vered with brown, umbilicate, bran-like scales, as is every other part of the plant. Flowers axillary, 3 or 5 together, upon pedicels. Corolla small, ovate, globose, white inside, rusty-looking outside. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 830.) A native of Georgia, Florida, and Mexico, in pine woods, where it grows to the height of from 3 ft. to 5 ft., and flowers in June and July. It was introduced in 1784, and is occasionally to be met with in collections. There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges's, which are kept under glass during winter. 2. L. RIGIDA Nutt. The rigid-leaved Lyonia. Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 266.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. Engraving. Bot. Cab., t. 430. Spec. Char., &c. Arborescent, evergreen. Leaves crowded, coriaceous, rigid; Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159. Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1095.; Jacq. Icon. Rar., t. 465.; and our fig. 902. Spec. Char., &c. A small shrub, evergreen, glabrous. Branchlets indistinctly 3-sided. Leaves coriaceous, oval, acuminate, quite entire, glabrous, punctured with very fine punctures; the mid-rib running through the deflexed margin. Flowers upon pedicels, axillary, aggregate. Calyx of a dark red colour, its segments long, linear. 901 Variety. Corolla cylindrical, L. m. 2 rubra Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 672.; and our fig. 901.-Flowers deep red. (Don's Mill.) B. Leaves deciduous. 4. L. MARIANA D. Don. The Maryland Lyonia. Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159.; Don's Mill., Synonyme. Andrómeda mariàna Lin. Sp., 564., Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1579., Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1579.; and our fig. 903. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves deciduous, oval, acutish at both ends, entire, glabrous, rather coriaceous, paler beneath. Flowerbearing branches almost leafless. Flowers on pedicels, aggregate, large, white, sometimes tinged with red. Calyx leafy. Corolla ovate-cylindrical. Capsule conoid. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 831.) A native of North America, from New England to Florida, in woods and dry swamps, especially in sandy soil; L. m. 2 oblonga Swt. has oblong leaves. 5. L. RACEMO'SA D. Don. The racemose-flowered Lyonia. Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831. "The cells of the anthers are said to be biaristate [2-awned] at the apex: it is, therefore, probably a species of Zenobia." (Don's Mill.) Synonymes. Andrómeda racemosa Lin. Sp., 564., L'Hérit. Stirp. 2. t. 13.; A. paniculata Walt. Car., 138., Gronov. Virg., 67. Engraving. L'Hérit. Stirp., 2. t. 13. Spec, Char., &c. Leaves deciduous, oval-lanceolate, acute, serrulate, membranous, glabrous. Flowers white. Spikes terminal, secund, elongated, simple, or branched. Bracteas linear, acute, two at the base of a calyx, which is acute. Corolla cylindrical. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 831.) A native of North America, from Canada to Carolina, in bogs and swamps, where it becomes a middle-sized shrub, which may be reckoned one of the finest in North America, not only for the graceful appearance of its flowers, but also for their fine odour. It was introduced in 1736, grows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., and flowers in June and July. A very desirable species. 6. L. ARBOREA D. Don. The Tree Lyonia. Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil Journ., 17. p. 159.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831. Corollas Spec. Char., &c. A beautiful tree, from 40 ft. to 60 ft. high. Branches taper. 7. L. PANICULATA Nutt. The panicled-flowered Lyonia. Spec. Char., &c. Downy. Leaves deciduous, obovate- 904 8. L. SALICIFOLIA Wats. The Willow-leaved Lyonia. Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 38. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves alternate, long-lanceolate, acuminate, scarcely serruARY REESE LIBRARY IVERSITY late, shining, strewed with a few short gland-like hairs. Racemes of flowers compound, alternately sessile on the terminal branches. Flowers white, 1-petaled, globular, contracted at the mouth. (Wats.) A desirable species, nearly allied to L. paniculata, which flowers in June and July, but which is less remarkable in point of floral beauty, than for its fine shining foliage. Unfortunately for this, and other species of Lyònia and Andrómeda, they are generally crowded together in masses, so that nothing is seen of any sort, but the points of its shoots struggling with those of others for light and air; whereas, were they planted singly, they would form objects so totally different, and of such superior beauty, as hardly to be recognised for the same species. 9. L. FRONDO'SA Nutt. The branchy Lyonia. Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 267.; Don's Mill., 3. p, 831. Synonyme. Andrómeda frondosa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 295. Spec. Char., &c. Densely villose with whitish hairs. Leaves deciduous, oblong or oblong ovate, blunt or acutish, often rusty, prominently veined; the lateral margins revolute, entire, and rough. Flowers white, in a terminal leafly panicle. Corollas globose, hispid, or downy. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 831.) A native of the lower counties of Virginia and Carolina. Introduced in 1806, and growing to the height of 3 ft.; flowering in May and June. There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges's. 10. L. MULTIFLO'RA Wats. The many-flowered Lyonia. Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 128.