216 ERICACE/E. 



Swamps and wet woods. Can. to Flor. June, July. T2. — Stem 4 — 6 feet 

 high, irregularly branched. Leaves on tihort petioles. Flow^ white, in ra- 

 cemes which are 3 or 4 inches long. Racemed Andrcrmeda. 



6. A. ligustriTUi Muhl. : pubescent ; leaves obovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 minutely serrulate ; flower-bearing branches terminal, paniculate, naked ; 

 corolla nearly globose, pubescent ; anthers unawned. A. paniculata Purs/i. 

 Vaccinium ligustrinum Linn. L/yonia paniculata Nutt. 



Swamps, &c. Can. to Car. June, July. T^ . — Stem 4 — 6 feet high, much 

 branched. Flowers in compound nearly naked and erect panicles. Corolla 

 small, white, pubescent. Pnvet Andromeda. 



5. CLETHRA. Lmn.— Sweet Pepper Bush. 



Calyx^-parted, persistent. Corolla 5-parted, almost 5-pe- 

 talled; the petals ovate-oblong. Stamens 10. Filaments subu- 

 late. Style straight. Capsule 3 -celled, 3-valved, enclosed by 

 the calyx. 



C. alnifolia Linnt : leaves cuneate-obovate, acute, serrate, smooth, green 

 on both sides ; racemes spiked, simple, bracteate, hoary tomentose. 



Swamps. Can. to Geor. W. to Ohio. July, Aug. Tj. — Stem 4 — 6 feet 

 high. Leaves sometimes slightly pubescent beneath. Flowers white, in long 

 terminal racemes or spikes, with downy pedicels. 



Common Sweet Pepper-hush. 



6. MENZIESIA. ;SwM.— Menziesia.- 



(Named in honor of Archibald Menzies, a botanist and physician who accom- 

 panied Vancouver in his voyage around the world.) 



Calyx campanulate, 4-cleft or 4-toothed. Corolla tubular or 

 globose ; limb very short, 4-to^hed, revolute. Stamens 8, in- 

 cluded. Filaments subulate, smooth. Stigma obtuse. Cap- 

 sule 4-celled, 4-valved. 



M. globularis Salisb. : branches ^nd pedicels somewhat hairy ; leaves 

 oval-lanceolate, ciliate, pubescent except on the nerves beneath, with a 

 sharp glandular point ; calyx 4-cleft ; corolla globose. M. Smithii Mich. 



Mountains. Penn. to Car. June. T^. — Stem 4 feet high. Leaves very hairy 

 when young. Flowers yellowish-brown. Globose Menziesia. 



1. PHYLLODOCE. Salisb.-— Aaxencdin Heath. 



(From the Greek <pv\\ov, a leaf, and Joww, to see ; in allusion to its peltate 

 stigma ?) 



Calyx 5-parted, the lobes often acuminate. Corolla ovate, 

 the orifice contracted, 5-toothed. Stamens 10, included. Fil- 

 aments smooth, slender. Anthers awnless. Stigma peltate. 

 Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, many-seeded. 



P. taxifolia Salisb. : stem branched ; leaves linear, toothed ; peduncles 

 terminal, 1-flowered, glandular-ptlose ; lobes of the calyx lanceolate, acu- 



