198 DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



flower-bearing branches nearly without leaves, 

 peduncles fasciculate, corollas ovate-cylindric, 

 calices leafy, anthers muticate, capsule conicaL 

 —mild. 



Icon. Pluk. Mant. t. 443. (Pursh.) 



Oval-leaved Andromeda. 



A very elegant shrub, bearing- a profusion of pure white 

 cylindric flowers. Possesses medicinal virtues. In Jersey, in 

 underwood, and on the borders of woods and dry swamps; 

 and in similar places on the west of the Delaware; common. 

 \ . May to August. 



laeejnosa. 



3. A. leaves lanceolate, acute, serrulate, glabrous 

 on the upper, pubescent on the under surface ; 

 racemes terminal, leaning one way, simple or 

 branched ; corolla oblong-ovate j anthers 4- 

 awned. — Mich. 



A. racemosa, L. 



A. paniculata, Walt. 



A. Catesbaei, Sp. PI. ? 



Sweet-scented Andromeda. Red-bnd. 



A very elegant shrub, from three to five feet high, with its 

 fine, lateral raceme of white flowers beautifully disposed. On 

 the borders of damp woods, particularly on the road to Wood- 

 bury, Jersey; frequent. \ . June, July. 



paniculata. 4. A. pubescent; leaves obovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 nearly entire ; flower-bearing branches terminal, 

 paniculate, somewhat naked ; glomerular sub- 

 pedunculate, corollas subglobose, pubescent, an- 

 thers obtuse muticate. — iVilld. and Pursh. 



A. paniculata, Mich., not L. 



A. globulifera, Hortul. 



A. racemosa, Lamark. 



A very common and ordinary looking shrub, from three to 

 five feet high. Flowers numerous, very small, white, globus 

 lar. The globular pericarp is persistent, and often remaining 

 on the plant during the second season. In swampy and low 



