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pinkish, 10-12 mm. long, less than twice as long as the calyx: capsules 7-9 mm. 

 long. STAGGER-BUSH. 



Low woods, swamps, and pinelands, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) Spr. 



12. XOLISMA Eaf. Evergreen shrubs with lepidate foliage. Leaves 

 alternate: blades leathery, or entire or nearly so, often reticulate, short- 

 petioled. Flower-clusters in the axils of the persistent leaves of the previous 

 year. Calyx-lobes broad, short, persistent. Corolla white or pink, globular to 

 urceolate, with short spreading or recurved lobes. Filaments tapering up to 

 the anthers, unappendaged. Capsule somewhat elongate, often of an ovoid 

 type, prominently angled. Spr. 



Leaves slightly reduced toward the ends of the branches ; blades inconspicuously 

 reticulate. 1. J. ferruginea. 



Leaves much reduced toward the ends of the branches ; blades 



prominently reticulate. 2. X. fruticosa. 



1. X. ferruginea (Wait.) Heller. Evergreen tree sometimes 5 m. tall or shrub: 

 leaves not much reduced in size at the ends of the branches; blades elliptic, oval, 

 obovate, or oblanceolate, 2.5-7 cm. long, scarcely reticulate: corolla 2.5-3 mm. 

 long, angled at the base: capsules 4.5-5 mm. long. 



Hammocks and scrublands, n. Pla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) 



2. X. fruticosa (Michx.) Nash. Evergreen shrub 1-3 m. tall: leaves much 

 reduced toward the ends of the branches; blades oval, obovate, or oblanceo- 

 late, reticulate, corolla 3.5-5 mm. long, rounded at the base : capsules 4-4.5 mm. 

 long. 



Hammocks and pinelands, e. and pen. Fla. (Cont.) 



13. ARSENOCOCCUS Small. Deciduous-leaved shrubs with more or less 

 pubescent foliage. Leaves alternate: blades membranous or thickish, sessile 

 or short-petioled. Flower-clusters in terminal panicled racemes. Calyx-lobes 

 broad, short, persistent. Corolla urceolate, usually globular or depressed, with 

 very short spreading or recurved lobes. Filaments thickened below the anthers, 

 unappendaged. Capsules depressed, usually spheroidal, not angled. Spr. 

 MALE-BERRY. 



Racemes and panicles naked or nearly so. 1. A. frondosus. 



Racemes and panicles leafy-bracted. 2. A. Ugustrinus. 



1. A. frondosus (Pursh) Small. Deciduous-leaved shrub 1-4 m. tall: leaf- 

 blades oblong to narrowly elliptic, or sometimes oval or obovate, 2-8 cm. long, 

 serrulate: corolla mostly less than 3.5 mm. long, often depressed: capsules 

 mainly 2.5-3 mm. wide. [Andromeda paniculata foliosiflora Michx.] 



Swamps and low pinelands, e. and pen. Fla. (Cont.) 



2. A. ligustrinus (L.) Small. Deciduous-leaved shrub 1-4 m. tall: leaf- 

 blades oblong, elliptic, or obovate, 3-7 cm. long, entire or indistinctly serru- 

 late: corolla mostly over 3.5 mm. long, not depressed: capsules mainly 34 

 mm. wide. 



Hillsides and swamps, m. and w. Fla. (Cont.) 



14. OXYDENDRON DC. Deciduous-leaved shrubs or trees. Leaves alter- 

 nate: blades serrate. Flowers drooping in horizontally expanded panicles. 

 Calyx-lobes 5, persistent. Corolla white, ovoid or conic, 5-lobed. Filaments 

 dilated, pubescent all over: anthers linear, awnless, narrower than the fila- 

 ments. Stigma entire. Capsule ovoid, erect on a recurved pedicel, the valve- 

 margins thickened. 



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