ERICACEÆ. XXVII. Lyonta. 
drómeda marginata, Duham. arb. Andrómeda coriàcea, Willd. 
spec. 2. p. 613. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 70. Sims, bot. mag. 
1095. Andr. lùcida, Lam. encycl. 1. p. 157. Andr. Mariàna, 
Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 465. A handsome small shrub. Flowers 
pale red; the calyx long, of a dark red colour. Leaves 
marked with very fine punctures. 
Var. P, rùbra (Lodd. bot. cab. 672.) flowers deep red. 
Marginated -leaved Lyonia. FI. June, July. Cit. 
Shrub 2 feet. 
1765. 
** Leaves deciduous. 
4 L. Marta‘na (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17, p. 159.) 
leaves oval, acutish at both ends, quite entire, glabrous, rather 
coriaceous, paler beneath ; floriferous branches almost leafless ; 
pedicels aggregate ; corolla ovate-cylindrical ; calyx foliaceous ; 
capsule conoid. h.H. Native from New England to Flo- 
rida, in woods and dry swamps, particularly in sandy soil. An- 
drémeda Mariana, Lin. spec. 564, Sims, bot. mag. 1579.— 
Pluk. mant. 448. A dwarf shrub. Flowers large, white, some- 
times tinged with red. This plant has a number of very striking 
varieties. 
Var. (3, leaves narrow, lanceolate. h. H. 
x Maryland Lyonia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1736. Shrub 2 
eet. 
5 L. racemòsa (D. Don, l. c.) leaves oval-lanceolate, acute, 
serrulated, membranous, glabrous; spikes terminal, secund, 
elongated, simple, or branched ; bracteas linear, acute; corollas 
cylindrical ; calyxes acute, bibracteate at the base. h.H. 
Native from Canada to Carolina, in bogs and swamps. Andró- 
meda racemòsa, Lin. spec. 564, Lher. stirp. 2. t. 13. Andr. 
paniculata, Walt. carol. 138.—Gron. virg. 67. Flowers white. 
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 the fine odour they have. The cells of the 
anthers are said to be biaristate at the apex ; it is, therefore, 
probably, a species of Zenòbia. There are several varieties of 
the plant. 
Racemose - flowered Lyonia. 
Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
6 L. argòrea (D. Don, l. c.) branches terete; leaves oblong, 
acuminated, mucronately serrated, glabrous ; panicles terminal, 
or many spikes; corollas ovoid-cylindrical, downy. h. H. 
Native from Pennsylvania to Florida, in the valleys of the Alle- 
ghany Mountains. Andrómeda arbòrea, Lin. spec. 565. Sims, 
bot. mag. 905.—Catesb. car. 1..t. 71. A beautiful tree, from 
40 to 60 feet high. Flowers white. The leaves have a very 
pleasant acid taste, from which it has been called sorre]-tree. 
They are frequently made use of by hunters in those mountains, 
to alleviate thirst. 
Tree Lyonia. 
feet. 
7 L. panrcura‘ra (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 266.) downy ; leaves 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1736. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1752. Tree 40 to 60 
obovate-lanceolate, subacuminated at both ends, and almost _ 
entire; floriferous branches terminal, panicled, nearly naked; 
clusters of flowers pedunculate; corollas nearly globose, downy. 
h. H. Native from Canada to Carolina; common in all 
Swamps and woods. Andrémeda paniculata, Lin. spec. 564. 
Lher. stirp, nov. 2. t. 12. Wats. dendr. brit. 37., Flowers 
small, white, There are a number of varieties of this species, 
differing in size, pubescence, shape of leaves, &c. Upper sur- 
faces of the older leaves nearly smooth. 
Panicled-flowered Lyonia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1748. Shrub 
3-4 feet. 
