UECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ^48tf 



3. Catawbicnse. jVli(h. 



K. fbliis brevi-ovalibus. | Leaves short, oval 



Utrinque rotundato-obtu- | round and obtuse at eacli 

 S}s:uuibcllisterminalil)us; J end,-»umbeh termnial • 

 calvcis laciiiiis an^justo- [ segments of the calyx 



inipan- | narrow oI>Iong; corolla 

 ulatis. \licb. i. p. ^jy. campanulate. 



Pursh, 1. p. 298. 



A shrub 3-4 feet hi-h. Leaves glabrous, of a paler colour on the 

 under surface. Flowers bright ted. 



Grows on ilie summits of the highest mountains— not alon? the 

 Streams, where the other species deli-ht to dwell. * 



Flowers • 



In the specific characters I have retained the term umbel, the flovr- 

 crs however are certainlj in compact, cone-like racemes. 



ANDROMEDA. Gkx. pl. 747. 



dalify: s-partitus. Co- \ Calyx 5 parted. CoroL 

 rofla ovata. ore quinque- fa ovate, with the mouth 

 fido. Caps?ila supt ra, 5- j 5 cleft. Capsule supeii- 

 locularis, valvulis disse- | or, .5 celled, with the dis- 

 pimento contrariis.. | sepiment in the middle 



of the valves. 

 Foliis sempervirentihus. j * Leaves peremiiaL 



1. Cal\ 



At 



? 



If 



A. foliis ovalibus. squa- | .Leaves oval, with sca- 

 moso-punctatis, obsolete ly dots, obsoletelv serru- 

 serrulatls ; biacteis binis, late ; bracteas two, ovate: 

 ovatis ,* racemis termi- | racemes terminal, ..„.,, 

 nallbus, foliosis, secun- secund ; peduncles §uli- 

 dis ; pedunculis solitariis, 1 tary, axillary. 

 axiUaribus. , ^ 



Sp. pl. 2. p. 614. Mich. 1. p. 254. ?ursh, 1. p. oni. 



A shrub 5—5 h&t high. Leaves coriaceous, obtuse, roucronate, 

 «rrug,nous underneath sometimes cuneate at ba.se Peduncles a- 

 oout -Z lines long. Segments of the calyx acute. Bracteaa 2, ovate, 

 acuminate at the base of tiie calyx. Corolla cylindrical, white. iSta- 

 flim included. Anthers unawned. 



Jirows on the Saluda mouiiUins. Dr. Macbnde. 



•lowers Aprii^Maj— occasionally through the sammer. 



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