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tire, smooth above, veined and glaucous beneath ; 

 flowers subsolitary, octandrous ; corolla short- 

 ovate, 4-cleft ; anthers awned at the base. 

 HAB. High Mountains. Shrub procum. and strag. ; 

 leav. andfl. small; ber. obi. 



* * Leaves sempervirent. 



11. V. Vitis idcea : stem creeping; branches erect: 

 leaves obovate, punctate beneath ; nearly entire : 

 racemes terminal, nodding ; corolla oblong, cam- 

 panulate. 

 HAB. High mountains. June. Shrub low, strag. ; 

 leav. subcoriac. rev.; Jl. mostly 4-cleft, pale red: 

 ber. red, acid. 



282. ANDROMEDA. Ericece. 



* Leaves sempervirent. 



i. A. hypnoides : leaves imbricate, subulate, smooth . 

 peduncles solitary, terminal, 1 -flowered, corolla 

 nodding, globose campanulate. 

 HAB. High mountains. A small creeping shrub ; Jl. 

 small, wh. and red. 



J. A. polifolia : leaves linear lanceolate, convex ; re- 

 volute, glaucous beneath ; flowers in short ter- 

 minal racemes. 

 HAB. Sphagnous swamps. May. Shrub 18 in. high : 

 Jl. wh, urceol., mouth contr. 



'.. A. calyculata: leaves lanceolate-oblong, rather ob- 

 tuse, obsoletely serrulate, ferruginous beneath ; 

 racemes terminal, leafy, subsecund ; calyx bi- 

 bracteate ; corolla oblong-cylindrical. 

 HAB. Bog-meadows. Apr. — May. Shrub 3— 4ft. 

 high; leaves squamulose-punct. ; Jl. wh. 



* Leaves deciduous. 



A. mariana: leaves oval, somewhat acute, very 

 entire, smooth, subcoriaceous ; paler beneath 

 flowering branches nearly naked ; pedicels fat 



