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1. V. leaves oval, lanceolate, nearly acute, entire, stammeum, 
glaucous underneath ; flowers solitary, axillary, 
I nodding ; anthers exserted, awned. — Sp. PL 
Icon. Pink. aim. t. 339. f. 3. 
! A very handsome species, with very numerous white flowers. 
I Stamens much longer than the corolla. On the borders of 
I woods in Jersey, in hedges, and on the marg'ins of dry thick- 
i ets, not uncommon. Fruit whitish, not esculent. 1^ . May, 
I June. 
V. branches, leaves and racemes somewhat his- Jumosum. 
])id I sprinkled with resinous particles ; leaves 
obovate-oblong, acute at the base, mucronate, 
very entire, racemes bracteate, pedicels short, 
axillary subsolitary, bibracteate in the middle, 
corollas campanulate, lacinise round, anthers 
included . — BoL Mag. 1106. Bot. Rep. 112. 
V. dumosum, Muhl. and Pursh. 
V. frondosum, Mich., not L. 
V. hirtellum. Ait. Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. p. 357. 
A small shrub seldom more than two feet high, found in all 
the dry sandy woods of Jersey in such profusion, that they are 
rendered almost impassable by it. Flowers large and white ; 
berries black, globose, and surrounded with the persistent 
calix. The fruit is brought in great quantities to our market, 
and hawked about our streets, under the name of huckle- 
berries. \2 . June, July. 
3. V. leaves ovate-oblong, somewliat obtuse, mu- fronjosum. 
ticate, very entire, smooth, glaucous beneath, 
abundantly sprinkled with resinous particles ; 
racemes loose, bracteate, pedicels long, filiform, 
bracteolate, bractes linear, corolla ovate-cam- 
panulate, lacini?e acute, anthers included.-- 
Willd. and Pursh. 
V. frondosum, L., not Mich. 
V. glaucum, Mich. 
Icon. Bot. Repos. 140. 
Low or hushy Whortle-berry, 
