth. A 

 little shrub, with many crowded stems, from 2 in. to 4 in. high, very smooth 

 in every part. Corolla of a short urceolate form. Berries nearly sessile, 

 globose, and blue black, with a glaucous bloom. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 853.) 

 It is a native of America, particularly about Hudson's Bay; and also in the 

 Island of Sitcha, and on the Rocky Mountains. It was introduced in 1823, 

 and flowers in May. In the Glasgow Botanic Garden the blossoms of this 

 species are numerous, and exceeding delicate and beautiful, being white, 

 with a deep tinge of blush. 



b. Flowers hi sessile Tufts. 



ju 5. V. gale^zans Michx. The Gale-like Whortleberry. 



Identification. Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 232. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 853. 

 Synonyme. V. £a/*formis Smith in Ilecs's CycL, No. 16. 



Char.,ke. Flowers on very short stalks, in sessile tufts. Leaves sessile, lanceolate-wedge- 

 shaped, slightly serrated, downy. Calyx pointed. Corollas ovate, much contracted at the mouth. 

 Style prominent Flowers small, yellowish white. Berries small, globular, black. Michaux de- 

 M thil shrub as having tin- aspect of A/yrlca (Idle, with slight downy branches. Leaves vary- 

 J be pedicel*, ihorter than the flowers, burst from a bud composed of numerous crowded 

 »caies. Don't Mil/., Ill \> 8 »3.) A shrub, growing to the height of 2 ft. ; a native of Virginia and 

 Carolina, in shady woods and swamps. It was introduced in 1806, and flowers in May and June. 



„ t,. I'. i i.m/i.i.i m Ail. The delicate Whortleberry. 



Id,-nlijUation. Ait Hort. Kew., i-.l 2., vol. 2. p 368, ; Don's .Mill., 3. p. 853. 



V pennBylvanicum Lam. Diet., p. 74., Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 232., Hook, in 



Wati Dend. Brit, tflft ; Bot Mag., t.3434. ; and our fig. 971. 



