P L A T E CXXXVIII.
V A C C I N I U M AMO E N UM.
Broad-leaved Whortle-herry.
C L A S S VI IL O R D E R L
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L G E N E R I C C H A R A C T E R .
CALYX snperus. Corolla monopetala.
FILAMENTA receptáculo inferta. Ea c c a quadrilocularis,
polyfperma.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R .
Vaccini am foliis ut rinque acuminatis, fubferrulatis,
decidui s j floribus racemofis, pedunculis
bradeat i s , calycibus reflexis, corollis
cylindraceis. Stamina dccem.
CUP fuperior. Bloffom one petal .
THKEADS fixed into the receptacle.
with four cells and many feeds.
Ber ry
S e e V A C . A R C T O S T A P H Y L L O S , P I . X X X . V o l . I .
Whortle-berry wi th leaves tapering to both ends,
a little f awed at the edges and fal l ing offflowers
grow in long buiiches, foot-ftalks
with floral leaves, cups reflexed, bloifoms
cylinder-ihaped. Ten Chives.
R E F E R E N C E TO T H E P L A T E .
1. A Fl owe r complete.
2. T h e Empa l ement , wi th the floral leaves.
3. T h e Chives, magnified.
4. T h e Shaf t and its Summi t , magni f ied.
5. A nearly ripe Berry.
6. T h e f ame, cut tranfverfely, magni f ied.
THI S veiy handfome fpecies of Whor t leber ry was introduced, f rom Nor th Amer i c a , in the vear 176-,
, L r C ; - . Nur f e ryman, of Addlef tcne, amongf t many others. I t is a hardy plL, in o «
cHmate. Thi s fpecaes mc lme s to a loamy, rather than a peat foil, and is propagated by flickers, which
. t throws up f rom the root, or f rom layers; which may be put down in Ma y , and taken of f the
fuc c e edmg year. I t s t ime of flowering is about J u n e or July, in which latter month our drawing w ^
made laft year, at MeflTrs. L e e and Kennedy' s , Hamme r fmi th. ^