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831. A Spec. Char., &c. Leaves deciduous, narrow, lanceolate, serrate, sprinkled with hair-like atoms. Flowers numerous, small, white, disposed in terminal panicles, that are composed of numerous grouped racemes. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 831.) native of North America; perhaps it is only a variety of L. paniculata. In British gardens, it grows to the height of 2 ft., flowering in July. The date of its introduction is uncertain; probably in 1812, by Lyon. 906 11. L. CAPREEFO'LIA Wats. The Goat-Willow-leaved Lyonia. Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 127.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 8 831. 907 App. i. Doubtful Species of Lyònia, not yet introduced. L. rhomboidalis G. Don; Andrómeda rhomboidàlis N. Du Ham., 1. p. 192; is a native of Florida and Carolina, with triquetrous and floriferous branches, described in the Nouveau Du Hamel, from dried specimens, and stated not to be yet cultivated in Europe. GENUS IX LEUCO'THOE D. Don. THE LEUCOTHOE. Lin Syst. Decandria Identification. D. Don. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831. Derivation. Leucothöe was a beautiful nymph, beloved by Apollo; who was buried alive by her father when he discovered her amour, and changed into the tree that bears the frankincense by her lover. (Ovid. Met., iv. 196.) Leucothöe was also a name given to Ino after she was changed into a sea deity. Description, &c. Evergreen shrubs, natives of North America, with coriaceous leaves, dentately spinulose; and flowers white, racemose, axillary, or terminal. 1. L. AXILLARIS D. Don. The axillary-racemed Leucothöe. Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 832. Synonyme. Andrómeda axillaris Solander in Hort. Kew., 2. p. 89.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 292. Engraving. Our fig. 908. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves oblong or oval, acuminate; 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., iii. p. 832. A native of North America, from Virginia to Georgia, on the mountains, where it grows to the 908 height of 2 ft. or 3 ft. Introduced in 1765, and flowering in May and June. Variety. L. a. 2 longifolia; Andrómeda longifolia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., i. 293., Sims Bot. Mag., t. 2357.; A. Wálteri Willd.-Leaves linearlanceolate, very long. (Don's Mill.) 2. L. SPINULO'SA G. Don. The spinulose-toothed-leaved Leucothöe. Identification. Don's Mill., 3. p. 832. 909 Synonymes. Andrómeda spinulosa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 293.; A Castesba'i Walt. Fl. Car., Pp. 137., Willd. Sp., 2. p. 613., Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1955., Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1320. Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1955.; Bot. Cab., t. 1320.; and our fig. 909. Spec. Char., &c. Leaves glabrous, coriaceous, ovate-oblong, rounded at the base, gradually narrowed to the tip, acuminate, serrulate with teeth that are spinulose in some degree. Flowers white, disposed unilaterally, and rather loosely, in subspicate, axillary, subsessile racemes, and attended by scaly bracteas. Corolla short, ovatecylindrical. It resembles L. axillàris D. Don in several respects. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 832.) A native of Lower Carolina, in North America, where it forms a shrub 2 ft. high. It was introduced in 1793, and flowers in May and June. 3. L. ACUMINATA G. Don. The acuminate-leaved Leucothöe. Identification. Don's Mill., 3. p. 832. Synonymes. Andrómeda acuminata Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 70., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 293., Smith Exot. Bot., t. 89.; A. lùcida Jacq. Icon. Rar., 1. t. 79.; A. populifolia Lam. Encycl., 1. p. 195.; A. reticulata Walt. Fl. Car., 137.; A. formosíssima Bartr.; A. laúrina Michx. Fl. Amer. Bot., 1. p. 253.; Pipe-stem-wood, Amer. Engravings. Exot. Bot., t. 89.; Jacq. Icon. Rar., 1. t. 79.; and our fig. 910. 4. L. FLORIBU'NDA D. Don. The numerous-flowered Leucothöe. Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159; Don's Mill., 3. p. 832 Synonyme. Andrómeda floribunda Lyon Herb., Ker Bot. Reg., t. 807., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 293., Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1566. Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 807.; Bot. Mag., t. 1566.; and our fig. 911. Spec. Char., &c. Glabrous. Leaves ovate, oblong, acute, finely serrulate, appressedly ciliate, coriaceous. Flowers white, numerous, disposed unilaterally in racemes that are axillary and terminal, and constitute panicles. Pedicles with 2 bracteas. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 832.) A native of North America, in Georgia, on the mountains, where it grows to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft., and flowers in May and June. It was introduced in 1812, and, being extremely difficult to propagate, is still rare in collections. There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges's, at Messrs. Chandler's, and at Messrs. Osborne's at Fulham. Plants, some years since, were 10 guineas each, but they may now be had at a guinea. The plant is very prolific in flowers, and is extremely beautiful. 5. L. SPICATA G. Don. The spicate-racemed Leucothöe. Identification. Don's Mill., 3. p. 832. Synonyme. Andrómeda spicata Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 36. 912 GENUS X. PIERIS D. Don. THE PIERIS. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogýnia. Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 832. Derivation. Pieris, a general appellation of the Muses, who were called Pierides, from their birth. place, Pieria, in Thessaly. Description, &c. Trees and shrubs, natives of Nepal and Japan; and considered as only half. hardy. |