PLATE CLXXXL
V A C C I N I U M Y I R G A T U M.
Green-twigged Whortle-berry.
CLASS VIII. ORDER I.
OCEAN Dili A 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.
C A L Y X fuperus. Corolla monopetala. Fila- || C U P fuperior. Bloflom one petal. Threadsfixed
menta receptacnlo inierla. Eacca quadri- into t h e receptacle. A berry w i t h four cells
locularis, polyfperma. and many feeds.
See V A C C I N I U M AHCTOSTAPHYLLOS. PI. XXX. V o l . 1.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R.
Vaccinium foliis oblongo-ovatis, ferrulatis, deeiduis,
ramulis viridibus; rloribus, fub-umbellatis.
axillaribusj corollis, fab-cyUndraceis;
calycibus apice reflexis. Staminibus
decern.
W h o r t l e - b e r r y with oblong egg-fliaped leaves,
{lightly fawed, deciduous, t h e fmall branches
green; flowers grow rather umbelled from
where t h e leaves are fixed to the Item; bloffoms
nearly cylindrical; cups reflexed at
t h e upper part. Ten chives.
R E F E R E N C E T O T H E P L A T E .
1. A flower complete.
2. T h e Cup.
3 . The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, the cup cut off, magnified.
4. A nearly ripe berry.
T „ , s fpecics of Whortle-berry «•„., according (o .he K e w Catalogue, . n t r o d n e e d b y M r Y o o . g ^»
the year 1770. It i* a hardy p l a n t ; and, a, a native of N o r t h Amenca, where . . an under thrub
of IZJL, ihould be planed i „ a flrady h . u a . i o n , in pea. earth. It . rarely kdled by our ro« 1
g r o w , about two tee. high, and lofe, it. leave, in winter. Our draw.ng w » made t n J u n e , t h*
year, at the Nurfery, Hamniermiith, where it is propagated by layers.