832 ERICACEA. XXVIII. Levcotnoe. 
America. Leaves coriaceous, dentately spinulose. Flowers 
white, racemose, axillary, or terminal. 
1 L. axitxa‘ris (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves oblong or oval, acumi- 
nated, upper part cartilaginously and mucronately serrulated, co- 
vered by scattered glandular hairs on the under surface; young 
branches clothed with powdery down ; racemes axillary, spicate, 
sessile, beset with scaly bracteas; corollas ovate-cylindrical ; 
filaments ciliated, very short. h.H. Native from Virginia 
to Georgia, on the mountains. Andrómeda axillaris, Solander 
in hort. kew. 2. p. 89. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 292. 
Leaves glabrous. Flowers in short spikes, white. Capsule 
depressed, globose. 
Var. B, longifolia (Pursh. fi. amer. sept. 1. p. 293.) leaves 
linear-lanceolate, very long. h.H. Sims, bot. mag. 2357. 
Andrómeda Waltéri, Willd. 
Axillary-flowered Leucothoe. 
Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
2 L. spinu.dsa; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, rounded at 
the base, gradually narrowed to the apex, acuminated, some- 
what spinulosely serrulated, glabrous, coriaceous ; racemes sub- 
spicate, axillary, sessile, secund, rather loose, with scaly brac- 
teas ; corollas short, ovate-cylindrical. kh. H. Native of 
Lower Carolina. Andrómeda spinuldsa, Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 
1. p. 293. Andr. Catesbee'i, Walt. fl. carol. pi 137. Willd. 
spec, 2. p. 613. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1955. Lodd. bot. cab. 
1820. Flowers white. Resembles the preceding in several 
respects. The figure in Cat. car. is so very bad, that there can 
be no reference made to it. 
Spinulose-leaved Leucothoe. 
Shrub 2 feet. 
3 L. acumrina‘ta; quite glabrous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
gradually narrowed to the top, acuminated, quite entire or un- 
equally serrated, glabrous, shining, reticulately veined, coria- 
ceous ; racemes axillary, very short, corymbose, nearly naked ; 
flowers pedicellate, drooping ; corollas cylindrically ovate. h. 
H. Native of Georgia and Florida, in sandy swamps. Andró- 
meda acuminata, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 70. Pursh. fl. amer. 
sept. 1. p. 293. Smith, exot. bot. 89. And. lùcida, Jacq. 
icon. rar. 1. t. 79. And. populifòlia, Lam. encycl. 1. p. 195. 
A. reticulata, Walt. fl. car. 137. Andr. formosissima, Bartr. 
cat. Andr. laúrina, Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 253. Flowers 
white, in great abundance, which gives the shrub a fine ap- 
pearance. The stems are hollow, and are used by the natives 
D akg their pipe stems, from whence the name Pipe-stem- 
wood. 
Acuminated-leaved Leucothoe, 
Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
4 L. Frorisu’nva (D. Don, l. c.) quite glabrous; leaves 
ovate, oblong, acute, finely serrulated, adpressedly ciliated, 
glabrous, coriaceous; racemes secund, axillary, and terminal, 
forming panicles; pedicels bibracteate. h. H. Native of 
Georgia, on the mountains. Andrómeda floribúnda, Lyon. herb. 
Ker. bot. reg. 807. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 293. Sims, 
bot. mag. 1566. Flowers pure white, in great abundance. 
Bundle-flowered Leucothoe. FI. May, June. Clt. 1812. 
Shrub 2 feet, 
5 L. sprica‘ta; glabrous; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 
ovate or attenuated at the base, serrated ; racemes long, lateral 
and terminal, secund ; branchlets beset with short white hairs. 
h.H. Native from Canada to Florida, Andrémeda spicata, 
Wats. dendr. brit. 36. Flowers white. 
Spicate-flowered Leucothoe. Fl. June. Clt.? Shrub 2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Lydnia, p. 831. Ele- 
gant shrubs, worth cultivating in every shrubbery for the sake 
of the beauty of their blossoms. ; 
Fl. May, June. Clt. 1765. 
Fl. May, June. Clt. 1793. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1765. 
