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ANDROMEDA AXILLARIS, ®& FINE NOTCHED- 
LEAVED ANDROMEDA. 
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Class and Order. 
DecAanpriA Monoaeyntia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. ovata: ore 5-fido. Caps. 5-locu- 
_laris: valvulis dissepimento contrariis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
ANDROMEDA axillaris ; foliis perennantibus ovato-lanceo- 
latis spinuloso-serratis subtus ferrugineo-punctatis, 
racemis axillaribus_ sessilibus suberectis, antheris 
muticis. 
AnpromepA axillaris ; foliis oblongo-ovalibus basi acutis 
brevi-acuminatis cartilagineo-serratis lucidis glabris 
coriaceis, racemis spicatis axillaribus sessilibus squa- 
moso-bracteatis undique confertifloris, corollis cylin- 
draceo-ovatis, antheris muticis. Pursh Fl. Amer. 
Sept. 1. p. 292. 
Anpromepa axillaris. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 613. Hort. 
Kew. ed, alt. 3. p. 54. Nuttall Gen. 1. p. 265. 
Anpromepa axillaris, @. foliis lanceolatis versus apicem 
serrulatis coriaceis, racemis axillaribus solitariis bre- 
vissimis. Lam. Encycl. 1. p. 157. Ejyusdem var. «. est 
A. Catesbei (supra 1955.) 
(B.) foliis lineari-lanceolatis longissimis. Pursh l. c. 
Anpromepa axillaris and Catesbei have been often con- 
sidered as varieties of the same species, and, as both vary 
considerably in the form of the leaves, they may sometimes 
approach so near as to render it not ‘easy to decide to which 
Species some individuals belong, or at least not from the 
foliage 
