DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Andromeda. 
-Spicatis axillaribus sessilibus squamoso-bracteatis un- 
dique confertifloris, corollis cylindraceo-ovatis, an- ` 
theris muticis. 3E sp. pl. 2. p. 613. Ait. kew. 2. 
p. 69. 
B. A. foliis EE AOAR longissimis, 
On the mountains of Virginia to Georgia. b. May, 
June, v.v. Flowers in short spikes, wae cap- 
sules depressed, globular. 
10. A, foliis petiolatis ovato-oblongis basi rotundatis superne 
sensim angustatis acuminatis subserrulatis, serraturis 
adpresso-spinulosis glabris coriaceis, racemis subspi- 
catis axillaribus sessilibus squamoso- bracteatis secun- 
dis laxiusculis, corollis ` brevibus cylindraceo-ovatis, 
antheris muticis. 
A. — Walt, fl. car. 137. Willd.. sp. pl. 2. 
p 613 
In Lower Carolina. h. May, June, v.v. Resembles 
the foregoing one in several respects. ‘Ihe figure of 
` Catesb. car. 2. t, 43. is so very slightly done, that 
there can be no reference made to it, and probably 
belongs to 4. racemosa, 
11. A, glaberrima ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis superne sensim 
angustatis acuminatis integerrimis seu inzequaliter- 
serratis glabris nitidis reticulato-venosis coriaceis, ra- 
cemis axillaribus brevissimis corymbosis nudiusculis, 
floribus. pedicellatis nutantibus, corollis cylindraceo- 
ovatis, antheris muticis postice  gibbis.— —Willd. sp. 
pl.2.p.613. Ait. kew. 2. p. 70. 
A, lucida. Jacq. ic. 1. 0.79. —— 
A. populifolia. Lam. encycl. 1. p. 159. - 
A. reticulata. Walt, fl. car. 137. — 
A. formosissima. Bartr. catal, .... 
A. laurina. Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 253. 
Icon, Smith exot. bot. 89. bona. Jacq. ic. 79. mala. 
In sandy swamps of Georgia and Florida. h. July. 
v. v. Flowers white, in great abundance ; which gives 
this shrub a fine appearance. The stem is hollow in- 
side, and is used by the natives for making their pipe- 
stems of it, from ich the name Pipe-stem wood. 
ie A. glaberrima; foliis oblongo-ovatis acutis tenuissime 
‘serrulatis adpresso-ciliatis glabris coriaceis, racemis 
secundis axillaribus et terminalibus congesto-panicu- 
latis, pedicellis bibracteatis. — — 
In the mountains of Georgia. . Lyon... b. May, June. 
longifolia.. 
spinulosa. 
acuminata, 
s 
floribunda. > 
