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Andromeda frondosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 295. 1814. 
Andromeda ligustrina var. pubescens Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A.2: Part 
1, 33. .1878. 
The extreme form from the Atlantic coast and Gulf region 
has a decidedly different aspect from the typical form, and is dis- 
tinguished by the. dense panicles with stout pedicelled flowers, 3 
or 4 from the same bud, and also by its pubescence. It is inti- 
mately connected with the type by intergrading forms frequently 
met with farther north, and can only take varietal rank. 
Coast plain, damp borders of pine barren streams, Mobile. 
May. Frequent. 
GAYLUSSACIA TOMENTOSA (Pursh.) Chapm. 
Vaccinium tomentosum Pursh ; Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2: Part 
1,19. 1818, 
Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. c. 
Low, ‘slender shrub, 1°—2° high. 
Alabama, ‘‘ Metamorphic Hills” and lower pine region. 
Auburn, Underwood & Earle. Altitude 860 ft. Mobile, 
Springhill. Altitude 220 ft. April. Rare. 
v VACCINIUM STAMINEUM MELANOCARPUM n. var. Southern Goose- 
berry. 
Shrub 2°-3° high, branched from near the base; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, 2/—4’ long, 34’-1' wide, like the branch-— 
lets smoothish or pubescent; racemes elongated, 2’-244’ long, 
loosely 4-8 flowered; pedicels slender, drooping from the axils 
of persistent ovate-oblong bracts; berries nearly double the size 
of the typical form, fully 36’ in diameter, shining black with a 
Juicy, deep purple pulp, palatable, sweetish, with a slightly tart, 
pleasant flavor. 
Mountain region. Rocky shaded hills. Frequent in the cen- 
tral and northern part of the State. 
STEIRONEMA INTERMEDIUM Kearney, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 21: 26. 
pl. 209. 1894. . 
First collected on the summit of Alpine mountain, Talladega 
county, growing abundantly between bare rocks of sandstone near 
the signal station, alt., 1800 ft. September 20, 1893, past flow- 
ering and with matured capsules. During the past season on the 
