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ERICACEAE. (HEATH FAMILY.) 
elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, flat, nearly entire; bractlets 
ovate. — Bogs, common, especially northward. April, May. — Shrub 
1° -3P high. 
§ 5. Eubotrys, Nutt. — Calyx with 2 bractlets : corolla cylindrical , 
slightly contracted at the summit, 5-toothed : filaments smooth : an¬ 
thers tipped with 4 (rarely 2) erect aicns : pod depressed-globular: 
branched shrubs, with veiny and thin deciduous serrulate leaves, and 
numerous flowers closely set in simple one-sided spiked racemes . 
5. A. racemosa, L. (Racemed Andromeda.) Nearly 
smooth; leaves oval-lanceolate or oblong, acute; racemes erect or 
spreading; sepals ovate-lanceolate ; seeds angled, depressed, with a 
close coat. — Moist copses, Massachusetts to New Jersey near the 
coast, and southward. June. — Shrub 3° -5° high: racemes 2'-& 
long; bracts awl-shaped. 
6. MarIa, DC. — Calyx without bractlets: corolla ovoid-bell-shaped: 
filaments with 2 short bristle-like reflexed appendages at the apex . 
anthers awnless: pod ovate-conical , 5 -ribbed: seeds ascending, the 
coat rather loose: flowers in umbel-like clusters crowded on leafless 
branches, from buds developed in the axils of the deciduous leaves of 
the preceding year . 
6. A. Mariana, L. (Maryland Andromeda. Stagger- 
bush.) Nearly smooth; leaves thickish, oval or oblong, entire, 
somewhat shining; flowers large (P-J^ long), nodding. Sandy 
woods, Rhode Island to Penn, and southward, near the coast. June. 
— Shrub 2°-4° high. 
§ 7. Oxydendrum, DC. — Calyx without bractlets: corolla oblong- 
ovoid, narrowed at the summit, 5-toothed: filaments thickened, an 
thers awnless, the cells long and pointed: pod pyramidal, 5-ang • 
seeds ascending from the base, linear, with a loose coat taper-point 
at both ends: leaves deciduous, large, sour : flowers in slender some 
what 1-sided racemes crowded in a large terminal panicle: bracts an 
bractlets minute, deciduous. 
7. A. arborea, L. (Sorrel-tree. Sour-wood.) Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, pointed, shining above ; racemes and pods ®inute 
ly hoary. — Rich woods, Penn, and Ohio, southward. July. — & ta ^ 
shrub or tree with rough bark, 20^-60° high. Leaves 5'-6' long, 
turning bright scarlet early in autumn. 
8. CLETHRA, L. Sweet Pepperbush. 
Corolla of 5 distinct obovate-oblong petals. Stamens 10, ex. 
serted : anthers inversely arrow-shaped, inverted and reflexed 
the bud, opening by terminal pores or short slits. Style slender • 
stigmas 3. Pod 3-valved, 3-celled, many-seeded, inclosed in 
calyx. — Shrubs, with alternate and serrate deciduous leaves, a 
