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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



Fig. 427. — Sourwood. 



Fio. 428. — Stagger-bush. 



KEY TO THE ANDROMEDA-LIKE SHEUBS 



* Leaves thick and evergreen (Privet Andromeda of the 2d * is nearly 

 evergreen). (A.) 

 A. Flowers very small, \ inch long, globular, nodding and clus- 

 tered in axils of somewhat reduced leaves, Feb.-April. Shrub 

 or tree with scurfy twigs, 5-25 feet tall. Scurfy Andromeda 

 (417) — Andromeda (Xolisma) ferruglnea. 

 A. Flowers more elongated ^usually twice as long as wide. (B.) 

 B, Flowers in one-sided racemes. (C.) 

 C. Flower-clusters with large leaf-like bracts as long as the flow- 

 ers, April-June ; leaves densely covered with small round 

 scurfy scales. Shrub 1-4 feet high. Leather Leaf (418) 

 — ChamsedAphne calyculS,ta. 

 C. Bracts, of the flower clusters, much smaller or absent. (D.) 

 D. Leaves large, 3-6 Inches, with bristly-tipped teeth ; flow- 

 ers slender (nearly J inch long), April. 2-6 feet, hardy 

 with protection to New York. Catesby's Leucothoe 

 (419) — Leucbthoe CatesbSei. 

 D. Leaves somewhat smaller without bristly teeth; young 



