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dining to the upper fide, and (landing nearly ere£h 
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 referable the cells of a honey-comb, 
diffufing an agreeable fragrance, and affording a 
delicious harveft to the honey-bee. 
7. Andromeda plumata. Plumed Andromeda, 
or Carolinian Iron-wood 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-fhaped, 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 perfectly white, fomewhat refembling a 
plume of delicate white feathers. This and the Tali 
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. Folyandria Polygynia 0 
r F , HE Empalement is three leaved and fmall; the leaves heart- 
■l fiiaped, concave, and iharp-pointed. 
The Corolla is compofed of fix petals, heart-ihaped and feffile 
or fquat; the three alternate interior lefs, 
B The 
