568 A R B O R E T U M E T F R U T IC E T U M B R IT A N N IC U M .
nicies, that are composed of numerous grouped
racemes. (Doris Mill.) An upright deciduous
shrub. North America. Height 2 fl. Introduced
iu 1812. Flowers white; July.
JS 11. L. ( r .) CAPREIEFO'LIA Wats. The Goat-
Willow-leaved Lyonia.
Mmtification. W.-its. Dend.
B rit, t. 127.1 Don's Mill.,
3. p. 831.
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t.
127.; and our fig. 1064.
X L I I I . ì ’ R IC a ' c E ÌE : L E U C O T H O R 569
1003. ft. (I'-l muUiiliira.
free. Char., 4o. Leaves
deciduous, coriaceous,
elliptic, with a
short acuminate termination, serrulate, and
sprinkled with short fleshy liairs. Flowers disposed
in racemes and corymbs that are mixed,
lateral, and leafy. Corollas rather silky, globu-
lar, coarctate. (Doris M ill.) An erect decidu-
ous shrub. North America. Height 2 ft. to
3 ft. Introducedin 1812. Flowers white; July.
G en u s IX .
1064. ft. (l>.) capresefùlia.
LEUCO'THOrE D. Don. The Lbucotiioe. Lin. Syst. Decándria
Monogynia.
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. Í59. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 831.
Í K u a d Z “ ?.; belovnd b , Apollo ; who wns burled alive by her
father when he discovered her amour, and changed into the tree that hears the frankincense by
her S v e r"O w 'd . W , iv. 196.) Lcucothoe was also a name given to Ino after she was changed
into a sea deity.
Gen Char. Calyx 5-leaved ; leaves imbricated at tbe base. Corolla tubular,
5-toothed. Stamens enclosed ; filaments dilated, flattened, downy; cells of
anthers short, truncate, mutic. Stigma simple, capitate. Capsule with a
loculicidal dehiscence. (Doris Mill.) _ i i •
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; coriaceous, dentately spinulose.
Flowers white, racemose, axillary, or terminal.—Shrubs, evergreen,
low ; natives of North America. ,
It 1. L. axilla' ris D. Don. The ariiWav)-racemed Leucothde.
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 139. ; Don’s P;.83^-
Synonymes. Andrómeda axillàris Sotander ni llort. Kew. 2. p. 8 9., A. Cdtesba. i Walt, Car. lasc.
No. 2., on the autliority of Mr. Gordon.
Engraving. Ourfig. 1065.
fre e Char., Leaves oblong or oval, acuminate
I in the outward part of its length cartilaginous
in the margin, and serrulate with
mucronate teeth ; upper surface glabrous, under
surface covered with glandular hairs. Young
branches clothed with powdery down. Flowers
white, in short, spicate, sessile, axillary racemes,
attended by scaly bracteas. Corolla ovate cylindrical.
Filaments ciliated, very short, Capsule depressed,
globose. (Don’s Mill.') A low evergreen
shrub. Virginia to Geoi'gia, on mountains. Height
2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1765. Flowers
white; M.ay and June. 1065. ft. axillàris.
\miety. 2 lonsifìlm. Andrómedo longifòlia Parr/i &y>/. i. p. 293.,
Bot. Mag. t. 2357.; A. Wàlteri Willd. - Leaves Imear-lanceolate,
very long. (Doris Mill.)
2. L. SPINUI-O'SA G. Don. The spinrione-ioothed-leaved Leucothoe.
I f r i S “ ? " ' A S l S S Ì p f b i l ò f t e srpt. 1. p. m ; 7 A. C a le r ti'.'
Hot; 1 .1955. i Bot, Cab., t. 1320. ; and omfig. lOGC.
Speo. Char., f r . Leaves glabrous, coriaceous, ovateoblong,
rounded at the base, gradually narrowed to the
tip, acuminate, serrulate with teeth that are sp in u lo /
in some degree. Flowers white, disposed um l/e ra l y
■ and rather loosely, in subspicate, axillary, subsessile
racemes, and attended by scaly bracteas. Corolla short,
ovate-cylindrical. It resembles L. axillaris D. Don in
several resiiects. (Doris Mill.) A low evergreen s i r / .
Lower Carolina. Height 2 ft. Introduced m 1793.
Flowers white ; May and June.
1066. ft' spinulòsa
3. h. acumina'ta G. Don. The acmmnate-leaved Leucothbe.
Doito ^ . j, p, 70. - A.
S— A / r o ™ / b ' populifòlia Lam. Enc,/cl- 1.
lícito ^ c i r Yit.-. A. fovmosfssipia
C r . i f : ¿ S a C t o . FL Am e r . B e ,. 1. p. 253. ; P.po-stem-
F r r l t a C 'E x o t . Bot., t. 89. ; Jacq, Icon. Bar., i. 1.79,; and
our/g. 1067.
Snec Char., 4c. Glabrous. Stems hollow. Leaves
ovate-lanceolate, gradually narrowed to the tip,
entire or unequally serrate, shining, nettedly
veined, coriaceous. Flowers white, numerous,
upon pedicels, drooping; disposed m racemes thto
aie axillary, very short, corymbose and nearly
naked. Corolla cylindrically ovate.^ (D o t i s ^M d l . )
An e r e c t evergreen shrub. Georgia and Florida,
in s a n d y swamps. Height2ft to 3 ft. Introd 1765.
Flowers numerous, white ; July and August. wo,, i,.
CP 4.. L. FLOBIBU'NDA D. Don. The numerous-flowered Leucothoe.
Umiifieation. D. Don in Edinb. New Pbii. Journ., 17. p. 159. ; Doll's Mill., 3.
sX o S m r . Andrómeda florlbimda Lyon ilci'5. Sopì. 1. p. 993.
S f f S i g s . Bot. Reg., t. 807. l Bot. Mag., t. 1566., and our fig. 1068.
Spec. Char., f r . Glabrous. Leaves ovate oblong, acute,
finely serrulate, appressedly ciliate, coriaceous. Ffewers
white, numerous ; disposed unilaterally in racemes that are
axillary and terminal, and constitute
panicles. Pedicels with 2 bracteas.
(D o r i s M i l l . ) An erect evergreen
shrub. Georgia, on mountains. Height
2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1812.
Flowers white ; May and June.
1068. ft. floribúnda.
Extremely difficult to propagate, therefore rare. Prolific
in flowers, when covered with them very beautiful.
Layers, which do not root under two or three years.
6. L. s p i c a ' t a G. Don. The spicate-raemcd
Leucothoe.
Identification. Don’s Mill., 3 p. 832. , „
Synonyme. Andrómeda spicàta Wats. Dend. B n t. t. .16.
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 36. ; and ourfig. 1060.
1009. ft. si’i« “ »'
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