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dining to the upper fide, and ftaiidlng nearly ereO:. 

 The flowers are produced along the under fide of the 

 branches, in long one rowed, racemi or bunches, 

 which as they arrive to their full growth change to a 

 damafk rofe colour. The under parts of the bunch- 

 es fomewhat refemble the cells of a honey-comb, 

 diffufing an agreeable fragrance, and affording a 

 delicious harveft to the honey-bee. 



7. Andromeda pluniata. Plumed Andromeda^ 

 or Carolinian Iron-uoood Tree. 



(Bartram's Catalogue.^ 



This is alfo a fouthern beautiful fpecies of Andro- 

 meda; rifing to the height of fifteen or twenty feet, 

 and fending off towards the top, many fpreading and 

 nearly horizontal branches. 



The leaves are fmall, lance-lliaped, and of a deep 

 gloffy green, but changing in Autumn before they 

 fall off, to yellow, red, purple, &c. giving the trees 

 a beautiful appearance, even in their decline. The 

 flowers are produced at the extremity of the branch- 

 es, in one-rowed racemes or bunches, they are very 

 fmall and perfeftly white, fomewhat refembling a 

 plume of delicate white feathers. This and the laft 

 mentioned, grow naturally by the fides of ponds, and 

 fwamps, in Carolina and Florida. 



A N N O N A. 



PAPAW TREE, or CUSTARD APPLE. 



Clafs 13. Order 7. Polyandria Polygynia. 



'T'HE Einpalement is three leaved and fmall: the leaves heart- 



fhaped, concave, and lharp-pointed. 

 The Corolla is compofed of fix petals, heart-lhaped and feflile 

 or fquat : the three alternate interior lefs. 



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