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2. Leucothoé Catesbaéi (Walt.) A. Gray. Catesby’s Leucothoé. (Fig. 2764.) 
Andromeda Catesbaei Walt. Fl. Car. 137. 1788. 
Andromeda spinulosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 293. 1814. 
L. spinulosa G. Don, Gard. Dict. 3: 832. 1834. 
Leucothoé Catesbaet A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 252. 1856. 
A shrub, 3°-6° high, similar to the preceding 
species, the twigs glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or 
ovate-lanceolate, 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’’-18’’ wide; petioles 4/’-8’’ long; racemes 
dense, axillary, many-flowered, catkin-like when ex- 
panding; bracts borne at the bases of the short peti- 
oles; sepals not at all or scarcely imbricated when 
the flower is expanded; corolla narrowly cylindric, 
about 2%’ long; capsule depressed, strongly 5-lobed, 
about 2’ in diameter. 
| ?Along streams, Virginia to East Tennessee and Georgia. 
April. 
3- Leucothoé recirva (Buckl.) A. Gray. 
Mountain Leucothoé. (Fig. 2765.) 
Andromeda recurva Buckl. Amer. Journ. Sci. 45: 172. 
Zeaeihos recurva A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 252. 1856. 
A widely branched shrub, 2°-10° high, similar to 
the following species. Leaves thin, deciduous, ovate 
or oval, often acuminate, pubescent on the veins be- 
neath, 2’-4/ long; racemes terminating the branches, 
unfolding before the leaves, recurved, solitary or 
clustered; calyx 2-bracteolate, the bracts persistent; 
corolla about 3// long; anther-sacs 1-awned; capsule 
much depressed, strongly 5-lobed, about 2’’ in diam- 
eter and 1/’ high; seeds broadly winged. 
In dry woods, mountains of Virginia to Alabama. 
April-May. 
4. Leucothoé racemésa (L.) A. Gray. Swamp Leucothoé. (Fig. 2766.) 
Andromeda racemosa I,. Sp. Pl. 394. 1753. 
Leucothoé spicata G. Don, Gard. Dict. 3: 832. 1834. 
Leucothoé racemosa A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 252. 1856. 
A shrub, 5°-12° high, with erect or divergent 
branches, terminal racemes, and glabrous or 
puberulent twigs. Leaves oblong to ovate, 
mostly acute at each end, thin, deciduous, short- 
petioled, glabrous, or with some short hairs 
above, pubescent, at least on the veins beneath, 
serrulate, 1/-3/ long, 1%4’-1’ wide; racemes soli- 
tary or clustered; flowers appearing with or be- 
fore the leaves; calyx 2-bracteolate at the base, 
the bractlets firm, persistent; sepals much im- 
bricated; pedicels about 1// long, jointed with 
the rachis; corolla nearly cylindric, 3/’-4/’ long; 
anther-sacs 2-awned; style slender; stigma 
capitate; capsule depressed-globose, slightly 
grooved, 114’’ in diameter; seeds smooth, wing- 
less. 
In swamps and moist thickets, Massachusetts to 
Pennsylvania, Florida and Louisiana, mostly near 
the coast. April-June. 
12. ANDROMEDA I. Sp. Pl. 393.1753. 
A glabrous branching or rarely simple shrub. Leaves coriaceous, linear or oblong, en- 
tire, revolute-margined, evergreen, short-petioled, white-glaucous beneath. Flowers small, 
