3IO CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



ANDROMEDA L. 



Andromeda glaucophylla Link (glaucous-leaved). 



Andromeda Polifolia mostly of American authors, not L. 

 Bog or Marsh Rosemary. Marsh Holy Rose. 



Rare. Sphagnum bogs: East Granby (Bissell), Litchfield 

 (J. P. Brace, Harger, Weatherby & Bissell), Norfolk (J. 

 H. Barbour), Kent (Eames, C. K. Averill), Ridgefield (S. 

 B. Mead), Danbury (Miss G. L. Northrop). May — June. 



LYONIA Nutt. 



Lyonia mariana (L.) D. Don. 

 Andromeda mariana L. 

 Pieris mariana Benth. & Hook. 

 Stagger-bush. 



Rare. Stratford, shrubby bank near the coast (J. P. 

 Coles). June. 



In New Jersey and southward it is injurious to sheep when 

 eaten by them, producing a disease called " Staggers," hence 

 its common name. A valuable shrub in cultivation. 



Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC. (like Ligustrum, the Privet). 



Andromeda ligustrina Muhl. 

 Xolisma ligustrina Britton. 

 Male Berry. 



Frequent or common. Woods, thickets and pastures ; 

 sometimes in dry but usually in moist ground. June — July. 



Like the preceding species, is poisonous to stock, especially 

 to sheep. 

 Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC, var. foliosiflora (Michx.) Fernald 



(having leaves intermixed with the flowers). 

 Xolisma foliosiflora Small. 



Low thickets. Forms that apparently belong with this 

 variety occur rarely near the coast. June — July. 



CHAMAEDAPHNE Moench. Leather Leaf. Cassandra. 



Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) Moench (calyculate). 

 Cassandra calyculata D. Don. 

 Leather Leaf. 



