ERICACEAE 887 
3-5 mm. long: calyx glabrous; larger sepals orbicular-ovate: corolla white, 6-7 mm. 
long : capsules 5.5 mm. broad, 4 mm. high. 
In low thickets, Georgia to Mississippi. Spring. 
3. Leucothoe Catesbaéi ( Walt.) A. Gray. An evergreen shrub 1-2 m. tall, with 
more or less densely puberulent twigs, the stems and branches often reclining. Leaf-blades 
lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 6-15 cm. long, leathery, acuminate, serrate with spine- 
tipped teeth, lustrous above, acute or rounded at the base; petioles 1-1.5 em. long: 
racemes axillary, 4-8 cm. long, simple: bracts broadly ovate, acute, 4-5 mm. long: pedi- 
cels 4-8 mm. long: calyx about 5 mm. broad: sepals ovate, about 2 mm. long, acute: 
corolla white or pinkish, cylindric-ovoid, 5-6 mm. long: capsules spheroidal, lobed, about 
5 mm. broad. 
Along streams, chiefly in the mountains, Virginia to Tennessee and Georgia. Spring. 
4. Leucothoe acuminata (Ait.) D. Don. An evergreen shrub 1-4 m. tall, with 
hollow branches. Leaf-blades lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 3-10 em. long, leathery, acute 
or usually acuminate, finely reticulated : racemes corymb-like, axillary, 1-3 em. long, few- 
flowered : calyx puberulent, about 3 mm. broad : sepals broadly ovate, acute : corolla oblong- 
cylindrie, 8-10 mm. long: capsules spheroidal, 5-6 mm. broad, lobed 
In swamps and about ponds, South Carolina to Florida. Spring. 
5. Leucothoe recárva (Buckl.) A. Gray. A widely branching shrub 1-4 m. tall, 
with glabrate or minutely pubescent foliage. Leaves deciduous ; blades thinnish but often 
quite firm, oval, elliptic, or oval, 4-10 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate, serrate, rarely 
rounded at the base, short-petioled : racemes 2-10 cm. long, simple or branching, often 
many-flowered : pedicels stout, 1-2 mm. long: calyx glabrous: sepals oblong-ovate, nearly 
2 mm. long, acute, involute: corolla white, 6-7 mm. long, oblong-cylindric ; lobes ovate, 
recurved : anthers with slender awns: capsules spheroidal, 5-6 mm. broad, lobed. 
On mountain slopes, Virginia to Georgia and Alabama. Spring. 
6. Leucothoe racemósa (L.) A. Gray. A wide-branching shrub 1-4 m. tall, with 
glabrous or puberulent twigs. Leaves firm ; blades oblong or elliptic, 2-7 cm. long, acute 
or slightly acuminate, serrulate, short-petioled : racemes 3-10 cm. long, simple or 
branched: pedicels 1-2 mm. long: calyx glabrous : sepals triangular, becoming triangular- 
lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long, acute, ciliolate: corolla white or pink, 8-9 mm. long, cylindric, 
constricted at the throat; lobes ovate, recurved: anthers with long subulate awns : cap- 
sules spheroidal, 4 mm. broad, surpassing the sepals. 
In swamps and damp thickets, Massachusetts to Florida and Louisiana. Spring. 
7. Leucothoe elongata Small. A branching shrub 1-3 m. tall, with puberulent or 
glabrate foliage. Leaves firm ; blades oblong, elliptic, or sometimes oblong-oblanceolate, 
or oblong-obovate, 2-5 cm. long, acute or slightly acuminate, serrulate, gradually or ab- 
ruptly narrowed into short petioles: racemes 10-20 cm. long: pedicels 1.5-3 mm. long: 
calyx usually puberulent : sepals lanceolate, often narrowly so, 3-4 mm. long, acuminate, 
ciliolate : corolla white or pinkish, 7-8 mm. long, cylindric, somewhat constricted at the 
throat; lobes ovate, recurved: anthers with short subulate awns: capsules spheroidal, 
3.5-4 mm. broad, much shorter than the sepals. 
In swamps, Virginia to Florida. Spring. 
11. CHAMAEDAPHNE Moench. 
Evergreen shrubs, with branching stems. Leaves alternate : blades leathery, slightly 
toothed. Fowers perfect, in one-sided leafy-bracted racemes. Calyx subtended by 2 bracts, 
the 5 sepals nearly distinct, persistent. Corolla urn-shaped, with 5 recurved lobes. Sta- 
mens 10, included: filaments adnate to the base of the corolla: anthers prolonged into 
tubes, opening by terminal pores. Disk 10-lobed. Ovary 5-celled, 5-grooved. Stigma 
entire. Ovules numerous in each cavity. Capsule depressed, loculicidally 5-valved. 
[Cassandra D. Don. ] 
1. Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) Moench. An asymmetrical shrub, 1-12 dm. 
tall, with scurfy foliage. Leaf-blades oblong, elliptic, obovate or oblanceolate, 1-5 cm. 
long, obtuse or acute, serrulate, narrowed into very short petioles: racemes 2-12 cm. long, 
conspicuously bracted : bracts similar to the leaves but smaller: pedicels 1-3 mm. long: 
sepals triangular or triangular-ovate, 1.5-2 mm. long, acute: corolla white, 6-7 mm. long: 
capsules spheroidal-angular, 4 mm. broad. [Cassandra calyeulata D. Don.] 
In cold or sphagnous swamps, Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Georgia, Illinois and British 
Columbia. Also in northern Europe and Asia. Spring. 
