DEC4NDRIA MONOGYNlA. 4S8 



JC. anguHtifolia and /uVsufa— The leaves of these species are often 

 Msed by negroes and the poorer white people of this state as a cure 

 lor itch and the man-e of dogs. A strong decoction is prepared and 

 app led warm to the eruptions; the most severe smarting follows the 



application, but it is so efficient that its repetition is seldom necessia- 

 rj. It maj- be observed that the leaves of the Andromeda nitida are 

 supposed to be equally efficacious and stimulatino-. 



LEIOPHYLLUM. Pers. Sjn. pi. 477. 



Calyx proi'iinde S-par- | Cahjx deeply 5 parted 

 titus. Petala 5. Stami- \ Petals S. Stamens txser. 

 na exserta. Capstda 5-\o. \ ted. Capsule 5 celled, 



apice cjehiscens. | opening at the summit. 



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Ledum buxifoliuTh, Sp. pi. 2. p. 602. Mich. 1. p. 260. 

 Ammyrsine buxifolia, Pursh, 1. p. SOI. 



A small shrub 6—18 Inches high, branching, glabrous. Leaves 



small, oval lanceolate, entire, glabrous, lucid, with the margins revo. 

 lute. _ l< lowers m small terminal corymbs. Calyx persistent. Cord' 

 la white. * * 



This plant has until lately been attached to the genus Ledum ; it 

 iliffers however m its calyx, corolla and capsule. I have preferred th« 

 name originally proposed for it by Persoon to the one employed by 



Pursh : as we navp in hn+anv nn Ammi' -^^A « \4^..c:«-. ..i»„..i_ 



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IIHODODENDRON. Gen. pl. 746. 



Calyx 5.partitus. Co- I Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 roUa sub-infundibulifor- I rolla somewhat funnel 

 mis, huequalis. Stamina shaped, unequal. Sta- 

 declinata. Capstda j-lo- j mens declined. Capsule 

 cularis. 15 celled. 



1. Maximum. 



R. arborescens ; foliis I Arborescent ; leaves 

 oblongis, acutis, subtus oblong, acute, mth rhe 

 discoloribus j umbellis ter- under surface of a differ- 



Jninalibus j'caljcis laciniis ent colour x umbels ter 