XXIX. Piers. XXX, PayLLoDoce. 
XXIX. PIE‘RIS (one of the Muses) D. Don, in edinb. phil. 
journ. 17, p. 159. Andrómeda species, Wall. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria Monogy'nia. Calyx deeply 5-parted. 
Corolla tubular or ovate, with a contracted, 5-toothed, revolute 
border. Stamens inclosed; filaments dilated, bisetose at top; 
cells of anthers short, incumbent, dehiscing lengthwise. Style 
robust, pentagonal; stigma truncate. Capsule with a loculi- 
cidal dehiscence. Seeds scobiform —Trees or shrubs, natives 
of Nipaul. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers drooping, terminal, 
racemose. 
1 P. Formosa (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, acuminated, 
crenulated, glabrous, acute at the base; racemes erectly spread- 
ing, disposed in a terminal thyrse; pedicels recurved, drooping, 
and are, as well as the calyxes, pruinose ; calycine segments 
ovate-oblong, marginated, shining ; corollas ovate. ÑR. F. 
Native of Nipaul, where it is called Sheabogee and Chemata.— 
An evergreen tree, with the habit of A’rbutus or Clèthra. Pedi- 
cels unilateral. Flowers rose-coloured, each furnished with a 
small bractea at the base. Andrómeda formésa, Wall. in asiat. 
res. 13. p. 595. D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 149. 
Beautiful Pieris. Tree. 
2 P. tanczora‘ra (D. Don, l. c.) leaves elliptic, bluntly acu- 
minated, quite entire, acute at the base; racemes terminal, gla- 
brous, straight; pedicels scaly, pubescent, calycine segments 
roundish, ciliated; corollas ovate, downy; style inclosed. h. 
F. Native of Nipaul. Andrómeda lanceolata, Wall. in asiat. 
res. 13, p. 390. with a figure. Andr. squamuldsa, D. Don, prod. 
fl. nep. p. 149. A small much-branched tree. Leaves 3-4 
inches long. Corollas purplish. Scales of pedicels ciliated. 
Lanceolate-leaved Pieris. Tree small. 
3 ovatirérta (D. Don, l. c.) leaves oval, acuminated, quite 
entire, rounded at the base; racemes lateral, leafy, many- 
flowered ; pedicels secund, downy; calycine segments ovate, 
acute; corollas oblong, downy. h. F. Native of Nipaul, at 
Suembu, and in Sirinagur. Andrómeda ovalifdlia, Wall. in asiat. 
res. 13. p. 391. with a table. Andr. capricida, Hamilt. mss. 
Branches downy. Leaves downy when young, 2-4 inches long, 
and 1-2 broad. Racemes numerous, elongated. Pedicels uni- 
lateral. Corolla pale flesh-coloured. The tree is poisonous to 
goats. 
Oval-leaved Pieris. Fl. May. Clt. 1825. Tree 20 to 40 feet. 
4 P. Jaréxica (D. Don, mss.) glabrous; leaves lanceolate, 
crenulated, attenuated at the base, entire; racemes terminal, 
panicled. h. F. Native of Japan. Andrómeda Japonica, 
Thunb. fl. jap. p. 181, t. 22. Leaves 1} to 2 inches long. 
Flowers red. 
Japan Pieris. Shrub. 
Cult. Sandy peat and a little loam is the best soil for the 
species of Piéris; and they may be increased by cuttings not 
too young, planted in sand, with a bell-glass over them. 
XXX. PHYLLO’DOCE. (a mythological name). Salisb. 
par. 36. D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. July, 1834. Andró- 
meda species, Lin. Menziésia species, Swartz and Smith— 
Erica species, Willd. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla globose, with a contracted 5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, 
inclosed; filaments slender, glabrous; cells of anthers short, 
truncate, mutic. Stigma peltate, 5-tuberculate. Capsule 5- 
celled, with a septicidal dehiscence. Seeds compressed, shining. 
—Small evergreen shrubs, natives of the north of Europe, 
Asia, and North America. Leaves linear, obtuse, spreading. 
Keere terminal, solitary, or many together, in a kind of 
umbel, 
