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Stem prostrate, 6 to 12 or 15 inches long, branching. Leaves 1 to near 3 inches 

 long, reticulately veined; petioles % an inch to an inch in length. Flowers in 

 gmall fasciculate racemes, very fragrant; pedicels 1 or 2 lines long; coroUa pale 

 red or reddish-white, the tube ^ to half an inch in length. 

 HaJb. Hilly woods, of northern exposure : frequent. Fl. April. Fr. July. 



241. AlVDROM'EDA, L. 



[So named, in allusion to the classic story of Andromeda.] 

 Calyx 5-parted, sometimes bracteolate at base. Corolla ovoid, or 

 subcylindric, mostly 5-toothed. Stamens usually 10, included; an- 

 thers awnless, or awned, opening by terminal pores or slits. Cap- 

 sule 5-celled, many-seeded. Shrubs : leaves (of the following species) 

 deciduous ; flowers racemose, or fasciculate. 



g 1. Calyx without bractlets ; anthers awnless. 

 f Corolla globular ; capsule subglobose. 



1. A, liarustriiia, Muhl. Leaves obovate-oblong, acuminate; 

 racemes paniculate, mostly naked ; flowers small. 

 PRIVET-LIKE ANDROMEDA. Pepper-bush. 



Stem 3 to 6 or 8 feet high, with numerous rather erect branches. Leaves 1 to 

 near 3 inches long, obscurely serrulate; petioles 1 to 3 lines in length. Racemes 

 % an inch to an inch and half long, often a little compound, arranged panicujately 

 on the terminal branches of the preceding year ; pedicels %to%of an inch long, 

 often in fascicles of 2 to 5; corotta white. 



Hob. Moist woods, and thickets i frequent. Fl. June. Fr. Sept. 

 f f Corolla ovoid-oblong ; capsule pyramidal. 



2. A. Mariana, L. Leaves oval, entire, thickish and subco- 

 riaceous ; racemes short, sessile ; pedicels fasciculate ; flowers 

 rather large. 



MARYLAND ANDROMEDA. Stagger-bush. 



Stem 2 to 3 or 4 feet high, with erect branches, and a cinereous black-dotted bark. 

 Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, shortly and bluntly mucronate ; petioles about } of an 

 i nch in length. Flowers fasciculate on the old branches, from terminal and lat- 

 eral buds, unaccompanied with leaves ; pedicels about half an inch long (of the 

 fruit, near an inch), with ovate bracts, like bud-scales, at base ; corolla white, or 

 tinged with pale red. 

 Hob. Hilly woodlands : not common. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 



Obs. This shrub is somewhat rare, here ; but is very common in 

 New Jersey, where the farmers think it is injurious to sheep, when 

 eaten by them.; producing a disease called the staggers. 



g 2. Calyx bibracteolate ; anthers tipt with 4 erect awns. 



3. A. racemosa, L f Leaves oval-lanceolate, serrulate, thin ; 

 racemes longish, secund, mostly simple. 



RACEMOSE ANDROMEDA. 



Stem 3 to 5 feet high, with slender straggling branches, and a cinereous exfolia- 

 ting bark. Leaves \% to 3 inch.es long, mucronate, rather obtuse at base; petioles 

 about a line in length., Racemes numerous, 2 to 3 or 4 inches long, leafless, t* 

 minal on short spreading branchlets ; flowers nodding, or ranged along the under 

 aide, on short ihick&h pedicels ; 'calyx purple; coroUa white (purple in the bud)i 

 nearly cylindric; capsule small, depressed-globose, umbilicate. 

 Hob. Moist thicket*: not common. Fl. June. Fr. 