8 L. rronpdsa (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 267.) every part of 
the plant is densely clothed with powdery villi; leaves oblong, 
XXVIII. Levcornor. 831 / 
or oblong-obovate, blunt, or acutish, clothed with furfuraceous 
villi, often rusty, prominently veined: with revolute, entire, sca- 
brous margins; panicle terminal, frondose or leafy ; corollas 
globose, hispid or downy. h.H. Native of the lower coun- 
ties of Virginia and Carolina. Andrómeda fronddsa, Pursh. fl. 
amer. sept. 1. p. 295. Flowers white. Pursh says the anthers 
are awned; but Nuttall thinks this must be a mistake, or that 
his plant must be different from that of Pursh. 
Frondose Lyonia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1806. Shrub 3 feet. 
9 L. muttirrora (Wats. dend. brit. t. 128.) leaves narrow- 
lanceolate, serrated, sprinkled with hair-like atoms ; panicle ter- 
minal, composed of numerous fascicled racemes. h.H. Na- 
tive of North America. Flowers numerous, small, white. Per- 
haps only a variety of L. paniculata. 
Many-flowered Lyonia. Fl. July. Clt.? Shrub 2 feet. 
10 L. Jamatce’nsts (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17, p. 
159.) branches smooth; leaves broad—lanceolate, quite entire, 
cinereous beneath from dot-like scales, but shining above; pe- 
dicels aggregate, on long leafless branches, scaly as well as 
the calyxes; corollas ovate. h. S. Native of Jamaica, on 
the tops of the mountains. Andromeda Jamaicénsis, Swartz. fl. 
ind. occ. 2. p. 838. Flowers white. 
Jamaica Lyonia. Shrub 6 feet. 
11 L. rasctcura‘ta ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, a little 
crenated, coriaceous ; racemes shorter than the petioles; pedi- 
cels aggregate, reflexed. h.S. Native of the south of Ja- 
maica, on the mountains. Andrómeda fasciculata, Swartz, 
fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 836. Flowers white. 
Fascicled-flowered Lyonia. Tree. 
12 L. capremroria (Wats. dendr. brit. 127.) leaves coria- 
ceous, elliptic, short-acuminated, serrulated, sprinkled with short 
fleshy hairs ; corollas rather silky, globular, coarctate ; racemes 
and corymbs mixed, lateral, leafy. h. H. Native of 
North America. Flowers white. Perhaps only a variety of 
L. paniculata. 
Caprea-leaved Lyonia. 
feet. 
13 L.? rusicrndsa ; leaves ovate, coriaceous, quite entire, ob- 
tuse, downy beneath, rusty when young; racemes lateral, erect; 
corollas cylindrical. h.S. Native of the West Indies, in the 
Island of St. Thomas. Andrómeda rubigindsa, Pers. ench. 1. 
p. 481. Andr. pubéscens, Poir. Leaves shining above, resem- 
bling those of Salix caprea. Racemes very short, in fascicles. 
Rusty Lyonia. Shrub, : 
14 L.? ruomporpa'ris; shrubby; floriferous branches tri- 
quetrous ; leaves somewhat rhomboid-oblong, cartilaginous, gla- 
brous, rusty beneath, quite entire, callous at the apex; pedun- 
cles axillary, aggregate, elongated, filiform. h. H. Native of 
Florida and Carolina. Andrómeda rhomboidalis, Duham. ed. 
nov. abr. 192. 
Rhomboid-leaved Lyonia. Shrub. j 
Cult. The species thrive best in peat soil, or a sandy loam. 
Being very ornamental, they are desirable shrubs in every gar- 
den. They may either be increased by layers or by seeds. 
The seeds should be sown in pots or pans in sandy peat soil ; 
they should be covered slightly with earth, as they are extremely 
small. 
Fl. July. Clt. 1812. Shrub 2 to 3 
XXVIII. LEUCOTHO‘E (a mythological name). D. Don, in 
edinb. phil. journ. 17, p. 159. Andrómeda species of authors. 
Lin. syst. Decéndria, Monoginia. Calyx 5-leaved; leaves 
imbricated at the base. Corolla tubular, 5-toothed. Stamens 
inclosed; filaments dilated, flattened, downy ; cells of anthers 
short, truncate, mutic. Stigma ample, capitate. — Capsule with 
a loculicidal dehiscence.—Evergreen shrubs, natives of North 
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