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L, Intifollnm Ait.: leaves oblong, replicate on the mar- 

 gin, forruginous-tomentose beneatli ; i^tamens 5, as long as the 

 corolla. Alt. Kew.W.^.&A. IV i ii d. Spec, ll.'^p. 60'2. 

 J acq. icon. rur. III. t. 464. Lam. Enc. III. p. 459. 

 Ejusd. In. I.e. Pursh FL I. p. 300. L. pulustre : lali^ 

 folium M i c h. Fl. I. p. 239. 



A small evergreen shrub. Stein irregularly branclied ; branches 

 woolly. Leaves alternate, subsesslle, about 2 inches long, and 

 from one-tliird to half an inch broad, ol)tuse, covered un tlie 

 under surface with a dense ferruginous wool ; margin folded 

 in. Flowers large, in dense terminal corymbs; fiediceh fili- 

 form, pubescent- Calyx very minute. Corolla white ; fietah 

 obovate, obtuse. Stamens about as long as the corolla ; fila- 

 ments slender, smooth; anthers small, opening by 2 simple 

 terminal pores. Germen roundish ; style straight, about as 

 long as the stamens ; stigma small, obtuse. Cafisule ovate- 

 oblong, subpubescent ; valves separating at the base, with the 

 margins inflexed and connivent ; recefitades linear, extending 

 into the cells of the capsule. Seeds minute, terminating in a 

 membrane at each extremity. 



Had. In sphagnous swamps. Near Troy, New- York, and in 

 Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Eaton. On the shores of Lake 

 George,N.Y. Dr. Macbride. On the White Hills of New- 

 Hampshire. Bigelowc In Pennsylvania. Mu hi en- 

 berg. June. 



2. h. pahisire L. : leaves linear, revolute on the mar- 

 gin, ferruginous tomentose beneath ; stamens 10, longer than 

 the corolhi. Willd. Spec. II. p. G02. Lam. Enc. j). 

 459. Jit. Kew. 11. p. G5. FL Dan. 1031. Duhum. 

 Jrb. I. t. G7. Pursh Fl. I. p. 30. 



Hab. On the borders of the niountain lakes of New- York, 

 Pursh. 



289. LEIOPHYLLUM. Per so on. 



Calyx deeply 5-partec!, persistent. Corolla S-pe- 

 tailed. Stamens longer than the corolla ; anthers la- 

 teral, opening on the inside longitudinally. Capsule 

 roundish, 5-celled, 5-valved, opening at the top; valves 

 ovate, with the margins inflexed, remote and straight ; 

 columella subovate- terete, rugose. Seeds small, smooth, 

 not winged. D. Don in Edin. Phil. Mag. VI. p. 

 50. Pers. Sijn. I. p. 477. (subgenus) Elliott 

 Sk. I. p. 483. Ledi sp. L. Ammyrsine Pursh 

 Fl. I. p. 280. Nat. Ord. R h o d o n e n d r a c e .li ./?/ j ^, 



