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** Folils deciduis. \ ** Leaves decidiiom, 



' 10. LlGUSTRlSA. 



A. pubescens ; foliis 1 Pubescent ,• Ieave« 



obovuto-lanceolatis, acu- obovate lanceolate, acu- 



minatis, tenuissime ser- 



nilatis ; raniis florifer 

 terminalibus, pahiculati 



minate, very finely ser- 



rulate ; flower beaiing 



branches teiminal, pani- 



sub- j culate, naked ; corolla 



globosis ; antheris muti- nearly e;lobose ; anthers 



*^*s. I unawned. 



Andromeda paniculata, Pursh, 1. p. 295. Mich. 1. p. 254. van 

 a. nudiflora, 



Vaccinium ligustrinum, Linn. . 



A_ shrub, varying in height from 3- 15 feet ; branches straggling. 

 and irregular. Leaves nearly sessile, so finely serrulate as sometimes 

 to appear entire Panicles terminal, with 1 or 2 small leaves occa- 

 sionally near the base of the branches. Peduncles clustered at each 

 bud (3--6), short, naked, 1 flowered. Corolla small, white, pubescent, 

 10 the accurate and extensive researches of Dr. Muhlenberg, Ameri- 

 can botanists are indebted for the real history of this plant. It ap^ 

 pears to have been the original Vaccinium ligustrinum of Liunttusj 

 It certainly agrees with the Linna-an description of that plant as far 

 as It extends. Modern botanists have viewed it a>» the Andromeda 

 paniculata of Lmmcus, but whoever attends to the description of that 

 plant, m the early editions of the Species Plantarum, will readily per- 

 Ctive that its great author must have had a verv different one in viewv 



Ihe A. racemosa, Walt. p. 138, probably befongs to this species. 



&rows m swamps, galls, and generally in damp soils. 



ff lowers May — June. ° ■> t 



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11. Frondosa. Mubl. Cat. 



A. pubescens ; folUs c | Pubescent : leaves oho 



bo V ato 



vate lanceolate, acute, ser- 

 tomentosis ; ra- rulate, tomentose : Bower 

 floriiens paniculatis, | bearing branches panicu 



f.iiosis;corollisglobosis;|late, leafy; corolla glo- 



an 



p. a9 



Pursh, bose : anthers avvued 



Andromeda paniculata, var. h, foliosiflora, Mich. 1. p. 254 

 mpi^!?' ^""^ ^^^* '^'S'l. Leaves nearly sessile ^eneralh 



metimes a^ammate, tomento.. on both surface 'Smfr 



