Tab. 4314 . 
LEUCOTHOE pulchra. 
Elegant Leucothoe. 
Nat. Ord. Erice^. — Decandkia Monogynia. 
Gm. Char. Calyx 3-lobus, lobis nec demum carnosis neo sensim auctis. 
Corolla ovata aut cybndracea, rarius ovato-campanulata, ore plus minus contracto 
5-deiitato. Stamina 10 inclusa, filam. subdilatatis complanatis smpe villosis, 
antheris ovatis truncatis muticis apice biporosis. Styhis filifomis. Stigma 
simplex capitatum. Capsula depresso-globosa, 5-locul., 5-valvis, locidicido- 
dehiscens, suturis nullo modo ut in Lyonia valvaeformibus. Semiim ovato- 
angulato.—Frutices elegantes Americani aut Asiatic!. Folia sempervirentia aut 
decidua, integra aut dentata. Flores albi aut rarius coccinei, dispositione varii. 
Leucothoe pulchra; erecta glaberrima, ramis angulatis, foUis breyissime petio- 
latis eUiptico-cordatis obtusis retusis mucronatis coriaceis marginatis 
siccitate prsecipue reticulatis subtus nervis prominentibus, racemis folia 
longe superantibus axillaribus sobtariis pendentibus, floribus secundis, 
coroUis ovato-cylindraceis, limbi dentibus parvis erectis. 
Leucothoe pulchra. Le Cand. Prodr. v.l. p. 604. 
Andromeda pulchra. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 1. p. 521. et v. 8. p. 507. 
{non Arrab.) 
Aganota pulchra. Don, Gard. Diet. v. 3. p. 837. 
Received at the Royal Gardens of Kew, from Mr. Makoy of 
Liege, as a “ Vaccininm ” from Caraccas. It will now merge m 
the genus Leucothoe as restricted by De Candolle, and is unques¬ 
tionably the Andromeda {Leucothoe) pulchra of Chamisso and 
Schlechtendal, of which we have authentic specimens from Biazil, 
chiefly gathered by Sellow. L. pulchella (Androm. Cham, et 
Schlecht.) is probably not different; and L. crassi/olia and X. ^e- 
nifolia are perhaps mere forms of the sarne species. This plant 
flowers in a cool green-house in May, and is equally handsome m 
foliage and in flower. 
Descr. a shrub, two or more feet high, glabrous m every part. 
Branches erect, many-angled, pale brown. Leaves rather closely 
placed, alternate, on very short petioles, an inch or rarely more 
long, elliptical-cordate, coriaceous, obtuse, mucronate, reticu¬ 
lated with small areolae, principally seen when dry, and parti- 
JULY 1st, 1847. 
