. 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. Botany. 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
. 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. Botany. 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 termi
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