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but not always one again j} another , fomewhat like I 
unto the /mailer Myrtle Leaves, yet nut jo bar/ I 
and a little dented about the edges. At the Voot 
of the Leaves come forth /mull, hollow, pile, blufh 
co. t i ed Flowers , the Brims ending in fvc points , 
with a reddifb Thread in the middle , which pa/s 
Whortle - Berries: 
O R, 
Billberries Black. 
into Jmall round. Berries , oj the bignefs and color 
of Juniper-Berries, but full of a purple Sweet- 
ijh (harp , or Jowr e Juice , which does give a 
Jad purplijh color to their Hands and Lips mho 
handle and eat them , if breaking them , containing 
within them Jeveral / mall Seeds. This abides all 
Winter , but loofes its Leaves. 
IV. The fecond, or our Red Whorts, or Bill- 
berries. Its Root runs under Ground like the for- 
ttJ er , and rifes up to a fmall Bujh in the fame 
manner , but has harder Leaves , in form and Jhape 
a/tnoji like to thofe of the Box-Tree, green and 
round pointed , funding on its feveral Branches , 
at the tops whereof only , and not from the fides 
( as in the former ) come forth feveral round , 
and fomewhat long hollow flowers , of a pale red 
color. After which , fucceed round reddijh fappy 
Berries , when they are ripe , of an acid Afiringent 
Tafe. Its Leaves fall not away ( ns the former do) 
in Winter. 
V. The third, or Sweet Whorts, or Billberries, 
(which home call french Whortle - berries.) This 
rifes up with feveral thick, fmooth , woody Stems 
or Stalks, to 6, or 7 feet high, their lower parts 
being fmethmg rough, and covered with a blackifh 
Bark, the upper Branches being green, Jlored with 
many Leaves thereon, fet without order, which 
are fomewhat long with their roundnrfs , and a 
little dented about the edges , oj a Jad green 
color above, and very hoary underneath. At the 
Joints with the Leaves, come forth many white 
flowers, confining of five Leaves apiece ; after 
which, come fmall round Berries , fomewhat bigger 
Whortle - Berries ; 
OR, 
Billberries Sweet. 
than Haws of the Haw*Thorn, and black when they 
arc ripe , having a fmall Crown as it were of five 
fmall points , and are fappy , of a fweet Tafie , con- 
taining blackifh Seed within them. 
Whortle-Berries, or Bilberries Marjb. 
VI. Th, 
