DECANDRiA MOKOGYNMA. Andromcda. 2i?3 



splcatis axillaribus sessilibus squamoso-bracteatis un- 

 dique confertifloris, coroUis cylindraceo-ovatw, an- 

 theris muUch.— JViild. sf>. pi. 2. p. 6l3. ylit. kew. 2. 



p. 69. .f. y 



/3. A. foliis lineari-lanceolatis longissimis. longitolia. 



On the mountains of Virginia to Georgia, h • May, 

 June. V. V. Flowers in short spikes, white 5 cap- 

 sules depressed, globular. 



10. A. foliis petioiatis ovato-oblongis basi rotundatis superne spinuloiU. 



sensim angustatis acuminatis subserrulatis, serraturis 

 adpresso-spinuiobis glabris coriaceis, racemis subspi- 

 catis axillaribus sessilibus squamoso-bracteatis secun- 

 dis laxiusculis, corollis brevibus cylindraceo-ovatis, 

 antheris muticis. 



A. Catesbaei. Jf^alt. fl. car. 13/. Willd. sp. pi. 2. 

 p. 613. 



]n Lower Carolina. Tj . May, June. v. v. Resembles 

 the foregoing one in several respects. The figure ot 

 Catesh. car. 2. t. 43. is so very slightly done, that 

 there can be no reference made to it, and probably 

 belongs to A. racemosa. 



11. A. glaberrima; foliis ovato-lanceolatis superne sensim acuminata, 



angusttitis acurainatis integerrimis seu insequaliter- 

 serratis glabris nitidis reticulato-venosis coriaceis, ra- 

 cemis axillaribus brevissimis corymbosis nudiusculis, 

 floribus pedicellatis nutantibus, coroUis cylindraceo- 

 ovatis, antheris muticis postice g'bbis. — IV Hid. up. 

 pi. 2. p. 613. Ait. kew. 2. p. /O. 

 A, lucida. Jacq. ic. 1 . t. "p. 

 A. populifolia. Lavi. encycl. 1. p. I59. 

 A. reticulata. Walt Ji. car. 137. 



A. formosissima. Barlr. calal 



A. laurina. Mich.Ji. amer. 1. p. 253. 

 Jcon, Smith exot. hot. 89. lona. Jacq. ic. 79. mala. 

 In sandy swamps of Georgia and Florida. ^ . July. 

 V. V. Flowers white, in great abundance ; which gives 

 this shrub a fine appearance. The stem is hollow in- 

 side, and is used by the natives for making their pipe- 

 stems of it, from which the name Pipe-stem wood. 

 12. A. glaberrima J fohis oblongo-ovatis acutis tenuissime florihundn. 

 serrulatis adpresso-ciliatis glabris coriaceis, racemis 

 secundis axillaribus et terminalibus congesto-panicu- 

 latis, pedicellis bibracteatis. 

 In the mountains of Georgia. Lyon. Tj • May, June. 



