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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART in. 



vered with brown, umbilicate, bran-like scales, as is every other part of the 

 plant. Flowers axillary, 3 or 5 together, upon pedicels. Corolla small, 

 ovate, globose, white inside, rusty-looking outside. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 8.30.) 

 A native of Georgia, Florida, and Mexico, in pine woods, where it grows to 

 the height of from .3 ft. to 5 ft., and flowers in June and July. It was in- 

 troduced in 1784, and is occasionally to be met with in collections. There 

 are plants at Messrs. Loddiges's, which are kept under glass during winter. 



• 2. L. ri'gida Xutt. The r\^\([-leaved Lyonia. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amcr., 1. p. 266. ; Don's Mill., .3. p. 830. 



St/nonymes. Andromeda ferrugfnea Willd. Sp., 2. p. 609. ; Ait. Hort. Keui., 2. p. 67. ; A. ferrugfnea 



1 arbor^scens Michx. Fl. Jior. Amer., 1. p. 252. ; A. rlgida Pursk Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 292., Lodd. 



Bot. Cab., t. 4.30. 

 Engraving. Bot Cab., t. ^^O. 



Spec. Char., Sic Arborescent, evergreen. Leaves crowded, coriaceous, rigid ; 

 their petioles short ; their disks cuneate-lanceolate, acute, entire, convex, 

 with revolute edges, and clothed with brown, umbilicate, bran-like scales, 

 as is every other part of the plant. Flowers producetl, in Britain, in April 

 and May, axillary, several together. Corolla globose, white inside. Closely 

 akin to L. ferrugfnea; but the two are distinguishable by their different 

 habits, especially by their times of flowering. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 831.) 

 There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges's kept under glass during winter. 



«*- 3. L. margix.v'ta D. Don. The marginated-/^ar<?rf Lyonia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Joum.,17. p. 1;)9 ^ Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Synunymes. Andri'itncdn marginata Du Ham. Arb. ; A. coriacea Willd. Sp., 2. p. 613., Ait. Ilort. 



Kiiv., 2. p. 70., Sims Bot. Mag., t 1095. ; A. lOcida I.atn. Eiiryc, 1. p. 157. ; A. mariana ,Tacq. 



Icon. Bar., .'3. t. 'U>5. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1095. ; .lacq. Icon. Rar., t. 4f>5. ; and our fig. 902. 



Sjjec. Char., S^c. A small shrub, evergreen, glabrous. Branchlets indistinctly 

 3-sided. Leaves coriaceous, oval, acuminate, quite entire, glabrous, punc- 

 tured with very fine punctures; the mid-rib 

 running through the deflexcd margin. Flowers 

 upon pedicels, axillary, aggregate. Calyx of 

 a dark red colour, its segments long, linear. 

 Corolla cylindrical, 

 pale red. (Don's MiU.,\ 

 iii. p. 8.30.) A native 

 of Carolina and Flo- 

 rida, in sandy forests ; 

 flowering in June and 

 July. It was intro- 

 duced in 1765, and, in 

 British gardens, grows 

 to the height of 2 ft.'^ 

 Variety. 



«. L. m. 2 rubra Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 672. ; and our Jig. 901. — Flowers dec|) 

 red. (Don'sMill.) 



B. Leaves deciduous. 

 J* 4. L. maria'na D. Don. The Maryland Lyonia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New PhiL Journ., 17. p. 159. ; Don's Mill 

 3. p. 831. » r . ., 



Synonyme. Andromeda mariina Lin. Sp., 5&i., Sims Bot. Mae., t 1579 . 

 Pluk. Mant, 448. s . , 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t 1579. ; and our fig. 903. 4 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves deciduous, oval, acutish at both end.s. 

 entire, glabrous, rather coriaceous, paler beneath. Flower- 

 bearing branches almost leafless. Flowers on pedicels, 

 aggregate, large, white, sometimes tinged with red. Calyx 

 leafy. Corolla ovate-cylindrical. Capsule conoid. (Don's 

 Mill., iii, p. 831.) A native of North America, from New 



