ORDER 73. ERICACEAE. 487 



b Anther cells each 2-awned at apex. Cor. bell-shaped. Panicle terminal No. 6 



b Anthers with 2 reflexed long awns on the back. Evergreen Xos. 7, 8 



b Anthers with 2 deflex-spreading bristles at the back. Capsule with 5 



narrow valvelets applied to the sutures. (PiERis) Xos. 9, 10 



b Anthers awnless, cells often minutely 2-toothed at apex, (c) 



C Corolla cylindric. llacemes sessile. Valvelets 0. (LEUCOTHOE). .Xos. II 13 

 C Corolla globular. Valvelets of capsule 5, conspicuous (LvoxiA).Xos. 14 16 



1 A. Polyfolia. WILD ROSEMARY. Erect ; Ivs. entire, linear-lanceolate, cori- 

 aceous, revolute on the margins, glaucagjgjJbeneath ; fls. subglobous, in a dense, 

 terminal corymb. A low, smooth, eirawpfeflhrub, 1 to 2f high, growing by the 

 side of ponds and in swamps, X. Eng. lijpvls., N. to Arc. Am. Lvs. very smooth, 

 2 to 3' long, on very short petioles, dark green and smooth above, bluish white 

 beneath. Clusters of flowers drooping. CaL white, tipped with red. Cor. rose- 

 colored. Jn. 



2 A. calyculata L. LEATHER-LEAF. Erect : Ivs. oval-oblong, obtuse, db-yolelely ser- 

 rulate, flat, ferruginous beneath ; rac. terminal, leafy, subsecund ; fls. short-pedi- 

 celled, solitary, axillary, forming leafy racemes ; cor. olio Jig -cylindrical. An ever- 

 green slirub, 2 to -if high, flowering early in wet situations, Can. and most of the 

 U. S. The Ivs. are coriaceous, shining, dotted, about an inch long and half as 

 wide, those of the raceme not half as large. Fls. 20 to 30 in each raceme, white. 

 Cal. double, the outer of 2 bracts, the inner of 5 acute sepals. Apr., May. 



3 A. angustifolia Ph. Lvs. linear-lanceolate, acute, margins revolute, somewhat 

 ferruginous beneath; rac. terminal, leafy, secuud; pedicels short, solitary, axil- 

 lary ; cal. acuminate ; bractlets minute, acute ; cor. oblong-oval. Open swamps, 

 Car., Ga. Evergreen. Nearly allied to the preceding. Apr., May. (Cassandra, 

 G. Don.) 



4 A. racemosa L. (Fig. 203.) Lvs. oval-lanceolate, acute or slightly acuminate, 

 glabrous, serrulate ; rac. terminal, secund, elongated, one-sided, strict, ascending} 

 cal. ovate-acuminate, cor. cylindric ; anth. cells each 2-aivned at apex ; seeds wing- 

 less. Shrub 4 to 6f high, wet woods, Can. to Fla. W. to Ky. It is remarkable 

 for its naked racemes 2 to 4' in length, each with its 12 to 30 white fls. all turned 

 down wards. Lvs. 1 to 2' in length, deciduous. Pedicels short, with 2 ovate- 

 acuminate bracts at the base of the colored calyx. Jn., Jl. (Zenobia, G. Don.) 



5 A. reciirva Buckley. Branches and rac. recurved-spreading ; Ivs. ovate or 

 lanceolate, acuminate; cal. segm. ovate; anth. cells each l-awned ; caps, con- 

 spicuously lobed ; seeds flat, winged. Mts. and hills, Va., X. Car. A straggling, 

 deciduous-leaved shrub, much resembling the last. Apr., May. 



6 A. speciosa MX. Lvs. oval, obtuse, mucronate, serrate, reticulate-veiny; 

 flowering branches raceme-W;e, aggregated, leafless ; cor. campanulate ; anth. cells 

 each 2-awned. Swamps Va. to Fia. An ornamental shrub 3 to 4f high. Lvs. 

 glabrous, deciduous. Fls. several from each bud, large (4'' long), shorter than 

 their pedicels, white. Jn. 



3. PULVERULEXTA. Lvs. roundish-ovate, crenato. and with the branches whit- 

 ish pulverulent. Grows with the other form. 



7 A. floribunda Lyon, (Ph.) Lvs. glabrous, thick, evergreen, oblong-ovate, acute 

 or acuminate, pAiolate, serrulate, often ciliate ; rac. dense-flowered, paniculate ; 

 pedicels bracted, secund ; caL bractlets minute. Va. to Ga. along the Mts. Shrub 

 2 to lOf high, very handsome, with a terminal panicle of numerous white fls. 

 Anth. each with 2 long, reflexed, white awns. Apr. 



8 A. Croomia Torr. Lcs. oval and oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, veiny, serrate 

 towards the apex, petiolate ; rac. short, in the axils of the upper Ivs. ; pedicels 

 bractless ; cal. naked, sep. triangular-lanceolate. as long as the ovoid corolla ; 

 anth, each with 2 long, black, reflexed awns at the back. Damp woods, Quincy, 

 Fla. A slender shrub, 1 to 3f high. 



9 A. nitida Bartram. FETTER-BUSH. Lvs. thick, evergreen, elliptical, slightly 

 acuminate at each end, perfectly smooth, with a vein running close to each revolute 

 margin; fls. in pendulous clusters of 6 to 10, in the axils of divaricate Ivs. ; cor. 

 ovoid-oblong : valvelets linear. By streams and in sandy swamps, N. Car. to 

 Fla. A singularly elegant shrub, 3 to Gf high. Branches sharp-angled. Fls. 

 numerous. Gal. green, tipped with purple, much smaller than the rose-colored 

 corolla. Mar., Apr. 



