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, calyx-lobes triangular-ovate, acute; corolla 2//-3/’ in 
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white, drooping, in terminal umbels. Calyx deeply 5-parted, persistent, the lobes not im- 
bricated. Corolla globose-urceolate, 5-toothed, the teeth recurved. Stamens Io, included; 
filaments bearded; anthers attached to the filaments at about the middle, ovate, obtuse, the 
sacs opening by large terminal pores, each with a reflexed awn. Disk 10-lobed. Ovary 5- 
celled; style columnar; stigma simple; ovules numerous. Capsule subglobose, 5-angled, 
loculicidally 5-valved, many-seeded, the top intruded. Seeds oval, spreading in all direc- 
tions, the testa smooth, coriaceous, shining. [Named for Andromeda of mythology.] 
A monotypic genus of the north temperate and subarctic zone. 
1. Andromeda Polifdlia L. Wild Rosemary. 
Marsh Holy Rose. Moorwort. (Fig. 2767.) 
Andromeda Polifolia I,. Sp. Pl. 393. 1753. 
A shrub, 1°-3° high, usually little branched, the 
foliage acid. Leaves linear, linear-oblong or lanceo- 
late-oblong, sometimes slightly spatulate, acute or ob- 
tusish, mucronulate, narrowed at the base, dark green 
above, prominently white-glaucous beneath, 1/-2'4/ 
long, 2//-4/’ wide, the margins strongly revolute; 
petioles about 1// long; umbels few-flowered, terminal; 
bracts small, ovate, persistent; pedicels 4’/’-6’’ long; 
diameter; capsule about 2’ in diameter, about as long 
«In bogs, Labrador and Newfoundland through arctic 
America to Alaska, south to northern New Jersey, Penn- 
sylvania, Michigan and British Columbia. Also in north- 
ern Europe and Asia. May-June. 
13. PIERIS D. Don, Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 17: 159. 1834. 
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, persistent or tardily deciduous, petioled, entire or 
serrulate. Flowers mostly white, in terminal or axillary bracted racemes or umbels, the ped- 
icels commonly 1-3-bracteolate. Calyx deeply 5-parted, the lobes ovate, acute, valvate in 
the bud, soon spreading, persistent. Corolla urceolate-cylindric, 5-toothed, the teeth re- 
curved. Stamens 10, included; filaments narrow, often pubescent or ciliate, 2-toothed or 2- 
spurred at or below the apex, or unappendaged; anthers oblong or ovoid, the sacs opening 
by large terminal oval pores, each with a slender awn on its back at the junction with the 
filament, or awnless. Disk 1o-lobed. Ovary 5-celled; ovules numerous; style columnar; 
stigma truncate. Capsule globose or ovoid, 5-angled, 5-celled. Seeds numerous, linear-ob- 
long, not winged, clavate or falcate, the testa smooth, membranous. [Name from one of the 
Muses. ] 
About 12 species, natives of eastern North America, Cuba, eastern Asia and the Himalayas. 
Leaves coriaceous, evergreen, serrulate; flowers racemose. 1. P. floribunda. 
Leaves coriaceous, evergreen, entire; flowers in axillary umbels. 2. P. nitida. 
Leaves membranous, deciduous, entire; flowers in lateral umbels. 3. P. Mariana. 
1. Pieris floribinda (Pursh) Benth. & 
Hook. Mountain Fetter-bush. (Fig. 2768.) 
Andromeda floribunda Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 293. 1814. 
Portuna floribunda Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soe. (II) 
8: 268. 1843. 
Pieris floribunda Benth.& Hook.Gen. Pl. 2: 588. 1876. 
A shrub, 2°-6° high, with nearly erect bristly or 
strigose-pubescent very leafy branches. Leaves 
oblong to ovate lanceolate, coriaceous, persistent, 
evergreen, serrulate and bristly-ciliate, glabrous 
above, black-dotted beneath, acute or acuminate at 
the apex, usually rounded or obtuse at the base, 
11%4/-3/ long, 1%4’-1’ wide; petioles 2’/-4’’ long, 
very bristly, at least when young; flowers white, in 
terminal clustered slender dense racemes, drooping, 
about 314’ long; calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, valvate in the 5-angled bud; corolla slightly 
5-angled, 5-saccate at the base; filaments unappen- 
daged; capsule globose-ovoid, about 2’’ high, longer 
than the slender style; seeds linear-oblong, the testa 
loose and cellular. 
Mountains of Virginia to Georgia. May. 
