704 FLORA. 



style columnar; stigma truncate. Capsule globose or ovoid, 5-angled, 5 -celled. 

 Seeds linear-oblong, not winged, clavate or falcate, the testa smooth, membranous. 

 [Name from one of the Muses.] About 12 species, natives of eastern N. Am., 

 Cuba, eastern Asia and the Himalayas. 



Leaves coriaceous, evergreen, serrulate ; flowers racemose. i. P. floribunda* 



Leaves coriaceous, evergreen, entire; flowers in axillary umbels. 2. P. nitida. 



Leaves membranous, deciduous, entire ; flowers in lateral umbels. 3. P. Mariana. 



1. Pieris floribunda (Pursh) Benth. & Hook. MOUNTAIN FETTER-BUSH. 

 (I. F. f. 2768.) Branches nearly erect, bristly or strigose-pubescent, leafy. Leaves 

 oblong to ovate-lanceolate, glabrous above, black-dotted beneath, acute or acu- 

 minate, 3.5-7.5 cm. long, 12-25 mm - wide; petioles 4-8 mm. long, very bristly, at 

 lea^t when young; flowers white, about 7 mm. long; calyx-segments ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute; corolla slightly 5-angled, 5-saccate at the base; filaments unappen- 

 daged; capsule globose-ovoid, about 4 mm. high, longer than the slender style. 

 Mountains of Va. to Ga. May. 



2. Pieris nitida (Bartr. ) Benth. & Hook. FETTER-BUSH. (I. F. f. 2769.) 

 A glabrous shrub, 6-18 dm. high, the branches acutely angled. Leaves short- 

 petioled, oblong, oval, oblong-lanceolate, or obovate, acuminate or acute, somewhat 

 black-dotted beneath, revolute, bordered by an intra-marginal nerve; flowers 

 nodding or spreading; pedicels 4-8 mm. long; calyx-segments rigid, purplish, 

 valvate in the bud; corolla white or red, ovoid-cylindric, narrowed at the throat, 

 6-8 mm. long; filaments 2-spurred; capsule globose, about as long as the calyx- 

 segments. In wet woods, Va. to Fla., Cuba and La. April-May. 



3. Pieris Mariana (L.) Benth. & Hook. STAGGER-BUSH. (I. F. f. 2770.) 

 Branches nearly erect, glabrous or nearly so, black-dotted. Leaves oval or oblong, 

 glabrous above, sparingly pubescent on the veins and black-dotted beneath; 

 5-7.5 cm. long; flowers nodding on the nearly leafless branches of the preceding 

 season; calyx-segments acuminate, deciduous; corolla ovoid-cylindric, white, or 

 faintly pink, 10-12 mm. long; filaments pubescent on the outer side, usually with 

 2 setose appendages; capsule ovoid-pyramidal, 3-4 mm. high, truncate, about as 

 long as the sepals. In sandy soil, R. I. to Fla., Term, and Ark. May-July. 



14. XOLISMA Raf. 



Tall shrubs, or small trees, with terete twigs, alternate short-petioled leaves, 

 and small mostly white flowers in clusters. Calyx 4~5-lobed or 4-5 -cleft. Corolla 

 globose, or urceolate, pubescent, 4-5 -toothed, the teeth recurved. Stamens 8 or 

 10, included; filaments flat, incurved, pubescent; anthers attached to the filaments 

 near their bases, truncate, the sacs opening by terminal pores. Disk 8-io-lobed. 

 Ovary 4~5-celled; style columnar; stigma truncate; ovules mxmerous, pendulous. 

 Capsule 4-5 -angled, 4-5-valved, its apex intruded. Seeds elongated, the testa 

 membranous, loose, reticulated. [Name unexplained.] About 10 species, natives 

 of eastern N. Am., the W. Indies and Mex. 



i. Xolisma ligiistrina (L.) Britton. PRIVET ANDROMEDA. (I. F. f. 2771.) 

 A shrub 1-4 m. high. Leaves obovate, oblong, oval or ovate, deciduous, minutely 

 serrulate or entire, acute or abruptly acuminate, usually quite glabrous above, 2. <?-6.5 

 cm. long; racemes mostly leafless, in terminal panicles; bracts small, caducous; 

 pedicels 2-6 mm. long, pubescent; calyx-lobes triangular-ovate, acute; corolla nearly 

 globular, 3 mm. in diameter; capsule depressed-globose, obtusely 5-angled, about 3 

 mm. in diameter. In swamps and wet soil, Canada (?), Me to N. Y., Fla., Tenn. 

 and Ark. May-July. 



15. CHAMAEDAPHNE Moench. 



An erect shrub, with stiff terete branches, alternate evergreen short-petioled 

 narrow leaves, and white short-pedicelled secund flowers, solitary in the axils of the 

 small upper leaves. Calyx of 5 distinct persistent sepals, bracted at the base. 

 Corolla oblong-cylindric. narrowed at the throat, 5-toothed, the teeth recurved. 

 Stamens 10, included; filaments subulate, glabrous; anther-sacs tapering upward 

 into tubular beaks, opening by terminal pores. Disk 10- toothed. Ovary 5 -celled, 

 5 -grooved; stigma simple. Capsule depressed- globose, the epicarp 5-valved, sep- 



