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8. ANDROMEDA, L. 



Calvx deeply 5-parted, valvate in the early laid. Corolla 5-toothed. Sta- 

 inei.s 10: anther cells opening by a terminal pore. Capsule 5-celled, 5 -valved, 

 m;ui v seeded. Seeds pendulous or spreading. Shrubs. Leaves alternate. 

 Flowers in lateral and terminal racemes or clusters, nodding. 



* Flowers in racemes : corolla ovoid or urn-shaped: anther cells l-awned on the 



back: leaves coriaceous, evergreen. 



1. A. floribunda, Pursh. Young branches, leaves, and racemes hir- 

 sute; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, bristly -serrulate ; racemes dense-flowered, 

 crowded in a terminal panicle; calyx lobes ovate, acute. Damp soil ahmg 

 the mountains. April. Shrub 3 - 10 high. Flowers very numerous.^ 



2. A. phillyressfolia, Hook. Smooth; stem alternately leafy and 

 bracted ; leaves oblong or lauceolate-obloug, obtuse, glandular-serrate near 

 the apex; racemes solitary, axillary, loosely 4- 12-flowered ; calyx lobes 

 lanceolate ; corolla ovoid ; capsule depressed-globose. Shallow ponds in the 

 pine barrens, chiefly near the coast, West Florida. Jan. - March. Shrub 

 l-2 high. 



* * Flowers in umbel-like clusters: capsule more or less ribbed at the sutures, the 



ribs separating at maturity. 



*- Corolla ovate, cylindrical, or somewhat bell-shaped: anthers or Jilaments 

 awned : capsule ovate, truncate: shrubs smooth throughout. 



3. A. nitida, Bartr. Branches 3 -angled; leaves evergreen, ovate or 

 oblong, entire, shining; clusters axillary, very numerous, 6- 12-flowered; 

 scpiils lanceolate-ovate, spreading; corolla cylindrical-ovate, gibbous at the 

 base ; filaments 2-awned at the apex. Low pine barrens, common. March - 

 May. Shrub 2 -6 high. Corolla white, red, or purple, odorous. 



4. A. Mariana, L. Leaves deciduous, oblong, obtuse or acute, entire ; 

 flowerinf stems commonly leafless ; calyx lobes lanceolate, acute, half as long 

 as the large (' long) cylindrical white corolla; filaments 2-awned near the 

 a p ex> Damp soil near the coast, Florida, and northward. April -May. 

 Stem 2 - 4 high, often simple. Leaves 2' - 3' long. 



5. A. speciosa, Michx. Leaves deciduous, oblong or elliptical, obtuse, 

 serrate, often whitish beneath ; flowering stems mostly leafless ; calyx lobes 

 ovate, several times shorter than the large bell-shaped white corolla ; anther 

 cells 2-awned at the apex. Low pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. 

 Shrub 3 -4 high. 



+. ^_ Corolla small, nearly globular, scurfy: anthers and Jilaments aivnless. 

 capsule globose : shrubs pubescent, or scurfy. 



6. A. ferruginea, Walt. Branches and young leaves scurfy ; leaves 

 evergreen, obovate or lanceolate-obovate, rigid, at length smooth above and 

 whitish beneath; the margins mostly revolute ; clusters few-flowered. (A. 

 rigida, Pursh.} Low sandy pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina, and 

 westward. A low shrub or small tree. Branches very leafy, rigid. Leaves 

 I'-l'long. 



7. A. ligustrina, Muhl. Leaves deciduous, oblong or oblong-obovate, 

 serrulate, acute, pubescent like the branches, paler beneath ; clusters few- 



