DECANDRIA MO?fOGYNlA. 



48 ft 



t, Ferruginea. 

 A. friiticosa : foliis 



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Shrubby; leaves cori 



riaceis, distarnibus, longe- aceous, distant, on 



pet I 



lon<' 



que 



o 



floris, axillaribu 



obovatis, pie- [ petioles, ol)ovate, gene 



rally obtuse, entire, witli 



i scaler, and vei* 

 rneatb ; pedicels 

 aggregate, one flowered 



mrs, subtus squumoso fa 

 Jifiosis, reticulato- veno- 



iUlik 

 und( 



ao;iri 



I 



>; co- 

 aiiihei'is 



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lobo 



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nawned 



rollis globosis ; 

 inuticis. Pursb, i 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 609. Wa'lt. p. 138." Mich. 1. p, 2.52. uar. b. fruticosa. 



A shrub 3-5 feet high ; branches somewhat flexuous, verj entire, 

 generally flat, with the iiiiirglns revolute Pedicpls simple. Fiuwers 



snuH, globose, white on the inside, ferniglnouij ou the outside, titot^ 

 mens included. 



Grows in sandj pine barrens. 

 Flowers June. Mich. 



9. Ri 



Pui 



A. arborescens : foliis 



4 



Arbor 



bi 



leaves 



wded, on short peti- 



cuneato-laneeolaiis, acu- j olcs, lanceolate, 

 tis, subtus squam )so-to. | each end, sci 

 mentosis, subaveniis J pe- tonientose urid 



ily 



at 

 id 



dicelli 

 ribus, 



lifloris 



corollis 



without veins 



ft 



9 



P 



ibglobosis 



ticis. 



Pursh, 1. p 



9^. 



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a2;grcgate5 axillary, one 

 fl>weied; corolla nearly 

 lobose ; an hers uiiavvt^ 

 ed. 



Andromcvia ferruginca, var, a. Midi. 1 p. %o 



A small tree 15—20 feet iugii ; branches rigid. Leases rigid, en- 

 tire, convex, with the margins revdute. Pedicels sinple, very nume- 

 reus. Flowers small, glubose, ferruginous. Stamens incIudeJ- 



These two species are tiearlv allied liv both, the y«ung shoots are 

 Ota bright ferruginous colour, though one with ■d;^e becomes grey ua- 

 JierneatTu The different periods of flowering, as they were determined 

 t>y Micliaux from cultivation, mark a difference of hi^uit ; yet in the 

 vvoods this difference is not oljvi 



y but there appears to be a cou» 

 €tant succession of flowers from Aprd to June. 



(irows in sandy pine barrens. In tlie southern parts of Gioi|;i» 

 And Florida the largest specimens are to be found. 



Flowers June. Mich. 



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