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Andromeda floribunda. Conical- 

 flowered Andromeda. 



Oafs and Order. 



Decandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



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

 vulis diffepimento contrariis. 



Specific Charatler and Synonym. 



ANDROMEDA floribunda; foliis oblongo-ovatis acutis fcr- 

 rulatis perennantibus, racemis compoiitis fecundis termina- 

 libus, corollis conicis pentagonis cernuis. 



ANDROMEDA floribunda: glaberrima; foliis oblongo-ovatis 

 acutis tenuiffime ferrulatis adpreflb-ciliatis glabris coriaceis, 

 racemis fecundis axillaribus et terminalibus congefto- 

 paniculatis, pedicellis bibracleatis. Purjb Fl. Bor.-Amer. 

 p. 293. inedit. 



Descr. An ereQ. Jforub, with branches hairy and reddiftu 

 Leaves evergreen, oblong-oval, minutely ferrulate, reticulately 

 veined, underneath paler and, whilft young, clothed with fcattered 

 blackifh brown hairs : petioles four times fhorter than the leaf, 

 generally recurved, hairy, reddifh. Flowers terminal, nodding, 

 in compound, fecund, cluftered-flowered racemes. Peduncles 

 and pedicles pun&ate. Bracles fubulate, deciduous. Calyx two- 

 thirds the iize of the corolla, ovate, acute, pale-green, puncl ate. 

 Corolla milk-white, conical, five-angled : limb 5-cleft, fmall, ereft. 

 Stamens 10 : filaments half the length of the ftyle : anthers bearded, 

 or rather fpurred. Germen globular, furrounded at the bafe by 

 fen glands : jlyle ereft : fligma torulofe. Its place in the fyftem 

 is next to /alkifolia. 



We are informed by Mr. Lyons, that in its native country 

 it grows to a large and very handfome fhrub, and is covered 

 with a profuiion of flowers early in the fpring. The conical 

 five-cornered flowers eafily diftinguifh it from every other known 

 Species of Andromeda. 



Bloffbms 



