. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus i8. HEATH FAMILY 691. 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, l°-4° high, the branches nearly erect, slender, glabrous or nearly so, black- dotted. Leaves rather thin, tardily decidu- ous, oval or oblong, glabrous above, sparingly
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus i8. HEATH FAMILY 691. 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, l°-4° high, the branches nearly erect, slender, glabrous or nearly so, black- dotted. Leaves rather thin, tardily decidu- ous, oval or oblong, glabrous above, sparingly pubescent on th« veins and black-dotted beneath, acute or obtuse, narrowed or some- times obtuse at the base, entire, 2'-^' long, the margins slightly revolute; 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 foHaceous, 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, li"-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. XOLISMA Raf. Am. Month. Mag. 4: 193. 1819. [Lyonia Nutt. 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 4-5-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
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