216 EKICACE/E. 



Swamps and wet woods. Can. to Flor. June, July. 17.- Stem 4 6 feet 

 high, irregularly branched. Leaves on short petioles. Flowers white, in ra- 

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



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

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

 corolla nearly globose, pubescent ; anthers unawned. A. paniculate: Pursfi. 

 Vaccinium ligustrinum Linn. Lyonia 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. Linn. Sweet Pepper Bush. 

 Calyx 5-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 Linn. : 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. \i.Stem 46 feet 

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

 terminal racemes or spikes, with downy pedicels. 



Common Sweet Pepper-buslu 



6. MENZIESIA. Smith. Menziesia. 



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

 panied Vancouver hi his voyage around the world.) 



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

 globose ; limb very short, 4-toothed, revolute. Stamens 8, in- 

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

 sule 4 -celled, 4-valved. 



M. globularis Salisb. : branches and 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. lo Car. June. \i- Stem 4 feet high. Leaves very hairy 

 when young. Flowers yellowish-brown. Globose Menziesia. 



7. PHYLLODOCE. Salisb. American Heath. 



(From the Greek (pv\\ov } a leaf, and (Wcw, 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- 



