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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



-* 1. A. procu'mbens L. The procumbent Azalea. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 205. ; Pursh FL Araer. Sept., 1. p, 154. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 851. 

 Symnymes. Chamaeledon procfimbens Link Enum., 1. p. 210. ; Loiseleiiria procumbens De^. 

 Engravings. FL Dan., t. 9. ; Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., p. 60. t. 6. f. 2. ; Eng. Bot., t. 865. ; Lodd.Bot. 

 Cab., t. 762. ; Bot. Misc., 2. p. 6i. t.53. ; and our^^. 964. 



Geography, Sfc. Native of Europe, on mountains; 

 plentiful on the tops of mountains in Scotland, but 

 rare on the mountains in the north of England. In 

 North America, it is found wild in the alpine regions 

 of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, and on 

 Grandfather Mountain, Carolina, &c. A procumbent 

 shrub, flowering in April and May, and requiring to 

 be grown in sandy peat, either in a border or in pots, 

 and in an airy situation. The flowers are small, and 

 rose-coloured ; and, according to Pursh, do not appear 

 in Carolina till July. The same author says, " This 

 plant has so much affinity to Ledum iuxifolium Ait. 

 (Leiophyllum /hymifolium Pers.), that I have scarcely 

 been able to persuade myself that they are distinct 

 plants. Comparing specimens of different varieties of the latter, with those 

 of A. procumbens from different countries, in Mr. Lambert's herbarium, I 

 could find no other distinction between both, than that of the Ledum being 

 an upright little shrub, with decandrous flowers, which are white, whereas the 

 present species has procumbent stems, and pentandrous red flowers. It most 

 certainly ought to be taken from this genus, or else all the rest but this one 

 united with i?hododendron." {Pursh Fl. Aiiicr. Sept., i. p. 155.) This has 

 been done by Mr. David Don, in his new arrangement of the order Ericaceae, 

 which has been adopted in G. Don's Mi/L, and which we have followed. 



Genus XXIV. 



LEIOPHY'LLUM Pen. The Leiophylllm. Lin. Si/st. Decandria 



Monogynia. 



Identification. Pers. Ench., 1. p. 477. ; Spreng. Syst 2. p. 276. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 851. 



Synonymes. Ammf rsine Pursh Ft. Amer. Sc/)/., 1. p.280. ; Fischern Swartz ; Ltdum iuxifbliutn 



Ber^ , Ait. 

 Derivation. From Icios, smooth, and phuUon, a leaf; in reference to the smoothness of the leaves. 



Description. Diminutive, but erect, evergreen shrubs, natives of North 

 America, on mountains. 



11. 1, L. THYMiFO^LiUM Pers. The Thyme-leaved Leiophyllum. 



Identification. Per.s. Ench., 1. p. 477. ; Spreng. Syst., 2. p. 21.5. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831. 



Synunymes. itidum Auxifblium Bergius in Act. Petrop., 1779, p. 1. t. 3. f 2., Kcr Bot. Reg., t 531., 



Ait. Hurt. Kew., 2. p. 66., Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 52. ; iedum 



/hvmif 6Uum Latn. Diet., 3 p. 459., and III., t. 363. f. 2. ; 



ifedum «erpylliR)lium V Merit. Stirp. Nov.,i. 1. 10. ; AmmJ-r- 



sine Auxifblia Pursh FL Amcr. Sept., 1. p. 301. ; Sand Myrtle, 



New Jersey. 

 Engravings. Bergius in Act. Petrop., 1777, p. 1. t 3. f. 2.; 



Bot. Reg., t. 5.J1. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 66. ; Lodd. Bot Cab., 



t 52. ; Lam. 111., t 363., f. 2. ; L'Herit Stirp. Nov., 2. 1. 10. ; 



and our Jig. 965. 



Description, Src A shrub, from 6 in .to 1 ft. high , 

 a native of New Jersey, and the mountains of 

 Carolina, particularly on the highest summits of 

 the Catawba ridge. It is an elegant little shrub, 

 growing in its native habitats, according to Pursh, 

 to the height of about 6 in., and sometimes a 

 foot; the delicacy of its leaves, and abundance 



