214 ERICAC&fi. 



crowded in a terminal umbel ; corolla globose urn-shaped, much contracted at the 

 top; filaments bearded. 



Sides of ponds", and in swamp?. May. A beautiful evergreen sbrub 1 to 2 feet 

 high. Leaves very smooth, 2 to 3 inches long, and le-s than \f, ineh wide, on very 

 short petioles. Flowers in pendulous clusters. Calyx white, lipped with red. 

 Corolla rose-colored. 



Sec. 2. Lyonia, Nutt. Corolla sub-globose ; capsule with 5 supernumerary t-aUxs. 

 Shrubs with deciduous leaves. 



2. A. LIGUSTRINA. Mulil. Privet Andromeda. 



Pubescent; leaves obovate-oblong. pointed nearly entire, finely serrulate; flow- 

 ers in racemes, crowded in a somewhat leafy or naked panicle on terminal branches 

 of the preceding year; calyx without bracts; caj)$ule globular. 



Swamps. June. A deciduous shrub 4 to S fuet high, minutely downy when 

 young. sometimes rusty. Leaves abruptly acuminate, paler beneath, 2 to 3 inches 

 long, and nearly half as wide, on short petioles 1 U, nearly gle 



white in dense panl_ 



Sec. 3. Cassandra, Don. Calyx with 5 acute sepal •. ' 2 hractlets capsule* 

 valves double. Shrubs with evergreen leaves. 



3. A. calyculata, L. Box-kavcd Andromeda. 



Erect; leaves oval-oblong, obtuse, sub-reyoiute, nearly entire, rusty dotted; brads 

 orate; racemes one-sided, leafy, terminal; corolla cylindrical-oblong, the mouth 

 slightly narrowed and 5-toothcd ; filaments smooth. 



Swamps and marshy place?, common. April — May. Shrub 1 to 3 feet high. 

 Leaves coriaceous, shining, dotted, about 1 inch long and % wide, these of the 

 racemes not half as large. Flou. :rs numerous, 20 to 30 in each' "raceme, white, each 

 from the axil of a small leaf. 



Sec. 4. Eubotsys, Nitt. Calyx with 2 bractlets ; capsule depressed-globular. 

 Shrubs with deciduous leaves. 



4. A. racemosa, L. Raccmed Andromeda. 



Nearly smooth; leaves oral lanceolate or oblong, a.uite. serrulate; racemes erect" 

 or spreading; sepals ovate-lanceolate: corolla cylindrical; anthers 4 awncd at the 

 summit. 



Swamps and wet woods. June — July. A branching shrub 3 to 5 feet high, 

 Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, J^ as wide, minutely notched, veiny, thin. Flowers nu- 

 merous, white, closely set iu a simple one-sided spiked raceme. 2 to G inches long. 

 Bracts awl-shaped. Carolli 4 to 5 times as long as the calyx. 



Sue. 5. Maria, DC. Calyx without bracikls; anthers civnL-s : cap/suU^valves 

 Simple. Shrubs with deciduous I 



5. A. Mariana, L. Maryland Andromeda. 



Nearly smooth ; leaves thickish, oval or oblong, entire, paler leneath ; flowering 

 branches nearly naked ; calyx leafy; corolla ovoid-cylindrical; filaments hairy. 



Sandy woods. June. Shrub 2 to 4 feet high, with very smooth leaves on short 

 petioles. Flowers large, nearly J>£ inch in eliameter, white or 

 in umbel-like clusters crowded on leafless branches, from buds derelopfed in the 

 axils of the deciduous leaves of the preceding year. 



Sac. 6. OxThzyoviox, DC. Calyx without bractlets , acuminate ; capsule pyramidal, 

 pentangular. Trees with large, acid deciduous leaves. 



6. A. ARBOREA. L. Sorrel-tree. Sour-wood. 



Arborescent; Uaves oblong-lanceolate, pointed, petiolate, shining above; corolla 

 oblong-ovoid, narrowed at the summit, 5-toothed; filaments thickened; capsule 

 6-angled. 



Sich woods, rare. June— July. A fine tree, 20 to CO feet high, trunk 10 to 14 



