488 Obdeb vs.— ERICACE^ 



p. rhomBtpolia. Ivs. roundish-oval, obtuse or abruptly pointed ; caL half as 

 long as the turgid-ovate corolla. (A. rhombifolia Pers.?). 



10 A. Mariana L. Staggeebush. Glabrous; Ivs. deciduous, oval, subacute 

 at each end, flat, entire, subeoriaoeous, paler beneath ; flowering branches leaf- 

 less ; pedicels fasciculate ; cal. loies linear, foliaceous : cor. ovate-cylindrio ; Btam. 

 10, fil. villous. — Woods and dry, sandy soils, N. J., Penn. to Fla., common. An 

 ornamental shrub, 2 to 3f high, with very smooth, deciduous foliage, and lai^e 

 {5" long), whito or pale red fls. Caps, um-shaped, the valvelets narrow-linear. 

 Seeds angular. Jn., Jl.' — After flowering the calyx and corolla sometimes bocomo 

 very large and erect, as if diseased. (Leuoothoe, G. Don.) 



11 A. ^-jHllaria Lam. Lvs. oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, acute, or shghtly pointed, 

 petiolate, spinulous-serrulate, glabrous, or minutely strigous beneath ; fls. in axil- 

 lary, dense racemes, not drooping, much shorter than ihe lvs. ; sep. broad-orate, ob- 

 tusish; cor. ovoid-cylindrical. — Banks of. streams, Va. to Fla. in the low country, 

 common. Shrub 2 to 3f high. Lvs. large (3 to 5' long). Rao. spike-like, ifiter- 

 rupted. Feb., Mar. ; again in Sept. 



12 A. Catesb^i Walt. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, conspicuously acuminate, rounded 

 at base, petiolate, serrulate, with appressed, spinuloua toeth, tliick, strigous 6e-, 

 neath ; fls. in' spioate, drooping racemes as long as the blade of the leaves ; sep. 

 ovate-oblong, acute. — Banks of streams, Penn. (Miss Carpenter, Blue Ridge), to 

 Ga. in the mountainous district. Rao. 2 to 3' in length, on the long, reouiTod 

 branches. May. (Leucothoe, Gray.) 



13 A. acuminata L. Pipe-'WOOD. Lvs. very smooth^ rigid, ovate and lanceo- 

 late, gradually acuminate, entire, on short petioles ; rac. few-flowered ; cor. cylin- 

 drical ; sep. broad-ovate, acute ; caps, globular, strongly lobed. — Shady swamps, 

 S. Car. to Fla. Sts. 3 to lOf high, straight and hollow. Lvs. 2 to 4' long, 1' 

 wide. Fls. white, abundant and handsome. Apr. — The stems are used by 

 smokers in pipe-making. 



14 A. ligustrina Muhl. Pubescent; lvs. deciduous, obovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate-cuspidate, finely serrulate ; fls. somewhat paniculate, in terminal, leafless 

 racemes; caps. 5-angled by the linear valvelets. — Shrub, 4 to 8f high, in swamps, 

 &c.. Mid. and S. States. Lvs. abruptly acuminate, paler beneath, 2 to 3' long and 

 nearly half as wide, on short petioles. Fls. small (1" long), nearly globous, white, 

 in dense panicles. 



(S. FKONDOSA. Panicle with small Ivs. scattered among the fls. (A. frondosa 

 Muhl.) 



15 A. ferruginea Walt. Shrubby ; lvs. evergreen, distant (not crowded), oblan- 

 ceolato or obovate, obtuse, tapering to very short petioles, tiiick, revolute-edged, 

 rust-scaly beneath ; fls. in axillary umbels ; valvelets of the capsules nearly as 

 large as the valves. — Pine woods, Ga. and Fla. Shrub 3 to 5f high. . Lvs. 1 to 

 2' long. Fruit appearing when open as if 10-valved. Jn. 



16 A. rigifla Ph. Arborescent; branches rigid, erect; lvs. rigid, coriaceous, 

 crowded, obovate, acute, strongly revolule edged, rust-scaly beneath ; fls. numer- 

 ous, in axillary umbels, blossoming in April ; frait as in the last. — Sandy pine 

 barrens, S. Car. to Fla. A small tree, 10 to 20f high, remarkably rigid and leafy. 

 Lvs. 1' long, pale or yellowish-green. 



17 A. montina Buckley. Lvs. evergreen, ovate-lanceolate, minutely serrate or 

 entire, ciliate ; fls. in large, terminal and axillary panicles ; pedicels 3-bracted, 

 bracts subulate, the 2 upper opposite ; ped. pubescent. — High Mts. of N. Car. 

 Shrub 5 to 6f high. Lvs. 2' by 1', the petiole 6" long. Stem above sprinkled 

 ivith mucronate glands. 



12. OXYDEK'DRUM, DC. Sorrel-tree. (Gr. 6^vg, sour, divdpov, 

 a tree; the herbage is sour to the taste.) Sepals bractless, valvate in 

 tlie early bud ; corolla urceolate, ovoid, 5-toothed ; stamens 10, anthers 

 linear, erect, awnless, cells opening lengthwise ; capsule oblong, trun- 

 cate, 5-celled, 5-valved, placentse below, seeds man}'-, ascending. — A 

 tree, with deciduous, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate 

 Ivs. and terminal panicles of slender, spicate racemes. 



