488 Oedeb 73.— ERIOAOB^. 



p. RHOMBrpOLlA. Lvs. roundish-oval, obtuse or abraptly pointed ; eaL half as 

 long as the turgid-ovate corolla. (A. rhombifolia Pers.7) 



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

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

 less, ; pedicels fasciculate ; cal. hies linear, foliaceons : cor. ovate-cylindric ; stam. 

 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 large 

 (5" long), white or pale red fls. Caps, urn-shaped, the valvelets narrow-linear. 

 Seeds angular. Jn., JI. — After flowering the calyx and corolla sometimes become 

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



11 A. axillaris Lan^. I/vs. oblong or eUiptic-lanceohie, acute, or slightly pointed, 

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

 lary, dense racemes, not drooping, much shorter than the Ivs. ; sep. broad-ovate,- oh- 

 iusish ; cor. ovoid-cylindrical. — Banks of streams, Ta. to Pla. in the low country, 

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

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



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

 at base, petiolate, serrulate, with oppressed, spimdoua teeth, thick, strigous be- 

 rteath ; fls. in spioate, drooping racemes as long as tlie blade of the leaves ; sep. 

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

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

 branches. May. (Leucothoe, Gray.) 



13 A. aouinin§.ta 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. Els. white, abundant and handsome. Apr. — The stems are used by 

 smokers in pipe-making. 



14 A. ligustrina Mulil. Pubescent; lvs. deciduous, obovate-lanoeolatc, acumi- 

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

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

 &o., 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 g'lobous, white, 

 in dense panicles. 

 /?. FBONBOSA. Panicle with small lvs. scattered, among the fls. (A. frondoaa 

 Muhl.) 



15 A. ferruginea Walt. Shrubby; lvs. evergreen, distant {not crowded), ohlan- 

 oeolate or obovate, obtuse, tapering to very short petioles, thick, 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 Sf high. Lvs. 1 to 

 2' long. Fruit appearing when open as if 1 0-valved. Jn. 



16 A. rfgi'da Ph. Arborescent; branches rigid, erect; lvs. rigid, coriaceous, 

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

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

 ba,rr6n3, S. Car. to Fla. A small tree, 10 to 2 Of high, remarkably rigid and leafy. 

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



17 A. mont^na Buckley. Lvs. evergreen, ovate -lanceolate, minutely serrate or 

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

 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 

 with mucronato glands. 



12. OXTfDEN'DRUM, DC. Sorrel-tree. (Gr. d^vg, sour, 6iv6pov, 

 a tree; the herba'ge is sour to the taste.) Sepals bractless, valvate in 

 the early bud ; corolla urceolate, ovoid, 6-toothed ; stamens 10, anthers 

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

 cate, 5-celled, 5-vaIved, placentae below, seeds many, ascending. — A 

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

 lvs. and terminal panicles of slender, spicate racemes. 



