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fhorter panicled bunches of flowers, and thefe com- 
ing out at the divifions, as well as at the extremities 
of the branches. 
4 . Andromeda racemofa. Pennfylvanian 
Red-bud Andromeda . 
This grows in low clayed lands, to the height of 
five or fix feet. The leaves are oblong and ferrated. 
The flowers are produced in a one faded racemus at 
the extremity of the branches, and referable the 
other kinds. The long bunch of flower buds are of 
a beautiful red colour in the fpring, and thereby 
make a good appearance. 
5 . Andromeda mariana. Maryland , or broad-* 
leaved Andromeda . 
Is a fhrub of low growth, having but a fmallftem, 
which is generally retrofle&ed or bent from fide to 
fide. The leaves are egg-fhaped, entire, broad, and 
of pretty thick confidence. The Seed-veffels are 
larger than the other kinds, gaping at their tops. 
6. Andromeda nitida. Ever- green Jhining- 
leaved Andromeda , or Carolinian Red-buds „ 
(Bartram’s Catalogue.) 
This fhrub grows naturally in Carolina and Flori- 
da, and may juftlybe ranked among the mo ft beau- 
tiful flowering. 
The leaves are perennial, near three inches in 
length and one in breadth, of a hard and firm tex- 
ture, lance-fhape, of a deep fhining, or glofly green 
colour on both fides, placed by pretty long footflalks 
alternately upon each fide of the branches, but in- 
clining 
