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Andromeda Arborea, Tree Andromeda, 

 or Sorrel-Tree. 



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Clafs and Order. 

 Decandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 

 Cal, 5-partitus. Cor. ovata: ore 5-fido. Cap/. 5-locularis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms, 



ANDROMEDA arborea ; paniculis terminalibus, corollis 

 fubpubefcentibus, foliis ellipticis acuminatis 

 denticulatis. L'Herit. Stirp. Nov. v. 2. 

 Hort. Kew. 2. p. 69. Willd. Sp. PL 565. 

 Marl. Mill. Dift. a. 13. 



ANDROMEDA arborea • racemis fecundis nudis, corollis 

 rotundo-ovatis. Sp. PI. 565. 



ANDROMEDA arborea ; rarais teretibus ; foliis majufculis 

 oblongo - ovalibus, acutiffime acuminatis, 

 argute ferrulatis : panicula terminali, poly- 

 llachia : corollis pubefcentibus, ovoideo- 

 cylindraceis : antheris linearibus, muticis. 

 Michaux Flor. Bar- Am. 1. p. 255. 



THE SORREL-TREE. Catejb. Car. 1. p. jx. t. 71. 



Said to grow in its native foil, in the Alhegany-Mountains, 

 into a tree fifty or fixty feet high. The fpecimen from 

 which our drawing was taken forms a very large fhrub in 

 Meffrs. Whitley and Brame's Nurfery, in Old Brompton; 

 the branches are pendent, and the long racemes of white 

 flowers grow from their extremities. BloiToms from July to 

 September, and during this feafon in particular makes a very 

 handfome appearance. 



