634 ERICACEAE (HEATH FAMILY) 



and bearing a long recurved awn behind. Capsule 4-5-celled ; placentae many- 

 seeded, pendulous from the summit of the columella. Seeds smooth and wing- 

 less. Small arctic or alpine evergreen plants, with scale-like or needle-like 

 leaves, and solitary white or rose-colored flowers nodding on slender erect 

 peduncles. (Named for Cassiope, mother of Andromeda.) 



\. C. hypnoides (L.) D. Don. Tufted and procumbent, moss-like, 1-12 cm. 

 high ; leaves needle-shaped, loosely imbricated ; corolla 5-cleft ; style short and 

 conical. Alpine summits, Me., N. H., and N. Y., cliffs of L. Superior, and 

 high north w. June, July. (Eurasia. ) 



16. LEUC6THOE D. Don. FETTER BUSH 



Calyx of 5 nearly distinct sepals, imbricated in the bud. Stamens 10 ; anthers 

 naked, or the cells with 1 or 2 erect awns at the apex, opening by a pore. 

 Capsule depressed, more or less 5-lobed, 5-celled, 5-valved, the sutures not 

 thickened ; the many-seeded placentae borne on the summit of the short colu- 

 mella. Seeds mostly pendulous. Shrubs with petioled and serrulate leaves, 

 and white scaly-bracted flowers in dense axillary or terminal spiked racemes. 

 (Leucothoe, daughter of Orchamus, King of Babylonia, referred to by Ovid.) 



* Anthers awnless ; stigma 5-rayed ; racemes sessile, dense, with persistent bra<'t*. 



in the axils of thick and shining evergreen leaves ; calyx not bracteolat< . 



1. L. axillaris (Lain.) D. Don. Leaves lanceolate-oblong or oval, abrupt I >i 

 pointed or acute, somewhat spinulose-serrulate, on very Short petioles; sepnl* 

 broadly ovate. Low grounds, Va. to Fla. and Ala. Feb. -Apr. 



2. L. Catesbaei (Walt.) Gray. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed, ser- 

 rulate with ciliate-spinulose appressed teeth, conspicuously petioled, 7-15 em. 

 long; sepals ovate-oblong, often acute. Moist banks of streams, Va. to Ga. 

 along the mts. May. Shrub 1 m. high, with long spreading or recurved 

 branches. Flowers exhaling the unpleasant scent of Chestnut-blossoms. 



* * Anthers awned; stigma simple; flowers very short-pediceled, in long one- 



sided racemes mostly terminating the branches; bracts deciduon* ; //v/iv.s- 

 membranaceous and deciduous, serrulate ; calyx bibracteolate. 



3. L. recurva (Buckley) Gray. Branches and racemes recurve.d-sprea<>in<f ; 

 leaves lanceolate or ovate, taper-pointed; sepals ovate ; anther-cells \-aic n ': 

 pod 5-lobed; seeds flat and cellular-winged. Dry hills, Alleghenies of Va. to 

 Ala. Apr. Lower and more straggling than the next. 



4. L. racem&sa (L.) Gray. Branches and racemes mostly erect; leaves 

 oblong or oval-lanceolate, acute; sepals ovate-lancc<>}<>t< ; tmtlirr-rt'lls <><n-li 

 2-awned ; pod not lobed; seeds angled and wingless. Moist thickets, Mass, to 

 Fla. and La., near the coast. May, June. Shrub 1-3 in. high. Corolla 

 cylindrical. 



17. ANDR6MEDA L. 



Calyx of 6 nearly or partly distinct sepals, valvate in the bud, but very 

 soon separate or open. Corolla urceolate. Stamens 10 ; filaments unap- 

 pendaged ; anthers fixed near the middle, each cell bearing 1-2 awns. Capsule 

 subglobose, 5-celled, 5-valved, the sutures not thickened; the many-seeded 

 placentae borne on the summit or middle of the coluniella. Evergreen shrubs, 

 with umbeled, clustered, or panicled and raeeined pink or white flower-. 

 (Fancifully named by Linnaeus for .\inlrnnn'<l<i of Greek mythology.) 



* Anthers awned; capsule more or less globose ; J< ,in-s thirk mid < verffree*. 



1. BUANDR6MBDA Gray. Corolla globoae-urrml^tr ,- ,-//,-;* anther-cell 

 bearing a si ruder O8CHaing ">'' ; .xv. //> <>rL n-ilh <i smooth ,tnd shinin;/ 

 crustaceoit* <</(. 

 1. A. Polifblia L. Low shrub, with elongate em-ping base ; stem simple 



or with ascending branches, 5-30 cm. high : Irnrrs Hum,- t<> mm-otrly oblong, 



