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2 lanceolate bracteoles. Leaves obovate, mucronate, entire
downy, and viscid. Ovarium hairy. Corolla belLsliapcd,
obtuse, longer than the stamens. Branches round. Leaves
long. Calycine segments fringed. (Doris Mi/l.)
A low bushy deciduous shrub. New Jersey to Florida, in
ilry sandy woods, Durticularly in pine forests. Height 2 ft.
to 3 ft. Introduced in 1774. Flowers white, tinged with
pink, rather large; June and July. Berries black, globuku-:
npe in November.
uicty.
V. d. 2 Immile Wats. Dontl. Brit. t. 32. — Th« flowers
are white; anthers red ; pedicels solitary, axillarv.
Shrub, 6 in. high.
áfe 1 2 . V. CORYMRO'sUM L . The Qovymhase-flowered Wliortleberry.
Uentficatim. lAn. .Sp., 499. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 853. i Hook. In Bot. Mao f 34«
E n s ra vu s s . Do,id. B rit., 1. 123., Bot. Kep., t. 138., Bot. Mnfe-., t. 343b. ; .ind o u r „ . -------, ....V. .0—. y.j*jos. .i i1g1v0,.5 .U aUnUd I 1lU1U06. .
Spec. Char., f r Flowering branches almost leafle.ss. Racemes corymbose,
drooping, with membranous bracteas, which are shorter than the downv
f l / e r rtalks. L c / e s elliptic, acute, minutely serrated, smooth, with downy
nbs. (Do« s iW /.) _ L /v e s IJ in . to 2 in. long, tipped with a glándula!
point. Racemes rising f r / i the branches of the preceding year, and seldom
accompanied by leaves. Bracteas reddish, membranous, and frinaed Cali'-
cme segments broad and shallow. Corollas white or reddish, crtindrically
urceolate, ratlier angular, and contracted at the month. Stamcus'lO, downy.
Anthers enclosed, Iiaving a double pouch at the base, but no spurs. This
/e c ie s lias a niunber of varieties, in size, shape, and colour of the leaves,
towers, and Iruit. A tall deciduous shrub. Canada to Carolina and
; ¥ “ ’®’V l " Height 4 ft. to 7 ft. Introduced in
1 /65. Flowers white or r /d i s h ; May and June. Berries black, insipid,
used in tarts like those of the cranberry j ripe in October.
iI6 5 K. corynibtsmn. 1166. K eorymliòsuiii
Vaj'iiUies.
* V .c . 2 « > /* „ « Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 358., Don’s Mill.
‘™j 9''6 — The flowers are white, tinged with
crimson or pale red; very elegant, and smaller than the species.
lateral, and terminal. Virginia and Carolina, in
swamps; where it grows 2ft. high.
* ? /»frdty rfAit. Hort. Kew. 1. c. K formosum Andr. Sot. Rep
t. 97.; r . virgatiim Wats. Dend. Brit. t. S3., Imt not of A it.; and our
yfg. 1168.— The flowers striped with red and
white, and the calyx downy. Lower Carolina
and Georgia, in swamps.
Sfc V. c. 4 angustifòlium, V. virgàtiim var. angusti-
fòHum Wats. Dend. Brit. t. 34. — The leaves
narrow, lanceolate, and acuminated at both ends,
sessile, bes{)rinkled with brown, minute, pedicellate
glands beneath, and hairy on the midrib
above. Flowers almost white. This variety,
like the preceding ones of V. corymbosum, is
very handsome, and very distinct ; and, in
British gardens, of easy culture, in sandy peat
soil, which, however, as in all similar cases,
must be kept cool, and of an equable degree of
moisture.
,13. V. a l b i f l o ' r u m Hook. Tiie white-flowered
Whortleberry.
Identification. Hook, in Bot. Mag., 3428. 5 Gard. Mag., vol. 11. p. 47.5.
Synonyme. V. álbum Lam. ?
Engravings. Bot. Mag,, t. 3428. ; and o u r /g . 1169.
1168. V. c. fuscàtuin,
Spec. Char., 4i- Leaves oval-lanceolate, obscurely serrulate,
membranous, pilose beneath, with spreading
hairs, especially on the midrib and primary veins.
Flower-bearing branches leafless. llacemes a little
corymbose, directed to one side, drooping, bracteated
with shortly deciduous bracteas. Calyx spreading,
with a tendency to be reflexed. Corolla broadly oval.
Ovary wholly inferior. (Hooker.) A small deciduous
shrub, with spreading branches. North America. Height
1 ft. to 2 ft. Introduced f 1820. Flowers white ; May.
The affinity of this very pretty species is undoubtedly
with V. corymbosum, but the half-superior ovary of V.
corymbosum, and the wholly inferior one of V. albifldrum,
and other points of difference implied in those noticed in
the specific character above,
have induced Sir W. J.
Hooker to think that the ^
two are permanently distinct.
In the Botanic Garden,
1169. r . albiilòrum.
Glasgow, it fruits abundantly every year, and
the fruit is very good to eat.
jbi! 14. F. m a r i a 'n u m Wats. The Maryland
Whortleberry.
Identification. Wats. Derd. Brit,, 1. 124. ; Don’s Mill., 3 p. 854.
Synonyine. V. marilandicum Lodd.
Cat. ed. 1836.
Engravings. Dend. Brit,, t. 124. ; and
o u r / g . 1170. 1170. K. mariànum.
Spec. Char., S/i- llacemes lateral, numerous, many-flowered.
Corolla cylindrical, contracted at the mouth.
Leaves elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous, distinctly and
minutely denticulated. Flowers decandrous. (Don’s
Mill.) A low deciduous shrub. North America. Height
3 ft. to 4 ft. Introd. 1812. Flowers white; May and
June.
JS, 15. F. g r a n d i f l o ' r u m Wats. The great-flowered
Whoi-tleberry.
1171 V. grandiflbruiii Identification. Wats. Dond. B rit.,t. 125. f. a . ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. R54.
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