ERICACEAE. 95 



hirsute: calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, 5-7 mm. long, acuminate: corolla 10-15 

 mm. wide: capsules about 3 mm. long. WICKY. 



Pinelands, nearly throughout Fla., except the F. Keys. (Cont.) Spr.-sum. 



6. LEUCOTHOE D. Don. Evergreen shrubs with weak stems and 

 branches. Leaves alternate: blades shallowly toothed, sometimes obscurely 

 so, or entire. Flowers in racemes from the axils of the persistent leaves. 

 Calyx-lobes longer than the tube; corolla white, ovoid or mostly urceolate: 

 lobes very short. Stamens 10, included: anthers awnless. Capsule depressed. 

 Spr. FETTER-BUSH. 



Leaf-blades toothed : filaments papillose-pubescent, straight : anthers prominently 

 bimucronate. 1. L. uxillaris. 



Leaf-blades entire : filaments villous, sigmoid-curved above : an- 

 thers obscurely bimucronate. 2. L. acumlnata. 



1. L. axiUaris (Lam.) D. Don. Shrub 1-2 m. tall: leaf -blades oblong to 

 oblong-lanceolate, 4-15 cm. long: larger calyx-lobes ovate: corolla 6-7 mm. 

 long; lobes ovate: capsules 6-7 mm. wide. 



Swamps and damp woods, n. Fla. and the adj. pen. (Cont.) 



2. L. acuminata (Ait.) D. Don. Shrub 1-4 m. tall: leaf -blades lanceolate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, 3-10 cm. long: larger calyx-lobes broadly ovate, ciliolate: 

 corolla 8-10 mm. long; lobes ovate: capsules about 5-6 mm. wide. 



Pond-margins and swamps, n. Fla. and the adj. pen. (Cont.) 



7. EUBOTRYS Nutt. Deciduous-leaved shrubs with rigid stems and 

 branches. Leaves alternate: blades finely toothed. Flowers in terminal 

 racemes. Calyx-lobes very short. Stamens 10, included: anthers awned. 

 Capsule depressed. Spr. 



Calyx less than % as long as the corolla : capsule exceeding the calyx-lobes. 



1. E. racemosa. 

 Calyx over y 2 as long as the corolla : capsule shorter than the 



calyx-lobes. 2. E. elongata. 



1. E. racemosa (L.) Nutt. Shrub 1-4 m. tall, the twigs glabrous, at least 

 in age: leaf -blades oblong or elliptic, 2-7 cm. long: calyx-lobes triangular, 

 becoming triangular-lanceolate or deltoid-ovate: corolla 8-9 mm. long: anthers 

 much shorter than the filaments: capsules 4-5 mm. wide. 



Swamps and damp thickets, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) 



2. E. elongata Small. Shrub 1-3 m. tall, the twigs copiously pubescent: leaf- 

 blades oblong or elliptic, or sometimes oblong-lanceolate or oblong-ovate, 2-5 

 cm. long: calyx-lobes lanceolate, often narrowly so: corolla 7-8 mm. long: 

 anthers slightly longer than the filaments: capsules 3-4 mm. wide. 



Swamps and wet sandy places n. Fla. (Cont.) 



8. ZENOBIA D. Don. Deciduous-leaved shrubs. Leaves alternate : blades 

 entire or shallowly toothed. Flowers in clusters from axillary buds. Calyx- 

 lobes 5, longer than the tube. Corolla white or pink, often campanulate: 

 lobes 5, very broad. Stamens 10, included: anthers slender-awned. Capsule 

 depressed. Spr. 



Pedicels and lower surfaces of the leaf-blades green : calyx less than 7 mm. wide. 



1. Z. cassinefolla. 

 Pedicels and lower surface of the leaf-blades densely glaucous : 



calyx over 7 mm. wide. 2. Z. pulverulenta. 



1. Z. cassinifolia (Vent.) Pollard. Shrub 1-2 m. tall, the foliape preen: le-\f- 

 blades oblong, varying to ovate or obovate, 2-6 cm. long, shallowly serrate: 

 corolla 8-10 mm. long. 



Low pinelands. n. Fla. (Cont.) 



