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The Germen is beneath. The Style Ample, longer than the 
(lamina. The Stigma obtufe. 
The Seed-veJJel a berry, globofe, umbilicated and four cell’d. 
The Seeds folitary and fmall. 
Obf. The number of (lamina are ten, in many of the fpecies. 
The Species, with us , are , 
* With annual deciduous leaves . 
1. Vaccinium arboreum, Winter , or Tree Whor - 
tie- Berry* 
This grows naturally in Carolina; riling to the 
height of ten or fifteen feet, with a pretty ftrong 
ftera, dividing towards the top into many branches. 
The fruit is fmall, ripening late in autumn. 
2. Vaccinium album. Pennfylvanian White Whor- 
tie -berry . 
This is a fmall fhrub, rifmg 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, Handing two or three to- 
gether upon very fliort, naked footftalks. The fruit 
is fmall and whitilh. 
3. Vaccinium corymbofum. Clujler-jlowered Vac- 
cinium. 
This grows naturally in fwampy or moiil places, 
rifmg 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 
rather one rowed, fliort, roundifh bunches; fet pret- 
ty clofe on the fmall branches. The fruit is of a 
dark purplifh colour when ripe, and of an agreeable 
acid taffe. 
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