1004 ERICACEAE 
18. NEOPIERIS Britton. Deciduous- s shrubs with terete Hiro. 
and sparingly pubescent or glabrate foliage. eaves alternate: in- 
leathery, entire, without intramarginal veins. TTA along the pid 
branches of the previous year. Calyx-lobes 5, DIS deciduous with the leaves. 
orollà white or pink, cylindraceous-cam 
panulate, nodding. Filaments flat, pubes- 
cent, each with a pair of appendages 
near the top: anthers unappendaged. Style 
nan Capsule of an ovoid type, trun- 
ca, the contracted ce the sutures 
nn ces — One spec 
1. N. mariana (L.) Britton. Shru m. 
tall: leaf- yd Mr ca elliptie to oval, 
or nearly s . long, obtuse or apicu- 
late: o a lateral: calyx-lobes 
broadly rac aed acute: corolla white or 
pinkish, 10—12 . long, = ped sd as 
ong as the ae capsu 7-9 m ong.— 
(STAGGER-BUSH. ) — P und. and acid ae Coastal Plain, and occasionally 
other provinces, Fla. to Ark., W. Va. and R. I.—Spr. 
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19. XOLISMA Raf. Evergreen shrubs with lepidote foliage. Leaves 
alternate: blades leathery, entire or nearly so, often reticulate. Flower-clus- 
ters in the axils of the persistent leaves of the previous year. Calyx-lobes 
broad, short, persistent. Corolla white or pink, globular to urceolate, with short 
spreading or recurved lobes. Filaments gi ng u 
pendage apsule ——— due n of an ovoid type, prominently 
nid Ate ut 35 species, North fee s or all year S.—STAGGER- 
BUSH 
Leaves oe reduced toward the ends of the branches; blades oe 
reticula 1. X. 
. X. fer 
Leaves much reduced toward the ends of the branches; blades 
. X. fruticosa. 
uginea. 
prominently "etae 
1. X. ferruginea (Walt.) Heller. Evergreen 
oblanceolate, 2.5—7 cm. long, scarcely reticu- 
late: corolla 2.5-3 mm. dar ng, angled at the 
base: ip cap 4.5-5 mm. long.—Hammocks 
with acid humus, sandhills and rw 
Coastal | Plain, Fla. to S. C. 
2. X. pi aid (Michx.) Nash. Evergreen 
shrub 1-3 tall: leaves much reduc 
toward the ends of the branches; blades 
oval, obovate, or oblanceolate, reticulate: 
corolla 3.5-5 mm. long, rounded at the 
base: capsule 4—4.5 mm. long.—Hammoeks and pinelands, Coastal Plain, Fla. 
to S. C. 
