2G2 ERICACEAE. (heath family.) 



gibbous near the base. — Margins of swamps, East Florida to South Carolina, 

 Elliott, and mountains of North Carolina, Curtis. April. — Shrub 3° -12° 

 high. Leaves reticulated. 



* * Anther<clls 1 - 2-awncd at the apex : racemes terminal, lonijer than the serrulate 



pubescent deciduous leaves : calyx bracted. 



4. L. racemosa, Gray. Branches and racemes straight ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, soon smooth ; racemes long, single or somewhat paniculate ; 

 corolla cylindrical-ovate; anther-cells 2-awncd; capsule not lobed. (A. race- 

 mosa, L.) — Margins of ponds and swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and north- 

 ward. April and May. — Shrub 4°- 10° high. 



5. L. recurva, Gray. Branches and racemes recurved ; leaves ovate, 

 acuminate, pubescent on the veins ; racemes long, single ; corolla cylindrical ; 

 anther-cells 1-awned; capsule 5-lobed. (Andromeda recurva, BucJd.) — Moun- 

 tains of North Carolina, Buckley. April. — Shrub 3° -4° high. 



6. CASSANDRA, Don. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted, imbricated in the bud, 2-bracted. Corolla cylindrical- 

 oblong, 5-toothcd. Stamens 10 : anthers awnless, opening by terminal pores. 

 Capsule depressed, 5-celled, many-seeded ; the pericarp separating at maturity 

 into 2 layers, the outer one 5-valved, the inner 10-valved. — A small shrub, with 

 evergreen serrulate leaves, and solitary axillary nodding flowers. 



1. C. calyculata, Don. Leaves oblong, mucronate, paler and scurfy 

 beneath, the floral ones oval; flowers in the axils of the upper leaves, small, 

 white; calyx-lobes ovate, acute. (Andromeda calyculata, L.) — Varies with the 

 leaves and calyx-lobes narrower. (Andromeda angustifolia, Pursh.) — Swamps 

 in the mountains of South Carolina, and northward. April. — Shrub 2° -3° 

 high. Leaves 1' long. 



7. ANDROMEDA, L. 



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

 10: anther-cells opening by a terminal pore. Capsule 5-eelled, 5-valved, many- 

 seeded. Seeds pendulous or spreading. — Shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers 

 in lateral and terminal racemes or clusters, nodding. 



* Flowers in racemes: corolla oroid or urn-shaped: anther-cells l-awned on the 



back: leaves coriaceous, evergreen. 



1. A. floribunda, Pursh. Young branches, leaves, and racemes hirsute ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, bristly-serrulate; racemes dense-flowered, crowded 

 in a terminal panicle; calyx-lobes ovate, acute. — Damp soil along the moun- 

 tains. April. — Shrub .'1° - lo° high. Flowers very numerous. 



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

 bracted ; haves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, glandular serrate near the 



apex ; racemes solitary, axillarv, loosely 4- 1 2 flowered ; calvx lolies laneculati ; 



corolla ovoid ; capsule depressed globose. — Shallow ponds in the pine barrens, 

 chiefly near the coast, West Florida. January- March. — Shrub l°-2° high. 



