CHAP. LXIX. ERICA‘CEH. LEUCO’THOR. Das 
Genus IX 
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LEUCO’THOE D.Don. Tue Leucornér. Lin Syst. Decandria 
Monogynia. 
Identification. D, Don, in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 831. 
Synonymes. Andrémeda sp. of authors previously. : ‘ 
Derivation. Leucothée was a beautiful nymph, beloved by Apollo; who was buried alive by her 
father when he discovered her amour, and changed into the tree that bears the frankincense by 
her lover. (Ovid. Met., iv. 196.) | LeucothGe was also a name given to Ino after she was changed 
into a sea deity. 
Description, §c. Evergreen shrubs, natives of North America, with co- 
riaceous leaves, dentately spinulose ; and flowers white, racemose, axillary, or 
terminal. 
# 1, L. axizza‘ris D. Don. The axillary-racemed Leucothoe. 
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil, Journ., 17. p. 159.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 832. 
Synonyme. Andromeda axillaris Solander in Hort. Kew., 2. p. 89.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. 
p. 292 
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E graving. Our jig. 908. 908 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong or oval, acuminate ; in Sy oe 
the outward part of its length cartilaginous in the x We 7, 
margin, and serrulate with mucronate teeth; upper 
surface glabrous; under surface covered with glandu- 
lar hairs. Young branches clothed with powdery 
down. Flowers white, in short, spicate, sessile, 
axillary racemes, attended by scaly bracteas. Corolla 
ovate-cylindrical. Filaments ciliated, very short, 
Capsule depressed, globose. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 
832. A native of North America, from Virginia to 
Georgia, on the mountains, where it grows to the s {Se 
height of 2 ft. or 3 ft. Introduced in 1765, and flowering in May and 
June. 
Variety. 
# DL. a. 2 longifolia; Andrémeda longifolia Pursh Fl. Amer, Sept., i. 
p- 293., Sims Bot. Mag., t. 2357.; A. Walteri Willd.— Leaves linear- 
lanceolate, very long. (Don’s Mill.) 
2 2. L. spINULO'sA G. Don. The spinulose-toothed-leaved Leucoth6ée. 
Identification. Don’s Mill., 3. p. 832. 
Synonymes. Andrémeda spinuldsa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 293.; A Castesbe Walt. Fl. Car., 
p. 137., Willd. Sp., 2. p. 613., Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1955.," Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1320. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1955. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1320.; and our fig. 909. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves glabrous, coriaceous, ovate-oblong, 
rounded at the base, gradually narrowed to the tip, 
acuminate, serrulate with teeth that are spinulose in 
some degree. Flowers white, disposed unilaterally, and 
rather loosely, in subspicate, axillary, subsessile racemes, 
and attended by scaly bracteas. Corolla short, ovate- 
cylindrical. It resembles L. axillaris D. Don in several 
respects. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 832.) A native of Lower Zi 
Carolina, in North America, where it forms a shrub 2 ft. —/A\\\ 
high. It was introduced in 1793, and flowers in May 
and June. 
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# 3. L. acuminata G. Don. The acuminate-leaved Leucothée. 
Dede lee ati Pete Mill., 3. p. 832. 
ynonymes. ndrémeda acuminata dit. Hort. Kew.,2. p.70., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept.. 1. p.2 4 
Smith Exot. Bot., t. 89.3 A. licida Jacq. Icon. Rar., 1. t.79.; A. populifdlia TE. ha 7 
