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toothed. Stamens 10. Filaments hairy. Anthers erect, ob- 

 long, not awned. Style pentagonal. Capsule pyramidal, pen- 

 tagonal, 5-celled, 5-valved, the valves septiferous in the middle. 



0. arboreum D.C.: smooth; branches terete; leaves petioled, oblong, 

 acuminate, serrate ; panicles terminal, many-spiked ; corolla ovate, pubes- 

 cent on the outside. Andromeda arborea Linn. 



Mountain valleys. Penn. and Ohio to Flor. June, July. A beautiful 

 tree 40 50 feet high. Leaves large, shining above, paler beneath, having an 

 acid taste. Flowers white, in large terminal panicles consisting of numerous 

 secund racemes or spikes. Sorrel Tree. 



4. ANDROMEDA. Linn. Andromeda. 



(Thus named in allusion to the fabled exposure of Andromeda; from the place 

 of growth of some species.) 



Calyx 5-parted, the segments acute. Corolla ovate, globose 

 or somewhat campanulate, 5-cleft. Stamens 10. Capsule 5- 

 celled, 5-valved. 



* Leaves evergreen. 



1. A. Aypnoides Linn.: leaves imbricate, subulate, smooth; pedicels ter- 

 minal, 1-flowered ; corolla nodding, globose-campanulate, deeply 3-cleft. 

 Cassiope hypnoides D. C. 



White Hills, N. H. N. W. Coast. June. \i.Stem creeping ; flowering 

 branches erect. Flowers white, tinged with red. It resembles a moss. 



Moss Andromeda. 



2. A. poli/folia Linn. : leaves linear-lanceolate, revolute on the margin, 

 whitish-glaucous beneath ; flowers in short terminal racemes. 



Sphagnous swamps. Labrador to Penn. June. fy Stem 12 18 inches 

 high. Leaves 1 2 inches long, coriaceous, varying from linear to oblong. 

 Flowers white, tinged with red. Wild Rosemary. 



3. A. calyculata Linn. : leaves elliptic-oblong, rather obtuse, subrevo- 

 lute, ferruginous beneath; racemes terminal, leafy ; corolla ovate-oblong, 

 with the orifice contracted ; calyx bi bracteate. Cassandra calyculata Don. 



Swamps. Can. to Car. W. to Miss. April, May. ^7. Stem 3 4 feet high. 

 Leaves coriaceous, covered with white dots above, pale beneath. Flowers 

 white, solitary, on short securid pedicels. Box-leaved Andromeda. 



** Leaves deciduous. 



4. A. Mariana Linn. : leaves oval, somewhat acute, entire, smooth 

 above, pale and somewhat pubescent beneath, subcoriaceous ; flowering 

 branches nearly naked; pedicels fasciculate; calyx leafy; corolla ovoid- 

 cylindric ; filaments hairy. Leucothoe Mariana D. C. 



Sandy soils. N. Y. to Flor. June, July. T?. Stem 2 3 feet high. Leaves 

 on short petioles. Flowers white and pale-red, large, arranged in short sesdie 

 fasciculate racemes. Supposed to be poisonous to lambs. Kill-lamb. 



5. A. racemosa Mich. : leaves oblong, serrulate, membranaceous, smooth 

 above, somewhat pubescent beneath ; racemes terminal, secund, simple or 

 branched; corolla oblong-cylindric, contracted at the mouth; anthers 4- 

 awned at the summit. A. paniculata Walt. Zenobia racemosa D. C. 



