ORDER LXXII. ERICACEAE. 4:19 



1. A. specio'sa, (Mich.) (Zenobia speciosa, Don.) A small, branch- 

 ing, glabrous shrub. Leaves oval, obtuse, crenate. Flowers in naked 

 terminal racemes. Corolla campanulate. Anthers 4-awned. — "White. 

 ^ . May — June. Southern Car. and Geo. 3 — 4 feet. 



2. A. racemo'sa, (L.) (Zenobia racemosa, D. C.) A small shrub, -with 

 irregular branches. Leaves lanceolate, acute, serrulate, pubescent on 

 the under surface. Flowers in terminal racemes. Calyx purple, ciliate. 

 Corolla oblong-ovate, furrowed. Anthers 4-awned. — White. ^ . March 

 — May. Wet places. 3 — 5 feet. 



3. A. floribwn'da, (Pursh.) (Zenobia jloribunda, D. C.) Stem gla- 

 brous. Leaves ovate-oblong, coriaceous, acute, slightly serrulate ; ra- 

 cemes axillary, secund. — White. ^ . May — June. Mountains. 



4. A. arbore'a, (L) (Oxydendrum arboreum, D. C.) A shrub or tree, 

 much branched. Leaves lanceolate-oval, acuminate, finely serrate or 

 entire, glabrous, sour to the taste. Flowers in terminal racemose pani- 

 cles. Corolla pubescent, ovate-oblong. Anthers unawned, linear. — 

 White. V Middle and upper Geo. and Car. June — July. 15 — 20 

 feet. Sorrel-tree. 



5. A. axillaris, (Mich.) (Lev.cothoe spinulosa, Don.) A shrub, with 

 fiexuous branches, terete, sparingly branched ; young branches pubes- 

 cent. Leaves lanceolate-oval, acuminate, glabrous, somewhat coriace- 

 ous, finely serrulate, paler on the under surface, sprinkled with hairs. 

 Flowers in axillary racemes, numerous. Calyx deeply cleft. Corolla 

 cylindrical-ovate ; bracteaa pubescent. — White. ^ . February — ApriL 

 Margin of swamps. 2 — £ feet. 



6. A. acumina'ta. (Willd.) (Leucothoe acuminata, D. C.) A glabrous 

 shrub : branches fistular. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly 

 entire, coriaceous, slightly serrate. Flowers in axillary racemes. Corolla 

 cylindrical. Anthers gibbous at the base. — White. ^. April. On 

 the margins of swamps. Middle and Southern Geo. 



7. A. nit'ida, (Mich.) (Leucothoe coreacea, D. C. A. rhomboidalis, 

 Vaill ) A shrub, glabrous, with slender, angled branches. Leaves oval, 

 acuminate, entire, 3-nerved. Flowers clustered in the axils of the 

 leaves, 6 — 10. Calyx purple; segments acute. Corolla cylindrical. 

 Anthers homed at' the base. — White, tinged with red. Ti . March — 

 ApriL In wet lands. 3 — 6 feet. Sour-wood. Sorrel-tree, 



8. A. Maria'na, (L.) (Leucothoe Mariana, D. C.) A small shrub, 

 sparingly branched. Leaves broad-lanceolate, acute, entire, coriaceous, 

 sour to the taste. Flowers in clusters, near the summit of the old 

 branches; peduncles 1-flowered. Corolla ovate; filaments hairy at 

 the base. — White, tinged with red. ^ . May — Aug. Dry sandy soils. 



9. A. caltcula'ta, (L.) (Cassandra calyculata, Don.) A shrub. 

 Leaves oval or lanceolate, oblong, obtuse, obsoletely serrulate, peren- 

 nial, sub-revolute, ferruginous beneath. Flowers in leafy, terminal ra- 

 cemes, secund ; peduncles axillary, solitary ; segments of the calyx 

 acute, bracteolate. Corolla cylindrical. — White. ^ . April — May. 

 Mountains. 2 — 5 feet. 



10. A. angustifo'lia, (Pursh.) (Cassandra angustifolia, Don.) Re- 

 sembles the preceding. Leaves slightly ferruginous beneath, with rev 

 olute margins; segments of the calyx acuminate. Corolla oblong-ovaL 

 — White. ^ . April — May. In wet places. Middle Car. and Geo, 2 

 —6 feet 



