Calyx superus. Corolla monopetala.
Filamenta receptaculo inserta. Bacca quadrilocularis, polysperma.
Cup superior. Blossom one petal.
Threads fixed into the receptacle. A Berry with four cells and many seeds.
See Vac. arctostaphyllos, Pl. XXX. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Vaccinium foliis utrinque acuminatis, subserrulatis, deciduis; floribus racemosis, pedunculis bracteatis, calycibus reflexis, corollis cylindraceis. Stamina decem.
Whortle-berry with leaves tapering to both ends, a little sawed at the edges and falling off; flowers grow in long bunches, foot-stalks with floral leaves, cups reflexed, blossoms cylinder-shaped. Ten Chives.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Flower complete.
2. The Empalement, with the floral leaves.
3. The Chives, magnified.
4. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified.
5. A nearly ripe Berry.
6. The same, cut transversely, magnified.