294 ERiCACE.-E, (heath family.) 



§ 1. LEUCOTIIOE proper. Anthers awnlcss; the cells sometimes ohscurdij 2- 

 polntcd: sti(jma (l./)ri>sscd<apitiite, b-raycd : racemes sessile {dense), produrnl (U 

 the time of flower in j from seal j buds in the axils of the coriaceous and shinin/j jicr- 

 sistent leaves of the preceding year, shorter than they : bracts persistent : bractlets 

 at the. Iiase of the short pediaU. (Seed-coat loose and cellular, icintj-likc.) 



1. L. axillaris, Don. Leaves lanceolate-oblong or oval, abruptly pointed or 

 acute, somewhat s])iiuilose-scrrulate, on very short petioles ; sepals broadly ovale. 

 (Andromeda axillaris, Lam.) — Banks of streams, Virginia, in tiie low country, 

 and southward. Feb. - April. — Siirub 2° - 4" high. 



2. L. Catesbsei. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed, SGVT\\\A\.c\\\\\vQ\\\vLic- 

 epinulosc appresscd teeth, conspicuously petiuled (.3' -6' long) ; sejials ovate-oblong, 

 often acute. ( Andr. Catesbai, Walt. A. axillaris, Micluc. A. spinulosa, Pursh. 

 L. spinulosa, Z)on.) — Moist banks of streams, Viriiinia alonj,^ tlie mountains, 

 and .southward. May. — Shrub 2° -4° high, with long spreading or recurved 

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



§2. EtiBOTRYS, Nutt. Anthers nwned: stigma simple: bractlets close to the 

 calyx, and, lilce the sepals, of a rigid texture, ovate or lanceolate, pointed: pla- 

 centie not pendulous : flowers very short-pedicel led, in long one-sided racemes, 

 which mostli/ terminate the branches, formed with them in the summer, but the 

 flower-buds not expanding till the following spring : bracts awl-shaped, deciduous: 

 leaves membranaceous and deciduous, serrulate, the midrib and veins beneath pu- 

 bescent. 



3. L. recurva, Buckley. Brnnrhes and racemes recurved-spreading ; leaves 

 lanceolate or ovate, taper-pointed ; sepals ovate ; anther-cells l-awned ; pod i>-lobed ,■ 

 seeds flat and eeJlitlar-wingcd. — Dry hills, Allcgiianies of Virginia and southward. 

 April. — Lower and more straggling than the next. 



4. L. racembsa. Branches and racemes mostly erect ; leaves oblong or oval- 

 lanceolate, acute; sepals ovate-lanceolate ; anther-cells each 2-awned ; pod not lobed ; 

 seeds angled and wingless. (Andromeda racemosa & A. paniculata, L) — Moist 

 thickets, Massachusetts to Virginia, near the coast, and southward. May, 

 June. — Shrub 4° - 6° high. Corolla cylindrical. 



8. CASSANDRA, Don. Leather-Leaf. 



Calyx of 5 distinct rigid ovate and acute sepals, imbricated in the bud, and 

 with a pair of similar bractlets. Corolla cylindrical-oblong, 5-toothed. Sta- 

 mens 10: anther-cells tapering into a tubular beak, and opening by a pore at 

 the apex, awnlcss. Pod depressed, 5-celied, many-seeded ; the pericarp of 2 

 layers, the outer 5-valved, the cartilaginous inner layer at length 10-valved. 

 Seeds flattened, wingless. — Low and much branched shrubs, with nearly ever- 

 green and coriaceous leaves, which are scurfy, especially underneath. Flowers 

 white, in the axils of the upper small leaves, forming small 1 -sided leafy ra- 

 cemes; the flower-buds formed in the summer and expanding early the next 

 spring. {Cassaiidni, a diiuglitcr of Priam and Hecuba.) 



1. C. calycul^ta, Don. Leaves oblong, obtuse, flat. (Andromeda caly- 

 culata, Z.) — Wet bogs: common northward: rare westward to North Wis- 

 consin. (Eu.) 



