436 ERICACEiE. Andromeda. 



^4. EuBOTRYS, Nutt. Calyx deeply 5-parted, bibracieolaie: corolla cylindrical-ovoid ; cells of the 

 anther distinct nearly to the base, cach2-awned at the summit, and opening by a terminal pore : 

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

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



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 caly.x; ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 394 ; Michx. fl. \. p. 255 ; Pursh, fi. 1. p. 294 ; F,ll. 

 sk. 1. p. 492 ; Nutt. gen. 1. p. 265 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 167 ; Torr. fl. 1. p. 420 ; Beck, 

 hot. p. 217 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 259. A. paniculata, Linn. I. c. ; Walt. fl. Cap. p.">168 ; 

 not of Ait., Michx., <J-c. A. spicata, Wats, dendr. t. 36. Zenobia racemosa, DC. 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 15-2^ 

 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 short pedicels, iiodding, 

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

 the length of the corolla ; the segments somewhat spreading, finely ciliate. Corolla white, 

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

 length of the corolla : filaments 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. LvoNiA, 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. — Leaves 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. I. p. 254 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 295 ; Bigcl.fl. Bost. 

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

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



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



