. 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 . 2. Eubotrys racemosa (L.) Nutt. Swamp Eubotrys. Fig. Andromeda racemosa L. Sp. PI. 394. 1753. £. racemosa Nutt. Trans. .\ra. Phil. Soc. II. 8: 269. 1843. Leucothoe racemosa A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 252. 1856. A .shrub, 5°-i2'' high, with erect or divergent branches, terminal racemes, and glabrous or puberulent twigs. Leaves oblong to ovate, mostly acute at each end, thin, decidu
. 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 . 2. Eubotrys racemosa (L.) Nutt. Swamp Eubotrys. Fig. Andromeda racemosa L. Sp. PI. 394. 1753. £. racemosa Nutt. Trans. .\ra. Phil. Soc. II. 8: 269. 1843. Leucothoe racemosa A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 252. 1856. A .shrub, 5°-i2'' high, with erect or divergent branches, terminal racemes, and glabrous or puberulent twigs. Leaves oblong to ovate, mostly acute at each end, thin, deciduous, short-petioled, glabrous, or with some short hairs above, pubes- cent, at least on the veins beneath, serrulate, i'-3' long, i'-i' wide; racemes solitar>' or clustered; flowers appearing with or before the leaves; calyx 2-bracteolate at the base, the bractlets firm, per- sistent; sepals much imbricated; pedicels about 1" long, jointed with the rachis; corolla nearly cylin- dric, 3"-4" long; anther-sacs 2-a\\ ned; style slender; stigma capitate; capsule slightly grooved, li" in diameter, about equalling the sepals or a little longer; seeds smooth, wingless. In swamps and moist thickets. Massachusetts to Pennsylvania. Tennessee, Florida and Louisiana, mostly near the coast. White ozier or pepper-bush. .^priWune. Leucothoe elongata Small, of the Southern States, is of this genus, differing from the preceding species in its relatively longer sepals; it is recorded as far north as Virginia. 16. ANDROMEDA L. Sp. PI. 393. 1753. A glabrous branching or rarely simple shrub. Leaves coriaceous, linear or oblong, entire, revolute-margined, evergreen, short-petioled, white-glaucous beneath. Flowers small, white, drooping, in terminal umbels. Calyx deeply s-parted, persistent, the lobes not imbricated. Corolla globose-urceolate, 5-toothed, the teeth recurved. Stamens 10, included; filaments bearded; anthers attached to the filaments at about the middle, ovate, o
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