DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Andromeda. 
be reckoned one of the finest in North America, -not 
only for the graceful appearance of its flowers, but the 
fine odour they have. 
16. A. ramis. teretibus, foliis oblongis acuminatis mucro- 
náto-serratis glabris, paniculis terminalibus polysta- 
chiis, corollis  ovoideo-cylindraceis pubescentibus, 
antheris linearibus muticis.— Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 612. 
uec Bot. mag. 905.  Catesb. car. 1. t. 71. Mich. 
> ATU. s.. 
- In the valleys of the Allegany-mountains: Pensylvania to 
Florida. h. June, July. v. v. A beautiful tree, 
from forty to sixty feet high. Flowers white. The 
leaves are of a very pleasant acid taste, from which it 
has been called Sorre/-tree. They are frequently made 
ns of by hunters in those mountains to alleviate 
irst. 
.. 7. A. pubescens; foliis obovato-lanceolatis acutis subinte- 
gerrimis, ramis floriferis terminalibus paniculatis nu- 
diusculis, glomerulis pedunculatis, corollis subglobosis 
pubescentibus, antheris obtusis muticis.— Willd. sp, 
pl. 2. p. 612. 
A. globulifera, Hortul. — 
. A, racemosa, Lam. encycl. 1. p. 158. 
Common in all swamps and woods ; Canada to Carolina. 
h. June, July. v.v., Flowers small, white. There 
are a number of varieties of this shrub, in size, pu- 
bescence, shape of leaves, &c. = 
18, A. hispido-pubescens; foliis obovato-lanceolatis seu ob- 
longis acutis serrulatis, ramis floriferis foliosis, glome- 
rulis axillaribus paucifloris subsessilibus, corollis glo- 
bosis hispidis, antheris aristatis. 
^* À, racemosa. Walt. fl. car. 138. 
A. paniculata foliositlora. Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 225. 
In the lower counties of Virginia and Carolina. b. 
 May—July. v.v. Nearly allied to the former ; but 
‘sufficiently distinct to form a species. 
359. KALMIA. Gen. pl. 743. 
` 1. K. ramis, foliis calycibusque hirsutissimis, foliis oppo- 
sitis alternisque subsessilibus ellipticis, pedunculis ax- 
— jilaribus solitariis anitloris" foliis longioribus.— Willd. 
— sp. pl. 2. p. 601. Walt. fl, car. 138. Mich. fl. amer. 1. 
^ 
arlorea. 
paniculata, 
frondosa. 
hirsuta. 
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