Vor, II.] HEATH FAMILY. 569 
2. Pieris nitida (Bartr.) Benth. & Hook. Fetter-bush. (Fig. 2769.) 
oe Meg nitida Bartr.; Marsh. Arb. Amer. 
apeiaes nitida Benth. & Hook. Gen. Pl. 2: 588. 
1876. 
A glabrous shrub, 2°-6° high, the 
branches slender, ascending or erect, leafy, 
acutely angled, sparingly black-dotted. 
Leaves short-petioled, coriaceous, ever- 
green, oblong, oval, oblong lanceolate, or 
obovate, acuminate or acute at the apex, 
narrowed at the base, somewhat black- 
dotted beneath, the margins entire, revo- 
lute, bordered by an intra-marginal nerve; 
flowers in axillary umbels, nodding or 
spreading; pedicels 2/’/-4’” long; calyx- 
segments ovate-lanceolate, rigid, purplish, 
valyate in the bud, soon spreading; corolla 
white or red, ovoid-cylindric, narrowed at 
the throat, 3/’-4’’ long; filaments 2-spurred; 
style thickened above the middle; capsule 
globose, about as long as the calyx-seg- 
ments; seeds club-shaped. 
In wet woods, southeastern Virginia to 
Florida and Louisiana. Alsoin Cuba, April- 
May. 
Andromeda Mariana \,. Sp. Pl. 393. 1753. 
sid Mariana Benth. & Hook. Gen. Pl. 2: 588. 
76. 
A shrub, 1°-4° high, the branches nearly 
erect, slender, glabrous or nearly so, black- 
dotted. Leaves membranous, tardily decidu- 
ous, oval or oblong, glabrous above, sparingly 
pubescent on the veins and black-dotted 
beneath, acute or obtuse, narrowed or some- 
times obtuse at the base, entire, 2’-3/ long, 
the margins slightly revolute; flowers nod- 
ding in lateral umbels on the nearly leafless 
branches of the preceding season, forming an 
elongated compound inflorescence; calyx- 
segments lanceolate, acuminate, almost folia- 
ceous, deciduous; corolla ovoid-cylindric, 
white, or faintly pink, 5’’-6’’ long; filaments 
pubescent on the outer side, usually with 2 
setose appendages below the summit; capsule 
ovoid-pyramidal, 114’/-2’’ high, truncate, 
about as long as the sepals; seeds club-shaped. 
In sandy soil, Rhode Island to Florida, 
mostly near the coast. Also in Tennessee and 
Arkansas (according to Gray). May-July. 
14. XOLISMA Raf. Am. Month. Mag. 4: 193. 1819. 
{Lyonra Nutt. Gen. 1: 266. 1818. Not Raf., 1808, nor Ell., 1817.] 
Tall shrubs, or small trees, with terete twigs, alternate short-petioled leaves, and small 
mostly white flowers in terminal or axillary, usually panicled racemes or clusters. Calyx 4- 
5-lobed or 4-5-cleft, the lobes not imbricated, valvate. Corolla globose, or urceolate, pu- 
bescent, 4-5-toothed, the teeth recurved. Stamens 8-10, included; filaments flat, incurved, 
pubescent; anthers attached to the filaments near their bases, truncate, not awned, the sacs 
opening by large terminal pores. Disk 8-10-lobed. Ovary 4-5-celled; style columnar; 
stigma truncate; ovules numerous, pendulous, attached to the upper part of the placentae. 
Capsule globose or ovoid, 4-5-angled, loculicidally 4-5-valved, its apex intruded. Seeds 
numerous, elongated, the testa membranous, loose, reticulated. [Name unexplained. ] 
About to species, natives of eastern North America, the West Indies and Mexico. Besides the 
following, another occurs in the southern United States. 
