438 DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. leiophvllum. 



L. buxifnlium Elliott Sk. 1. c. Ledum buxifolium 

 A i t. Ktw. n. p. 65. Will d. Sptc. II. p. 602. But. Cab. 

 52. Berg, Act. Petrop. 1777. p. 213. t. 3. f. 2. (fide 

 Willd.) Mich. F/. IL p. 260. L. Ihymifolium Lam. 

 £nc. in. p. 459. Ejusd. f 11. t. 362. (, 3. Ammvrsine 6t(xi» 

 folia Pursh FL I. p. 301. 



An evergreen branchinp:. shrub, from 8 inches to a foot highj 

 erect, much branched. Leaves not half an inch long, oval or 

 oblong, coriaceous, very smooth and shining, convex, revolute 

 on the margin. Floivcrs numerous, small, in terminal corymbs 

 or umbels. Calyx persistent; segments ovale, acute. Co- 

 rolla white ; fietals oblong. Stamens exserted ; filaments slen- 

 der, smooth ; anthers small, roundish. Style straight, as long 

 as the stamens ; stigma capitate. Cafisule 3 — 5-celled, 3 — 5-. 

 valved, opening neatly half way down; margin of the valves 

 not approximate ; columella ovate, rugose, slightly 5-angled. 

 Seeds minute, naked. 



Hab. In sandy pine barrens and on high mountains. Abundant 

 in the pine barrens of New-Jersey. May — June. 



Sand-Myrtle. 



290. CLETHRA. L. 



Calyx 5-parted, persistent. Corolla 5-petallecl. Style 

 persistent; stigma short, 3-cleft. Capsule S-celled, 

 3-valved, covered by the calyx. Gen. pL 751. Nu t U 

 Gen. I. p. 275. Juss. p. 160. ham. III. t. 369: 

 Nat. Ord. Erice^e Juss. 



C. alnifolia L, : leaves cuneate-obovate, acute, coarsely 

 serrate, smooth and green on both sides; racemes spiked, 

 simple, bracteate, hoary-tomentose. Willd. Spec. \\. \>. 

 CI 9. Schmidt Jrb. 47, -L am. III. 3G9. Mill. icon. 

 t. 28. Mich. Fl. I. p. 2G0. Pursh Fl. \. p. 301. Big, 

 Bost. p. 105. Elliott Sk. I. p. 502. C. alnifolia «. denu- 

 data Ait. Kew. I. p. 73. Clethra G r o n. Virg. 47. 

 Caiesb. Car. 1. 1. 66. 



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A shrub -1—8 feet high. Leaves alternate, petiolate, acute or 

 acuminate, with mucronate serratures, cuneate and entire at 

 the base ; petioles, and generally the larger nerves, pubescent. 

 Flonvers in long erect racemes or spikes, very fragrant. Pe- 

 duncle, pedicels., and calyx, covered with a white dov/n. Calyx 

 about half as long as the corolla ; segments ovate, rather ob- 

 tuse. Corolla white ; fietals obovate, spathulate, obtuse. Sta- 

 mens one-third longer than the corolla ; anthers with divari- 

 cate lobes, acute at the top, opening by 2 pores at the base, 

 inverted after flowering. Germen roundish, villous ; style an- 

 gular, hairy, as long as the stamens; stigma dilated and 3-lobed. 



