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8. ANDROMEDA, L. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted, valvate in the early bud. Corolla 5-toothed. Sta- 

 mens 10 : anther cells opening by a terminal pore. Capsule 5-celled, Svalved, 

 many-seeded. Seeds pendulous or spreading. — Shrubs. Leaves alternate. 

 Flowers in lateral and terminal racemes or clusters, nodding. 



* Flowers in racemes: corolla ovoid or urn-shaped : anther cells \-awned on the 



back: leaves coriaceous, evergreen. 



1. A. floribunda, Pursh. Young branches, leaves, and racemes hir- 

 sute ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, bri.stly-serrulate ; racemes dense-flowered, 

 crowded in a terminal panicle ; calyx lobes ovate, acute. — Damp soil along 

 the mountains. April. — Shrub 3°- 10° high. Flowers very numerous. 



2. A. phillyresefolia, Hook. Smooth; stem alternately leafy and 

 bracted ; leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, glandular-serrate near 

 the apex ; racemes solitary, axillar}-, loosely 4-1 2-flowered ; calyx lobes 

 lanceolate ; corolla ovoid ; capsule depressed-globose. — Shallow ponds in the 

 pine barrens, chiefly near the coast. West Florida. Jan. - March. — Shrub 

 l°-2° high. 



* * Flowers in umbel-like clusters: capsule more or less ribbed at the sutures, the 



ribs separating at maturity. 



■*- Corolla ovate, cylindrical, or somewhat bell-shnped ; anthers or filaments 



awned : capsule ovate, truncate: shrubs smooth throughout. 



3. A. nitida, Bartr. Branches Sangled ; leaves evergreen, ovate or 

 oblong, entire, shining; clusters axillary, very numerous, 6- 12-flowered; 

 sepals lanceolate-ovate, spreading; corolla cylindrical-ovate, gibbous at the 

 ba.se ; filaments 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 -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 .3° - 4° high. 



I- -4- Corolla small, nearly globular, scurfy : anthers and filaments awnless. 

 capsule globose : shrubs pubescent, or scurfy. 



6. A. ferruginea, Walt. Branches and young leaves scurfy; leaves 

 evergreen, obovate or lanceolate-obovate, rigid, at length smooth above and 

 whitish beneath; the margins mostly revolute ; clu.sters few-flowered. (A. 

 rigida, Pursh.) — Low sandy pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina, and 

 westward. — A low shrub or small tree. Branches very leafy, rigid. Leaves 

 i'-l'long. 



7. A. ligustrina, Muhl. Leaves deciduous, oblong or oblong-obovate, 

 serrulate, acute, pubescent like the branches, paler beneath ; clusters few- 



