Tas. 6247. 
LEUCOTHOE DAVISIA. 
Native of Californie. 
Nat. Ord. Ericacrem.—Tribe ANDROMEDE2. 
Genus Levcotuor, Don. (Benth et Hook. fil. Gen. Plant. vol. i, p. 584). 
Levcornor Davisie; frutex subglaber sempervirens, foliis breviter petiolatis ob- 
longis coriaceis nitidis viridibus obscufe serratis subacutis vel obtusis, 
racemis subsessilibus erectis numerosis axillaribus terminalibusque, pedicellis 
flore brevioribus floriferis cernuis fructiferis ascendentibus, bracteis minutis 
oblongis scariosis, bracteolis lanceolatis, calycis segmentis lanceolatis persist- 
entibus basi brevissime coalitis, corolla urceolate albe dentibus parvis 
patulis deltoideis, genitalibus inclusis, capsulis membranaceis depresso-glo- 
bosis, seminibus turgidis asperis. 
LevcorHor Davisie, Zorrey; A. Gray im Proce: Amer, Acad. vol. vii. p. 400; 
Bot. Calif. vol. i, p. 455. 
lL, Lobbii, Hook. MSS. 
This handsome evergreen ericaceous shrub was discovered. 
in 1853, by Mr. William Lobb, on the Sierra Nevada Moun- 
tains of California, at an elevation of 5000 feet. It was sent 
by him to Messrs. Veitch, and distributed by them under the 
name of Leucothoe Lobbii. It was gathered again in the same 
tract by Miss N. J. Davis, after whom it was named by Dr. 
Torrey, and this name has been adopted by Dr. Asa Gray in 
the proceedings of the American Academy, and in the valu- 
able work on the botany of California, of which we have just 
received the first volume. It is the only species of the 
genus which has been found on the western side of the . 
American continent. From the two well-known and long- 
cultivated species of the Eastern States (L. azillaris and 
Catesbei), it differs by its shorter nearly entire much less 
pointed leaves, andby having its larger and handsomer flowers 
aggregated into a panicle at the end of the branches. So 
that, horticulturally, it is a decidedly finer plant, and of course, 
coming from such an elevation, it may be safely relied upon 
as quite hardy. : : : 
Dzscr. A close-growing shrub, nearly glabrous in all its 
parts. Zeaves oblong, coriaceous, bright green, subacute or 
