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The Gemen is beneath. The Style fimple, longer than the 



ftamina. ThQ Stigma oht\x[q, ^ ; - rri " . . 



The Seed'VejJel a berry, globofe, iimbilicated and;fQjur^cell'dV^ 

 The ^^e^rfoiitary and fmall.' " ' ^-^^ ■■ "-^ 



Obf, The number of ftamina are ten, in many of the fpecies. 



Th^ Species, with us, are, 



* With annual deciduous leaves. 



1. VAccinium arboreum. Winter, or Tree Whoi*-^ 



th'Berry. 



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This grows naturally in Carolina ; rifing to the 



height of ten or fifteen feet, with a pretty ftrong 



ftem, dividing towards the top into many branches. 



The fruit is fmall, ripening late in autumij. 



2. Vaccinium album. Pennfylvania'n. White Whor- 



. tie-berry. - . j ".■ > 



This is a fmall fhrub, rifing to the height of about 

 two feet. The leaves are entire, egg-fhaped and 

 downy underneath. The flowers are produced at 

 the ends of the branches, ftanding two or three to- 

 gether upon very (hort, naked footftalks. The fruit 

 is fmall and whitifli. r 



3. Vaccinium corymbofum. Clujier-Jlowered ^^^^ 



ciniwn. ' ' 



This grows naturally in fwampy or moift places, 

 rifing to the height of five or fix feet. The leaves 

 are entire, oblong, oval, and fomewhat downy un- 

 derneath. The flowers are produced in clufters or 

 raiher one rowed, fliort, roundifh bunches; fet pret- 

 ty clofe on the fmall branches. The fruit is of a 

 dark purphfli colour when ripe, and of an agreeable 

 ficid tafte. 



There 



