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.
Synonymes. Andrómeda ferruginea Willd. Sp., 2. p. 609.; Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 67.; A. ferruginea
1 arboréscens Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 252.; A. rígida Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 292., Lodd.
Bot. Cab., t. 430.

Engraving. Bot. Cab., t. 430.

Spec. Char., &c. Arborescent, evergreen. Leaves crowded, coriaceous, rigid;
their petioles short; their disks cuneate-lanceolate, acute, entire, convex,
with revolute edges, and clothed with brown, umbilicate, bran-like scales,
as is every other part of the plant. Flowers produced, in Britain, in April
and May, axillary, several together. Corolla globose, white inside. Closely
akin to L. ferruginea; but the two are distinguishable by their different
habits, especially by their times of flowering. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 831.)
There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges's kept under glass during winter.
3. L. MARGINATA D. Don. The marginated-leaved Lyonia.

Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159. Don's Mill., 3. p. 830.
Synonymes. Andrómeda marginata Du Ham. Arb.; A. coriacea Willd. Sp., 2. p. 613., Ait. Hort.
Kew.,
2. p. 70., Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1095.; A. lùcida Lam. Encyc., 1. p. 157.; A. mariàna Jacq.
Icon. Rar., S. t. 465.

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.

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Variety.

Corolla cylindrical,
pale red. (Don's Mill.,
iii. p. 830.) A native
of Carolina and Flo-
rida, in sandy forests; 902
flowering in June and
July. It was intro-
duced in 1765, and, in
British gardens, grows
to the height of 2 ft.,

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.,
3. p. 831.

Synonyme. Andrómeda mariàna Lin. Sp., 564., Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1579.,
Pluk. Mant, 448.

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;
growing to the height of 2 ft., or upwards, and flowering from May to
August.
Variety.

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.
Synonyme. Andrómeda arborea Lin. Sp., 565., Sims Bot. Mag., t. 905., Catesb. Car., 1. t. 71.
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 905.; Catesb. Car., 1. t. 71.

Corollas

Spec. Char., &c. A beautiful tree, from 40 ft. to 60 ft. high. Branches taper.
Leaves deciduous, oblong, acuminate, serrate, with mucronate teeth, gla-
brous, acid. Flowers in terminal panicles of many racemes.
white, ovoid-cylindrical, downy. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 831.) A native of North
America, from Pennsylvania to Florida, in the valleys of the Alleghany
Mountains. The leaves have a very pleasant acid taste, from which the
species has been called the sorrel-tree. They are frequently made use of
by hunters in the mountains to alleviate thirst. It was introduced in 1752,
and flowers in June and July. There is a tree of this species at Purser's
Cross, which, in 1835, was 18 ft. high; and there is one of nearly the same
height in the garden of Lady Tankerville, at Walton upon Thames. In the
Botanic Garden at Carlsruhe, there is a tree which was about the same
height in 1828, and which ripens seeds every year, from which abundance
of plants have been raised.

7. L. PANICULATA Nutt. The panicled-flowered Lyonia.
Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 266.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831.
Synonyme. Andrómeda paniculata Lin. Sp., 564., L'Hérit. Stirp., 2. t. 12., Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 37.
Engravings. L'Hérit. Stirp. Nov., 2. t. 12.; Dend. Brit., t. 37.; and our fig. 904.

Spec. Char., &c. Downy. Leaves deciduous, obovate-
lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, almost entire, the
upper surface of the older leaves nearly glabrous.
Flower-bearing branches terminal, panicled, nearly
naked of leaves. Flowers small, in peduncled racemes.
Corollas nearly globose, downy, white. (Don's Mill.,
iii. p. 831.) A native of North America, occurring
from Canada to Carolina, in all swamps and woods.
It was introduced in 1748, and, in British gardens,
grows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., flowering in June
and July.

904

8. L. SALICIFOLIA Wats. The Willow-leaved Lyonia.

Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 38.
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 38.; and our fig. 905.

Spec. Char., &c. Leaves alternate, long-lanceolate, acuminate, scarcely serruARY

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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.
Engravings. Dend, Brit., t. 128.; and our fig. 906.

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.

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11. L. CAPREEFO'LIA Wats. The Goat-Willow-leaved Lyonia.

Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 127.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 8 831.
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 127.; and our fig. 907.
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves deciduous, coriaceous,
elliptic, with a short acuminate termination,
serrulate, sprinkled with short fleshy hairs.
Flowers white; disposed in racemes and co-
rymbs that are mixed, lateral, and leafy. Co-
rollas rather silky, globular, coarctate. A
native of North America. Perhaps it is only a
variety of L. paniculata. (Don's Mill., iii.
p. 831.)

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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
Monogýnia.

Identification. D. Don. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831.
Synonymes. Andrómeda sp. of authors previously.

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

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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.

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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.
Spec. Char., &c. Glabrous. Stems hollow. Leaves
ovate-lanceolate, gradually narrowed to the tip,
entire or unequally serrate, shining, nettedly veined,
coriaceous. Flowers white, numerous, upon pe-
dicels, drooping, disposed in racemes that are
axillary, very short, corymbose, and nearly naked.
Corolla cylindrically ovate. (Don's Mill., iii. P.
832.) A native of North America, in Georgia
and Florida, in sandy swamps. The shrub bears
a great abundance of flowers, which give it a fine
appearance. Its stems are used by the natives for
making their pipe stems; whence the name of
pipe-stem wood. It was introduced in 1765;
grows to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft., and flowers
in July and August.

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.
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 36. ; and our fig. 912.
Spec. Char., &c. Glabrous, except that the branchlets
are beset with short white hairs. Leaves elliptical-
lanceolate, acute, ovate, or taper at the base, serrated.
Flowers white, disposed unilaterally in long lateral and
terminal racemes. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 832.) A native
of North America, occurring from Canada to Florida,
where it forms a shrub 2 ft. in height, flowering in
June. There are plants in British gardens; but when
it was introduced is uncertain.

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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.
Synonyme. Andrómeda sp. Wallich.

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.