488 Order 73.— ERICACEAE. 



p. ehombifolia. Lvs. roundish-oval, obtuse or abruptly pointed ; cal half as 

 long as the turgid-ovate corolla. (A. rhombifolia Pers. ?) 



10 A. Mariana L. Staggerbush. Glabrous; lvs. deciduous, oval, subacuto 

 at each end, flat, entire, subcoriaceous, paler beneath ; flowering branches leaf- 

 less ; pedicels fasciculate ; cal lobes linear, foliaceous : cor. ovate-cylindric ; stain. 

 10, fil. villous. — Woods and dry, sandy soils, N. J., Penn. to Fla., common. An 

 ornamental shrub, 2 to 3f high, with very smooth, deciduous foliage, and largo 

 (5" long), white or pale red fls. Caps, urn-shaped, tho valvelets narrow-linear. 

 Seeds angular. Jn., Jl. — After flowering the calyx and corolla sometimes become* 

 very largo and erect, as if diseased. (Leucothoe, G. Bon.) 



11 A. axillaris Lam. Lvs. oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, acute, or slightly pointed, 

 petiolate, spinulous-serrulate, glabrous, or minutely strigous beneath ; fls. in axil- 

 lary, dense racemes, not drooping, much shorter than the lvs. ; scp. broad-ovate, ob- 

 tusish ; cor. ovoid-cylindrical. — Banks of streams, Va. to Pla. in tho low country, 

 common. Shrub 2 to 3f high. Lvs. largo (3 to 5' long). Rac, spike-like, inter- 

 rupted. Feb., Mar. ; again in Sept. 



12 A. Catesb&i Walt. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, conspicuously acuminate, rounded 

 at base, petiolate, serrulate, with apprised, rpinulous teeth, thick, slrigtius be- 

 neath ; fls. in spicate, drooping racemts as long as the blade of the leaves • sep. 

 ovate-oblong, acute. — Banks of streams, Penn. (Miss Carpenter, Blue Ridge), to 

 Ga. in the mountainous district. Rac. 2 to 3' in length, on tho long, recurved 

 branches. May. (Leucothoe, Gray.) 



13 A. acuminata L. Pipe-wood. Lvs. very smooth, rigid, ovate and lanceo- 

 late, gradually acuminate, entire, on short petioles; rac. few-jiowered ; cor. cylin- 

 drical ; sep. broad-ovate, acute ; caps, globular, strongly lobed. — Shady swamps, 

 S. Cer. to Fla. Sts. 3 to lOf high, straight and hollow. Lvs. 2 to 4-' long, 1' 

 wide. Fls. white, abundant and handsome. Apr. — Tho stems are used by 

 smokers in pipe-making. 



14 A. ligustrina Muhl. Pubescent; lvs. deciduous, obovato-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate-cuspidate, finely serrulate ; fls. somewhat paniculate, in terminal leafless 

 racemes; caps. 5-angled by the linear valvelets. — ishrub, 4 to 8f high, in swamps, 

 &C., Mid. and S. States. Lvs. abruptly acuminate, paler beneath. 2 to 3 f long and 

 nearly half as wide, on short petioles. Fls. small (1" long), nearly globous, white, 

 in dense panicles. 



(1. frondosa. Panicle with small lvs. scattered among the fls. (A. frondosa 

 Muhl.) 



15 A. ferruginea Walt. Shrubby; lvs. evergreen, distant (not croicded), oblan- 

 ceolate or obovate, obtuse, tapering to very short petioles, thick, rovolute-edged, 

 rust-scaly beneath ; fls. in axillary umbels ; valvelets of tho capsules nearly as 

 large as the valves. — Pine woods, Ga. and Fla. Shrub 3 to 5f high. Lvs. 1 to 

 2' long. Fruit appearing when open as if 10-valved. Jn. 



16 A. rigida Ph. Arborescent ; branches rigid, erect ; lvs. rigid, coriaceous, 

 crowded, obovate, acute, strongly revolute edged, rust-scaly beneath ; fls. numer- 

 ous, in axillary umbels, blossoming in April ; fruit as in the last. — Sandy pine 

 barrens, S. Car. to Fla. A small tree, 10 to 20f high, remarkably rigid and leafy. 

 Lvs. 1' long, palo or yellowish -green. 



17 A. montana Buckley. Lvs. evergreen, ovate-lanceolato, minutely serrate cr 

 entire, ciliate ; fls. in large, terminal and axillary panicles ; pedicels 3-bracted, 

 bracts subulate, the 2 upper opposite ; ped. pubescent. — High Mts. of N. Car. 

 Shrub 5 to 6f high. Lvs. 2' by 1', tho petiolo 6" long. Stem above sprinkled 

 with mucronato glands. 



12. OXY DEN DRUM, DC. Sorrel-tree. (Gr. 6*vg, sour, divdpov, 

 a tree; the herbage is sour to the taste.) Sepals bractless, valvate in 

 the early bud ; corolla urceolate, ovoid, 5-toothed ; stamens 10, anthers 

 linear, erect, awnless, cells opening lengthwise ; capsule oblong, trun- 

 cate, 5-celIed, 5-valved, placentas below, seeds many, ascending. — A 

 tree, with deciduous, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate 

 lvs. and terminal panicles of slender, spicate racemes. 



