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* * Flowers in umbel-like clusters: capsule more or less ribbed at the sutures, the 
ribs separating at maturity. 
+ Corolla ovate, cylindrical, or somewhat bell-shaped: anthers or filaments awned : 
capsule ovate, truncate: shrubs smooth throughout. 
" A. nitida, Bartr. Branches 3-angled ; leaves evergreen, ovate or ob- 
long, entire, shining ; clusters axillary, very numerous, 6- 12-flowered ; sepals 
lanceolate-ovate, spreading; corolla cylindrical-ovate, gibbous at the base; fila- 
ments 2-awned at the apex. — Low pine barrens, common. March - May. — 
Shrub 2°-6° high. Corolla white, red, or purple, odorous. 
4. A, Mariana, L. Leaves deciduous, oblong, obtuse or acute, entire ; 
flowering stems commonly leafless; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, half as long 
as the large (}/ long) cylindrical white corolla; filaments 2-awned near the 
apex. — Damp soil near the coast, Florida, and northward. April and May. — 
Stem 2°- 4° high, often simple. Leaves 2'- 3! long. 
5. A. speciosa, Michx. Leaves deciduous, oblong or elliptical, obtuse, 
serrate, often whitish beneath; flowering stems mostly leafless; calyx-lobes 
ovate, several times shorter than the large bell-shaped white corolla; anther- 
cells 2-awned at the apex. — Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. — 
Shrub 39 — 49 high. 
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6. A. ferruginea, Walt. Branches As young leaves scurfy; leaves 
evergreen, obovate or lanceolate-obovate, rigid, at length smooth above and E 
Whitish beneath; the margins mostly revolute; clusters few-flowered. (A. ri- 
PM Pursh.) — Low sandy pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina, and west- 
ward. — A low shrub or small tree. Branches very leafy, rigid. Leaves j' - 1 
long. 
7. A. ligustrina, Muhl. Leaves deciduous, oblong or oblong-obovate, 
Serrulate, acute, pubescent like the branches, paler beneath; clusters few-flow- 
ered, disposed in compound more or less leafy panicled racemes ; filaments 
hairy, awnless. (A. frondosa, Pursh., with racemes more leafy and the fila- - 
ments slightly awned at the apex.) — Margins of swamps, Florida to Missis- 
sippi, and northward. May.— Shrub 3°-4° high. Leaves 2! long. Flowers 
Very small. | 
8. OXYDENDRUM, DC. Sovr-woop. SoRREL-TREE. 
Calyx S-parted. Corolla ovate, 5-toothed. Stamens 10: anthers Pim 
pening by terminal chinks; the cells acuminate. Capsule conical, 5-angled, ` 
5-celled, many-seeded. Seeds ascending. — A small tree, with deciduous oblong — 
Serrulate acuminate leaves, on slender petioles, and white flowers in long and 
l-sided terminal panicled racemes. i: 
l. O. arboreum, DC. (Andromeda Ei EE 
to Mississippi, and northward. April and ett pee 15? - 40? high. 
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