Vaccinium racemis foliosis; pedicellis bracteatis; corollis campanulatis; foliis obtusis, oblongis, subtus sub-glaucis, deciduis. Stamina decem. Whortle-berry with small leaves on the flower-stems; foot-stalks of the flowers with leaflets; blossoms bell-shaped; leaves, obtuse, oblong, rather glaucous underneath and deciduous. Ten Chives. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Empalement, natural size. 2. The Chives and Pointal, magnified. 3. A nearly ripe Berry cut transversely. The Obtuse-leaved Whortle-berry was introduced, according to the Kew Catalogue, Vol. II. p. 12, from North America, in the year 1770 by Mr. William Young; but nevertheless, although said to be an inhabitant of our gardens so long as 20 years, it is, we believe, known to very few cultivators. It is a deciduous shrub, growing to the height of about two or three feet; and will, in general, survive the inclemency of our winters. It is increased with difficulty by layers, and the berries seldom ripen with us; light peat earth, with a small mixture of loam, it thrives in most. The drawing for our figure was taken, from the Hibbertian collection, in July 1800. This species has likewise ten Chives, five divisions of the cup, &c. [Illustration] PLATE CXLI. CYANELLA CAPENSIS. _Cape Cyanella._ CLASS VI. ORDER I. _HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA_. Six Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX nullus. COROLLA. Petala sex, unguibus cohærentia, oblonga, concava, patula; tribus interioribus propendentibus. STAMINA. Filamenta sex, basi contigua, brevissima, patentiuscula; infimo declinato. Antherarum quinque oblongæ, curvatæ, erectæ, apice dehiscentes, dentibus quatuor obtusis; altera vero declinata, maxima, apice bifida. PISTILLUM. Germen trigonum, obtusum. Stylus filiformis, declinatus, longitudine infimi staminis. Stigma acutiusculum. PERICARPIUM. Capsula subrotunda trisulcata, trilocularis, trivalvis. SEMINA plura, oblonga. EMPALEMENT, none. BLOSSOM. Six petals, adhering by the claws, oblong, concave, spreading; the three interior ones hanging forwards. CHIVES. Threads six, contiguous at the base, very short, spreading a little; the lower one bent down. Five of the tips are oblong, curved, upright, splitting at the end, with four obtuse teeth; but the other is bent down, very large, and two-cleft at the end. POINTAL. Seed-bud three-sided, obtuse. Shaft thread-shaped, bent downward, and the length of the lower chive. Summit rather sharp-pointed. SEED-VESSEL. Capsule roundish, three-furrowed, three cells, three valves. SEEDS many, oblong. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Cyanella caule folioso, paniculato; racemis divaricatis; foliis lanceolatis, undulatis; floribus cæruleis. Cyanella with a leafy stem growing into a panicle; branches straddling; leaves lance-shaped, and waved; flowers blue.