CHAP. LXIXx. ERICA CEZ. LYO N/A. 1109 
a % 1. Z. specio‘sa D. Don. The showy-flowered Zenobia. 
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., July, 1834; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 830. 
Synonyme. Andromeda specidsa Miche. Il. Bor. Amer., 256.; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 551. 
Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 551.; and our figs. 898. 
Description. Leaves oval, obtuse, mucronate, crenate, or serrate, veiny. 
Flowers white, drooping, disposed in racemes. Branches in the flower-bear- 
ing part naked of leaves. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 830.) 
A very ornamental little shrub, native of North Ca- 
rolina, inswamps. This very handsome species was 
introduced in 1800. It grows to the height of 2 ft. 
or 3 ft., and flowers in June. 
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Varieties. In Don’s Miller the following forms are enumerated and de- 
scribed : — 
« % Z,s. 2 nitida Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept.,i. p. 294., under Andrémeda 
cassinefolia Vent. Malm.,79.; and our fig. 899.— Leaves oblong- 
ovate, serrate, green on both surfaces. Flowers white. 
« % Z.s.3 pulverulénta Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., i. p. 294., under An- 
drémeda speciosa; A. pulverulénta Bartram Itin., 476., Curt. Bot. 
Mag., t.667.; A. cassinefolia B Vent. Hort. Cels, 60.; A. speciosa 
var. y glaica Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 26.; A.dealbata Lindl. Bot. Reg., 
t.1010.; A. ovata Soland. MS. in Herb. Banks.; and our fig. 900.— 
Leaves roundish-ovate, distantly crenate, covered with white powder, 
as are the branches. Flowers white. 
Genus VIII. 
Lalla! 
LYO‘N/A Nutt. Tae Lyonra. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 268. ; D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 158. ; Don’s 
Mill., 3. p. 830. 
Synonyme. Andrémeda sp. Zin. and various authors. __ 
Derivation. In commemoration of John Lyon, an indefatigable collector of North American plants, 
who fell a victim to a dangerous epidemic amidst those savage and romantic mountains which 
had so often been the theatre of his labours. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 830.) 
Description. Evergreen and deciduous shrubs, and also a tree. Natives 
of North America, and bearing the common character of the plants of the 
order, both in respect to beauty, soil, situation, propagation, and culture. 
A. Leaves evergreen. 
# 1. L. rerruei’NEA Nutt, The rusty-looking Lyonia. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., p. 266.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 830. 
Synonymes. Andrémeda ferruginea Walt. Fi., 138., Vent, Malm., t. 80.; A. ferruginea @ fruticdsa 
Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 252. 
Engraving. Vent. Malm.,t. 80. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Shrubby, evergreen. Leaves on long petioles, coriaceous, 
obovate, usually obtuse, quite entire, with hardly revolute edges, and co- 
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