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DESCRIPTION'S OF THE SHRUBS 



FIG. 427. Sourwood. 



FIG. 428. Stagger-bush. 



KEY TO THE ANDROMEDA-LIKE SHKUBS 



* Leaves thick and evergreen (Privet Andromeda of the 2d * is nearly 



evergreen). . (A.) 



A. Flowers very small, $ inch long, globular, nodding and clus- 

 tered in axils of somewhat reduced leaves, Feb.-April. Shrub 

 or tree with scurfy twigs, 5-25 feet tall. SCURFY ANDROMEDA 

 (417) Andromeda (Xolisma) ferruginea. 



A. Flowers more elongated usually twice as long as wide. (B.) 

 B. Flowers in one-sided racemes. (C.) 



C. Flower-clusters with large leaf-like bracts as long as the flow- 

 ers, April-June ; leaves densely covered with small round 

 scurfy scales. Shrub 1-4 feet high. LEATHER LEAF (418) 



- Chamsedaphne calyculata. 



C. Bracts, of the flower clusters, much smaller or absent. (D.) 



D. Leaves large, 3-6 inches, with bristly-tipped teeth ; flow- 



ers slender (nearly \ inch long), April. 2-6 feet, hardy 



\vith protection to New York. CATESBY'S LEUCOTHOE 



(419) Leucdthoe CatesbSei. 



D. Leaves somewhat smaller without bristly teeth ; young 



