. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Genus i8. HEATH FAMILY 2. Neopieris mariana (L.) Britton. Stagger-bush. Fig. 3244. Andromeda mariana L. Sp. PI. 393. 1753. Pieris mariana Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 2: 588. 1876. A shrub, i°-4° high, the branches n«arly erect, slender, glabrous or nearly so, black- dotted. Leaves rather thin, tardily decidu- ous, oval or oblong, glabrous above, sparingly pubescent on the ve
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Genus i8. HEATH FAMILY 2. Neopieris mariana (L.) Britton. Stagger-bush. Fig. 3244. Andromeda mariana L. Sp. PI. 393. 1753. Pieris mariana Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 2: 588. 1876. A shrub, i°-4° high, the branches n«arly erect, slender, glabrous or nearly so, black- dotted. Leaves rather thin, tardily decidu- ous, oval or oblong, glabrous above, sparingly pubescent on the veins and black-dotted beneath, acute or obtuse, narrowed or some- times obtuse at the base, entire, 2-3' long, the margins slightly re\olute; flowers nodding in lateral umbels on the nearly leafless branches of the preceding season, forming an elongated compound inflorescence; calyx-segments lan- ceolate, acuminate, almost foliaceous, decidu- ous; corolla ovoid-cylindric, white, or faintly pink, 5"-6" long; filaments pubescent on the outer side, usually with 2 setose appendages below the summit; capsule ovoid-pyramidal, ii"-2" high, truncate, about as long as the sepals; seeds club-shaped. In sandy soil, Rhode Island to Florida, mostly near the coast, extending west to Tennessee and Arkansas. Sorrel-tree. "Wicks. May-July. 19. XOLl'SMA Raf. Am. Month. Mag. 4: 193. 1819. [LvoNiA Xutt. Gen. i: 266. 1818. Not Raf. 1808, nor Ell. 1817.] Tall shrubs, or small trees, with terete twigs, alternate short-petioled, lepidote or pubes- cent leaves, and small mostly white flowers in terminal or axillary, usually panicled racemes or clusters. Calyx 4-s-lobed or 4-5-cleft, the lobes not imbricated, valvate. Corolla globose, or urceolate, pubescent, 4-s-toothed, the teeth recurved. Stamens 8-10, included; filaments flat, incurved, pubescent, not appendaged; anthers attached to the filaments near their bases. truncate, not awned, the sacs opening by large terminal por
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