CLASS X. ORDER I. 177 



A low, evergreen, early flowering shrub. Leaves oblong, co- 

 riaceous, obsoletely serrate, shining, and covered with white 

 dots above, pale underneath. Flowers in terminal racemes, 

 each flower proceeding generally from the axil of a small leaf. 

 Calyx calyculated or double, the outer of two, the inner of five 

 pale, acute leaves. Corolla ovate-cylindrical, white or purplish, 

 the segments reflexed. Anthers brownish, two horned. — Milton, 

 near Neponset river, and elsewhere. — April. 

 Andromeda polifolia. L. 'Water Andromeda. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, revolute, white under- 

 neath; flowers aggregate, terminal, globose. 



This most delicate shrub is found in wet bogs and at the edges 

 of ponds. The leaves are very shortly petioled, lanceolate, 

 strongly revolute at the edges, dark green, smooth and veined 

 above, and of a pure, bluish white color underneath. Flowers 

 in nodding corymbs with while peduncles. Calyx short, white, 

 its segments acute, tipt with red. Corolla nearly globular, with 

 five angles, pale flesh color. Stamens short, with brownish 

 awned anthers. Germ globular, style straight. — In the edge of 

 Richards's pond, Brookline. — June. 



Andromeda paniculata. Mich. PanicJed Andromeda. 

 Racemes somewhat panicled ; corollas depressed- 

 globular, slightly pubescent; anthers short, ovate, 

 obtuse, awnless. Mich. abr. 



A pretty tall shrub. Leaves deciduous, ovate, mostly entire, 

 somewhat downy. Racemes panicled. Flowers small, white, 

 somewhat spherical, succeeded by globular capsules, which re- 

 main through the winter. This plant often bears a large, irregu- 

 lar, spongy excrescence of a yellow color, the efiect of disease. — 

 Swamps. — June. 



Andromeda racemosa. L. Clustered Andromeda. 



Leaves oval-lanceolate, acute, serrulate, glabrous ; 

 racemes terminal, one ranked, elongated ; calyx 

 acute ; corolla cylindrical. 



