96 ERICACEAE. 



2. Z. pulverulenta (Willd.) Pollard. Shrub 1-2 m. tall, the foliage glaucous: 

 leaf -blades oblong to oval, 2-7 cm. long, entire or obscurely serrate: corolla 

 6-7 mm. long. 



Pineland-swamps or low pinelands, n. Fla. (Cont.) 



9. AMPELOTHAMNUS Small. Evergreen shrubs or woody vines, the 

 branches nearly terete. Leaves alternate: blades rather broad, leathery, more 

 or less toothed above the middle, short-petioled. Flowers in raceme-like 

 panicles which are borne solitary in the leaf-axils. Calyx-lobes 5, of a lanceo- 

 late type, appressed to the corolla, leathery. Corolla white, ovoid, the tube 

 slightly, if at all angled: lobes very short, nearly erect. Filaments flat, broad, 

 sigmoid-curved near the top, unappendaged: anthers appendaged. Capsule 

 spheroidal. 



1. A. phillyreifolius (Hook.) Small. Shrub with weak branches and puberu- 

 lent twigs, or a vine: leaf -blades oblong to elliptic, or oval, or rarely oblong- 

 oblanceolate or obovate, 2-7 cm. long, serrate near the apex: calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate or narrowly triangular-lanceolate, mostly \ as long as the corolla: 

 corolla 7-8.5 mm. long: capsules slightly depressed, 3-4 mm. long. 



Shallow ponds, swamps, low thickets, and low pinelands, m. and w. Pla. (Get.) 

 Winter-spr. 



10. DBSMOTHAMNUS Small. Evergreen shrubs with prominently 

 angled branches and glabrous foliage. Leaves alternate: blades thick-leathery, 

 broad, entire, with intramarginal veins, short-petioled. Flowers in clusters 

 axillary to the leaves of the preceding year. Calyx-lobes 5, narrow, somewhat 

 succulent, persistent. Corolla white, pink, or red, ovoid-conic, urceolate, nod- 

 ding, constricted at the orifice. Filaments slender above the slightly dilated 

 bsaes, glabrous, each with a pair of appendages near the top: anthers unap- 

 pendaged. Style fusiform. Capsule globose or ovoid-globose, rounded at the 

 apex, the sutures thickened. 



1. D. nitidus (Bartr.) Small. Evergreen shrub 1.5-2 m. tall: leaf -blades 

 leathery, elliptic to oval or obovate, 2-8 cm. long, abruptly acuminate: flower- 

 clusters axillary: calyx-lobes narrowly lanceolate, acuminate: corolla white or 

 rose, 7-9 mm. long, fully twice as long as the calyx: capsules 3.5-4 mm. long. 

 Spr. FETTER-BUSH. 



Low pinelands and swamps, nearly throughout Pla., except the F. Keys. (Cont.) 



11. NEOPEERIS Britton. Deciduous-leaved shrubs with terete branches 

 and sparingly pubescent or glabrate foliage. Leaves alternate: blades thin- 

 leathery, broad, entire, without intramarginal veins, short-petioled. Flowers 

 in clusters along the leafless branches of the previous year. Calyx-lobes 5, 

 narrow, deciduous with the leaves. Corolla white or pale, cylindraceous-cam- 

 panulate, nodding. Filaments flat, pubescent, each with a pair of appendages 

 near the top: anthers unappendaged. Style columnar. Capsule of an ovoid 

 type, truncate at the contracted apex, the sutures much thickened. 



1. N. mariana (L.) Britton. Deciduous-leaved shrub 1-2 m. tall: leaf-blades 

 membranous, oblong to oval, or nearly so, 2-6 cm. long, obtuse or apiculate: 

 flower-clusters lateral: calyx-lobes broadly lanceolate, acute: corolla white or 



