. 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. 692 ERICACEAE. Vol. II. imbricated in the bud, early expanded, persistent. Corolla ovoid-cylindric, minutely canescent. narrowed at the throat, tardily e.xpanding, 5-toothed. Stamens 10, about as long as the corolla; filaments wider than the linear anthers; anther-sacs opening by long chinks, not awned. Ovary ovoid, 5-celIed; ovules numerous, near the base of the cavi
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. 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. 692 ERICACEAE. Vol. II. imbricated in the bud, early expanded, persistent. Corolla ovoid-cylindric, minutely canescent. narrowed at the throat, tardily e.xpanding, 5-toothed. Stamens 10, about as long as the corolla; filaments wider than the linear anthers; anther-sacs opening by long chinks, not awned. Ovary ovoid, 5-celIed; ovules numerous, near the base of the cavities; style colum- nar; stigma simple. Disk lo-toothed. Capsule ovoid-pyramidal, 5-angled, 5-valved. Seeds ascending or erect, elongated, the testa reticulated, loose and extended at each end beyond the linear nucleus. [Greek, sour-tree.]_ A monotypic genus of southeastern North America. I. Oxydendrumarb6reum(L.) DC. Sour- wood. Sorrel-tree. Fig. 3246. Andromeda arborea L. Sp. PI. 394. 1753. O.rydendntm arboreiim DC. Prodr. 7: 601. 1839. A smooth-barked tree, reaching a maximum height of about 60° and a trunk diameter of 15'. Leaves oblong, oval or oval-lanceolate, sharply serrulate, or entire, green and glabrous on both sides, finely reticulate-veined, acuminate at the apex, mostly narrowed at the base. 4'-6' long, 1-3' wide; racemes numerous, long and slender. erect or curving, panicled at the ends of the branches, the rachis and short pedicels canescent; flowers ^V'-z' long; capsule 2"-3" long, canes- cent, tipped by the persistent style, the pedicels curving. In woods, Pennsylvania and Maryland to Indiana. Alabama and Florida. Wood hard, reddish-brown; weight per cubic foot 46 lbs. Elk-tree. June-July. 21. EPIGAEA L. Sp. PI. 395. 1753. Prostrate slightly woody more or less hirsute branching shrubs, with alternate petioled coriaceous evergreen entire leaves. Flowers rather large, perfect, heteromorphous or dioe- cious, bracted, sessile, white or pink, fragrant, cl