ERICACEAE 1001 
Capsule not lobed; seeds wingless; panicles straight or nearly so. 
Calyx-lobes of an ovate type, less than one-half as long as 
the eorolla ; Capsule exceeding the calyx 1. E. racemosa. 
Calyx-lobes of a lanceolate type, one! -haif as E as the 
corolla or longer; capsule shorter than the calyx 2. E. elongata. 
Capsule lobed; seeds winged; panicles curv 3. E. recurva. 
1. E. racemosa (L.) Nutt. cid 1-4 m. tall, the twigs glabrous, at least 
in age: leaf-blades elliptic, 2-7 . long: calyx- oe triangular, becoming 
triangular-lanceolate or deltoid- e: corolla 8—9 
long: anthers Le shorter oe the filaments: a 
sule n mm. —Acid swamps and bogs, a 
Plain, and hide other provinces, Fla. to La 
Pa., and Mass. 
2. E. elongata Small Shrub 1-3 m. tall, the twigs 
copiously pubescent: leaf-blades elliptic, or some 
times elliptic- eee or rage 2 Ji 
long: ealyx-lobes lanceolate, often Gy 
rolla 7-8 mm. long: a anthers slightly ee "m the 
filaments: capsule 3-4 mm. wide.—Acid swamps and 
sandhill ponds, Coastal Plain, Fla. to La. and S Va. 
3. E. recurva (Buckl) Small. Shrub 1-4 m. tall, the twigs glabrous at least 
in age: leaf-blades ovalelliptie or oval, 4-10 cm. long: calyx-lobes ovate or 
elliptie-ovate: corolla 6-7 mm. long; 1 obes e de anthers nearly as long as the 
laments: ule 5-6 mm. wide.—Rocky woods, in acid soil, Blue Ridge to 
Appalachian Plateau, Ga. to Ala., Tenn. and Va. 
| 12. LEUCOTHOE D. Evergreen shrubs with weak stems and 
eu Leaves uu "blades shallowly toothed, sometimes obseurely 
so, or entire. Flow in racemes from the axils of the persistent leaves. 
Calyx-lobes longer dun the p corolla white, ovoid or mostly urceolate: 
lobes very short. Stamens 10, included: anthers mem Capsule depressed. 
out 30 species, American and Asiatio, —Spr.— Fr ETTER-BUSHES 
Filaments scabrous or short-pubescent, straight or nearly so: anthers prominently 
Calyx-lobes strongl imbricate in anthesis:  leaf-blades 
abruptly pointed or short-acuminate. 1. L. axillaris. 
Sa s 2 RECEN imbricate in anthesis: leaf-blades long- 
2. L. Catesbaei. 
Filaments. ‘villous, sigmoid-eurved above: anthers obscurely bi- 
mucronate: twigs pale: leaf-blades fo Galante acute or short- 
acuminate. 3. L. acuminata. 
axillaris (Lam.) D. Don. Shrub 1-2 m. tall: leaf-blades ane 2o 
elliptic -lane se or rarely ee to broadly elliptic, 4-15 em 
larger calyx-lobes ovate: corolla 6- m. long; lobes 
ovate: agile ule 6-7 mm. wide. LL. Pre ylla Small] 
—Damp woods, swampy thickets, and stream-banks 
in rather “acid soil, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Miss. and 
S Va. 
L. Catesbaei (Walt.) A. Gray. Shrub 1-2 m. tall: 
s blades lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 6-15 em 
long: larger calyx-lobes ovate: corolla 5.5-6.5 mm. 
bout 5 
long; lobes ovate: ee id abou mm. wide.— (Ivy. C ; 
SwITcH-Ivy. DoG-HOBBLE.)—-Wooded slopes, usually 
along streams, oe to Appalachian Plateau, Ga. 
to Ala. , Tenn, and V. 
