436 ERICACE^. Andromeda. 



§4. Ehbotrys, Nutt Calyx deeply 5-parted, bibracteolate i. corolla cylindrical-ovoid ; cells of the 

 anther distinct nearly to the base, each2-aioned at the summit, and opening by a terminal pore : 

 capsule depressed-globose ; the sutures prominent, but not separating from the valves : se^ 

 .... — Leaves deciduous : flowers in secund racemes. 



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4. Andromeda racemosa, Linn. Racemed Andromeda. 



Leaves oblong, serrulate, membranaceous, smooth above, slightly pubescent underneath ; 

 racemes naked, simple or somewhat compound, secund ; segments of the calyx ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 394 ; Michx. fl. 1. p. 255 ; Pursh, f,. l.p^ 294 ; Elf. 

 sk. 1 . p. 492 ; Nutt. gen. 1 . p. 265 ; Bigel. fi. Bost. p. 1 67 ; . Torr. fl. I. p. 420 ; Ee^k, 

 hot. p. 217; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 259. A. paniculata, Linn. Z. «. ; Walt. Jl. Can. p.«i68; 

 not of Ait., Michx., <^c. A. spicata, Wats, dendr. t. 36. Zenobia racemosa, DG. prodr. 7. 

 p. 598. Eubotrys racemosa, Nutt. in trans. Amer. phil. soc. {n. ser.) 8. p. 269. " 



A shrub 4-6 feet high, irregularly branched ; the bark of a grayish color. Leaves 1^ - 2j 

 inches long, acute at each end : petiole about a line long. Racemes numerous, 2-4 inches 

 long, terminating short rather spreading branches ; the flowers on sljort pedicels, riodding, 

 sweet-scented. Bracteoies ovate, acuminate. Calyx purplish and red, -scarcely one-fourth 

 the length of the corolla ; the segments somewhat spreading, finely ciliaw. Cor«lla nvH^te, 

 contracted at the mouth ; the segments small, and at length revolute. Stamens about half the 

 length of the corolla : fifements smooth : anthers deeply 2-cleft ; each lobe or cell terminated 

 by two acute rigid awns. Style cylindrical, exserted : stigma small, undivided. Capsule 

 coriaceous, umbilicate at the summit, dark purplish. 



Moist thickets and borders of swamps ; in the southern part of the State, and on Long 

 Island. Fl. June. Fr. August. A handsome species, bearing a profusion of flowers in 

 dense spike-like racemes. 



^ 5. Ltonia, Nutt. Calyx 5-parted : corolla somewhat globose : anthers awnless, opening by terminal 

 pores : capsule globose or ovoid ; the sutures thick and convex, at length separating and forming 

 narrow supernumerary valves : seeds oblong; the testa rather loose. — -Slaves deciduous or 

 evergreen: flowers small, mostly pubescent, paniculate or in axillary fascicles. 



5. Andromeda ligustrina, Muhl. Privet Andromeda. 



Leaves obovate-oblong, acuminate, obscurely serrulate, deciduous, minutely pubescent ; 

 flower-bearing branches^erminal, naked, paniculate ; corolla globose. — Muhl. cat. p. 44 ; 

 Ell. sk. 1. p. 490 ; Torr. fl. 1. p. 421 ; Beck, hot. p. 218 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 260. A. 

 paniculata, Willd. sp. 2. p. 612 ; Michx. fl. l.p. 254 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 295 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. 

 p. 167. Vaccinium ligustrinum, Linn. sp. 1. p. 351. Lyonia paniculata, Nutt. gen. 1. 

 p. 266 ; Don, I. c. ; Wats, dendr. 1. t. 37. L. ligustrina, DC. pwdr. 7. p. 599. 



A shrub 4-8 feet high, much branched, with a grayish bark. Leaves 1^-2 inches long, 



