Oxydendron
(from oxys, sour, and dendron, a tree; in allusion to the foliage being sour to the taste). ORD. Ericaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a beautiful, hardy tree; it thrives in a moist, peaty soil, and is propagated from imported seeds.
O. arboreum (tree-like).* Sorrel-tree. fl. white, in terminal panicles of many racemes; corolla ovate, five-toothed; filaments hairy; style thick, five-angled. June and July. l. oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, serrulate, glabrous. Branches tapering. h. 15ft. to 40ft. Eastern United States, 1752. SYN. Andromeda arborea (under which name it is figured in B. M. 905).