KKV T<) THK ANDKO.MKDA LIKi: SHUCKS 



twigs hairy. 2-5 fed, hardy. DOWNY Li:u< OTIIOK Leu- 

 cothoe axillaris. 



D. Leaves (1-3 inches) with small teeth and bristly edges, 

 black-dotted beneath; flower-clusters somewhat nodding, 

 May. 2-(> feet. MOUNTAIN FETTER BUSH (420) Andro- 

 meda floribunda (Pieris floribunda). 



D. Similar to the last but the flowers are much larger and in 



more drooping clusters and the plant is much taller to 



30 feet. JAPAN FETTER BUSH (421) 1'ieris japonica 



(P. ovalifolia) . 



D. Similar to the last two but with larger leaves, 3-5 inches 



long. INDIAN FETTER-BUSH Pieris formosa. 



B. Flowers in pendent terminal umbels ; leaves linear, entire with 

 rolled edges. 1-3 feet. MARSH ANDROMEDA (422) or WILD 

 ROSEMARY Andromeda polifolia. 



B. Flowers in close axillary umbels ; leaves oval, entire with 

 slightly rolled edges. FETTER BUSH (42:j) Lyonia iiitida 

 (Pieris nitida). 



* Leaves thinner and deciduous. (E.) 

 E. Flowers globular or rounded-bell-shaped, only about as long as 



wide. (F.) 



F. Flowers very small, | inch, abundant in panicled terminal 

 clusters, May-July ; leaves firm (almost evergreen), entire, 

 1-2^ inches long. PRIVET ANDROMEDA or MALE BERRY (424) 

 Lyonia ligustrina (Andromeda paniculata). 

 F. Flowers larger, ^ inch, and more bell-shaped ; branching 

 shrubs 3-7 feet : handsome plants hardy to Massachusetts if 

 somewhat protected. (G. ) 



G. Lower surface of leaves green ; blooming May, June. 



BEAUTIFUL ZENOBIA (425) Andromeda (Zendbia) speciosa. 



G. Leaves densely glaucous. GLAUCOUS ZEXOBIA Andromeda 



(Zenobia) pulverule"nta. 



E. Flowers tubular or urn-shaped, about twice as long as wide. (H.) 

 H. Flowers about \ inch long in one-sided racemes, verysweit- 

 scented, April-June. Good for chady places, though growing 

 well in the open ; hardy. (I.) 

 I. Shrubs to 12 feet blooming April. May. (J.) 



J. Racemes much curved ; capsule decidedly 5-lobed. "Wild 

 in dry woods ; 2-10 feet. MOUNTAIN LKUCOTHOE Leuc6- 

 thoe reciirva. 



J. Racemes nearly straight; capsule. not Inbrd. Growing in 

 swamp; 5-12 feet. SWAMP LEUconmi; (42('>) Leuco- 

 thoe racemosa. 



