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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART JII. 



Virginia, near Winchester and the Sweet Springs ; where it grows about 

 6 in. high, and flowers in June. It was introduced in 1794, and forms a 

 very handsome plant, frequent in collections. In all probability, it is only a 

 variety of V. Titis idae v a. 



*~ -26. V, -Vvrtifo'lum Micky. The Myrtle-leaved Whortleberry. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 229. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. 



Soec. Char., $c. Creeping, quite smooth. Leaves petiolate, oval, shining, revolute, sparingly and 

 minutely toothed. Racemes axillary, nearly sessile, of few flowers. Corolla bell-shaped, some- 

 what inflated, minutely 5-toothed. Anthers without dorsal horns. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 856.) 

 Michaux describes the berries as small, globose, crowned by the calyx, black, on short stalks. It 

 is a native of Carolina, where it forms a creeping shrub, flowering from May to July. It was 

 introduced in 1812. 



-* 27. V. m'tidum Anclr, 



The glossy -leaved Whortleberry. 



; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. 



990 



Identification. Andr. Bot. Kep., t. 480. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p, 

 Engravings. Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 1550. ; and our fig. 990. 



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 1 in. 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 slight spreading teeth, decandrous. The branches 

 are downy on two opposite sides. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 856.) 

 It is a native of Carolina, where it is a decumbent shrub, or 

 rising to above 1 ft. high ; flowering in May and June. It 

 was introduced in 1794, and is frequent in collections. 



*~ 28. V. crassifo x lium Andr. The thick-leaved Whortleberry. 



Identification. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 105. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 289. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. 



Engravings. Bot. Rep., 1. 105. ; Curt. Bot. Mag., 1. 1152. 



Spec. Char. S;c. Racemes lateral and terminal, corymbose. 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 

 long, 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., iii. p. 856.) A native of Carolina, where it forms a trailing shrub, flowering in May 

 and June. It was introduced in 1787. 



* 29. V. ova^tum Pursh. The ovate-leaved Whortleberry. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 290. ; Hook, et Am. in Beech. Voy., 



Pt. Bot., p. 114. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Engraving. Out fig. 991. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Racemes axillary and terminal, bracteate, short. 

 Leaves on short petioles, oblong, ovate, acute, revolute, ser- 

 rated, smooth, coriaceous. Corolla cylindrical, campanulate. 

 Calyxes acute. Shrub much branched. Branches hairy, as 

 well as the petioles. The foliage is like that of Pernettya 

 mucronata. [Don's Mill. , iii. p. 856.) It was found by Go- 

 vernor Lewis, on the banks of the Columbia River, and by 

 Mr. Menzies, on the north-west coast of America. It flowers 

 in May, and was introduced in 1826. There are plants at 

 Messrs. Loddiges's. 



n. 30. V. ( anadi/nsi; Richards. 



The Canada Whortleberry. 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. j Hook, in Bot. 



Identification. Richards, in Franklin 1st Journ., Append. 



Mag., t. SMA 

 Engraving. Bot. Mag., t. 344o. 



Spec, Clinr., 8fc. Leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends, quite entire, downy. 

 Raceme* terminal. Flowers in racemes, of from 4to 6in each. Style enclosed. 

 Corolla short, and campanulate, white, tinged with red. Stem much 

 branched. Leaves often I in. long. Hemes blue black, agreeable to the taste. 

 Ii may be readily known from V. corymbosum, by its dwarf size, leafy flow- 



