Parr 1, 1914] ERICACEAE 57 
1, Leucothoe axillaris (am.) D. Don, Edinb. New Phil. Jour. 
17: 159. 1834, 
Andromeda axillaris Lam. Encyc. 1: 157. 1783. 
Lyonia axillaris K. Koch, Dendr. 2!: 124. 1872. 
Leucothoe platyphylla Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 886. 1903. 
An evergreen shrub 1-2 m. tall, with puberulent twigs; leaf-blades leathery, oblong or 
oblong-lanceolate, or oval to suborbicular, 4-15 cm. long, abruptly acute or short-acuminate, 
rather remotely serrate, slightly revolute, often sparingly pubescent beneath, acute to rounded 
at the base, the petioles 0.5-1 cm. long; panicles axillary, 2-7 cm. long, densely flowered; bracts 
broadly ovate, 2-3 mm. long, acute; pedicels 1-4 mm. long, minutely pubescent; calyx 5-6 
mm. broad, the lobes ovate to orbicular-ovate, 2 mm. long, acute ; corolla white, cylindric- 
ovoid, 6-7 mm. long; capsules spheroidal, 6-7 mm. broad. 
TYPE LOCALITY: North America. 
DistRmvution: Virginia to Florida and Mississippi. 
ILusrrations: Lam. Tab. Encye. pl. 365; Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. f. 2763; ed. 2. f. 3237. 
2. Leucothoe Catesbaei (Walt.) A. Gray, Man. ed. 2.252. 1856. 
Andromeda Catesbaei Walt. Fl. Car. 137. 1788. 
Andromeda spinulosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 293. 1814. 
? Andromeda lanceolata Desf. Cat. ed. 3. 398. 1829. 
Leucothoe spinulosa G. Don. Gen. Hist. 3: 832. 1834. 
Lyonia Catesbaei K. Koch, Dendr. 2!: 125.° 1872. 
An evergreen shrub 1-2 m. tall, with glabrous or sparingly fine-pubescent twigs, the stems 
and branches often recurved or reclining; leaf-blades leathery, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 
6-15 cm. long, long-acuminate, serrate with spine-tipped teeth, lustrous above, acute or 
rounded at the base, the petioles 1-1.5 cm. long; panicles axillary, narrow, 4-8 cm. long, 
simple; bracts broadly ovate, acute, 4-5 mm. long; pedicels 4-8 mm. long; calyx about 5 mm. 
broad, the lobes ovate, about 2 mm. long, acute; corolla white or pinkish, cylindric-ovoid, 
5-6 mm. long; capsules spheroidal, about 5 mm. broad. 
TYPE LocALity: Carolina. 
DISTRIBUTION: Virginia and Tennessee to Georgia. 
ILLusTRATIONS: Bot. Mag. #1. 1955; Bot. Cab. pl. 1320; Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. f. 2764; 
ed. 2. f. 3238; Lounsberry, S. Wild Fl. pl. 127. 
3. Leucothoe acuminata (Ait.) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 834.. 1834. 
? Andromeda populifolia Lam. Encyc. 1: 159. 1783. 
? Andromeda lucida Jacq. Coll. 1: 95. 1786. 
? Andromeda reticulata Walt. Fl. Car. 137. 1788. 
Andromeda acuminata Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 70. 1789. 
Andromeda laurina Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 253. 1803. 
An evergreen shrub 1-4 m. tall, with glabrous or sparingly pubescent twigs and hollow 
branches; leaf-blades leathery, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 3-10 cm. long, acute 
or usually acuminate, entire or obscurely toothed, finely reticulate, abruptly narrowed or 
rounded at the base, the petioles less than 1 cm. long; panicles corymb-like, axillary, 1-3 cm. 
long, few-flowered; calyx puberulent, 4-5 mm. broad, the lobes broadly ovate, acute; corolla 
oblong-cylindric, 8-10 mm. long; capsules spheroidal, 5-6 mm. broad, 
TyPe*Locanity: North America. 
DistRisuTION: South Carolina to Florida. : 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. pl. 79 (?); Smith, Exot. Bot. pl. 89. 
4, Leucothoe mexicana (Hems!l.) Small. 
Andromeda mexicana Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. 2: 282, 1881. 
An evergreen (?) shrub with slender branches, the twigs puberulent or glabrous; leaf- 
blades thin-leathery, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5—-5 cm. long, long-acuminate or cau- 
date-acuminate, entire, not reticulate, green, darker above than beneath and somewhat 
shining, cuneate to rounded at the base, slender-petioled; panicles corymb-like, axillary, 
mostly 1-2 cm. long, few-flowered; calyx sparingly pubescent, 44.5 mm. wide, the lobes 
deitoid-ovate to reniform-ovate, acute or abruptly short-acuminate; corolla cylindric-urceo- 
late, 9-12 mm. long; capsules spheroidal, 5-6 mm. broad. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Sierra San Pedro Molasco, Mexico. 
DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of southern Mexico and Guatemala. 
