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ERICACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



2. Leucothoe Catesbaei (Walt.) A. Gray. Catesby's Leiicothoe. Fig. 3238. 



Andromeda Catesbaei Walt. Fl. Car. 137. 1788. 

 Andromeda spinnlosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 293. 1814. 

 L. spinulosa G. Don, Gard. Diet. 3: 832. 1834. 

 Leucothoe Catesbaei A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 252. 1856. 



A shrub, 3-6 high, similar to the preceding species, 

 the twigs glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, coriaceous and evergreen, acuminate at the apex, 

 mostly rounded at the base, sharply serrulate with 

 bristle-pointed teeth nearly all around, 3'-6' long, 9"-i8" 

 wide; petioles 4"-S" long; racemes dense, axillary, 

 many-flowered, catkin-like when expanding; bracts per- 

 sistent, borne at the bases of the short petioles; sepals 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, not at all or scarcely imbricated 

 when the flower is expanded ; corolla narrowly cylindric, 

 about 2I" long; capsule depressed, strongly 5-lobed, 

 about 2" in diameter. 



Along streams, Virginia to Tennessee and Georgia. 

 April. Dog-hobble. Dog-laurel. 



15. EUBOTRYS Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 8: 269. 1843. 



Shrubs with broad deciduous serrulate leaves, and small white short-pedicellcd bracted 

 flowers in dense i-sided racemes, lateral or terminating the twigs, the bracts deciduous, the 

 calyx 2-bracteolate, the pedicels jointed with the rachis. Sepals 5. rigid, imbricated. Corolla 

 nearly cylindric, 5-toothed, the teeth recurved. Stamens 10, included ; filaments flat, nar- 

 rowed above; anthers oblong, each sac r-awned or 2-awned. Style slender, long; stigma 

 capitate, truncate. Capsule depressed-globose, S-celled, 5-valved. Seeds numerous, angular 

 and flattened or winged. [Greek, referring to the racemose inflorescence.] 



Only the following species, natives of eastern North America. Type species -.Eiibolrys racemosa 

 (L.) Nutt. 



Racemes recurved : capsule 5-lobed; anther-sacs i-awned. 



Racemes erect or spreading: capsule not lobed ; anther-sacs 2-awned. 



1. E. recurva. 



2. E, racemosa. 



I. Eubotrys recurva ( Buckl. ) Britton. J\Ioua- 

 tain Eubotrys. Fig. 3239. 



Andromeda recurva Buckl. Amer. Tourn. Sci. 45; 172. 

 1843. 



Leucothoe recurva A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 252. 1856. 



A widely branched shrub. 2-io high, similar to the 

 following species. Leaves thin, deciduous, ovate, ovate- 

 lanceolate, or oval, often acuminate, pubescent on the 

 veins beneath, 2-4' long; racemes terminating the 

 branches, unfolding before the leaves, recurved, soli- 

 tary or clustered ; calyx 2-bracteolate, the bractlets per- 

 sistent; sepals ovate; corolla about 3" long; anther- 

 sacs l-awned; capsule strongly 5-lobed, about 2" in 

 diameter and i" high; seeds broadly winged. 



In dry woods, mountains of Virginia to Tennessee, 

 Georgia and Alabama. April-May. 



