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P L A T E eXXV.
V A C C I N I U M PARVIFLORUM.
Small flowered Whortle-herry.
C L A S S VIIL ORDER I.
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENEPaC CHARACTER.
C A L Y X fuperus. Corolla monopetala.
F I L A M E N T A receptacula inferta. Bacca quadrilocularis,
polyfperma.
CUP fuperior. Bloflbm one petal
T H R E A D S fixed to the receptacle. A berry with,
four cells, and many feeds.
S e e VACCINIUM AKCTOSTAPHYLLOS, PI. X X X . Vol . J .
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Vaccinium foliis lanceolatis, undulatis, venofis;
floribus' racemofis; pedunculis longiflimis,
, braiSleatis; corolla conica, ftriata. Stamina
decem.
Whortle-berry, with lance-lliaped, waved, and
veinedleaves; flowers grow in long bunches;
foot llalks of the flowers very long, having
floral leaves; bloflbm cone-fhaped, and
flreaked. Ten Chives.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. A-Bloflbm.
2. The Chives magnified.
3. The Seed-bud, Cup, and Pointal, the Summit detached, magnified.
T H I S fpecies of Whortle-berry was firfl: brought, from North America, in the year 1784. It is one
of thofe with ten chives, &c. and of the fame nature with thofe we have already figured ; for its
treatment, and increafe, we mufl; therefore refer our readers to V. formofum, PI. XCVII, Vol. II.
The drawing was taken in May ]799> at the Hammerfmith nurfery.
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