EKICACEAE 887 



3-5 mm. long : calyx glabrous ; larger sepals orbicular-ovate : corolla white, 6-7 mm. 

 long : capsules 5.5 mm. broad, 4 mm. high. 



In low thickets, Georgia to Mississippi. Spring. 



3. Leucothoe CatesbaM (Walt.) A. Gray. An evergreen shrub 1-2 m. tall, with 

 more or less densely puberulent twigs, the stems and branches often reclining. Leaf -blades 

 lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 6-15 cm. long, leathery, acuminate, serrate with spine- 

 tipped teeth, lustrous above, acute or rounded at the base; petioles 1-1.5 cm. long: 

 racemes axillary, 4-8 cm. long, simple : bracts broadly ovate, acute, 4-5 mm. long : pedi- 

 cels 4-8 mm. long : calyx about 5 mm. broad : sepals ovate, about 2 mm. long, acute : 

 corolla white or pinkish, cylindric-ovoid, 5-6 mm. long : capsules spheroidal, lobed, about 

 5 mm. broad. 



Along streams, chiefly in the mountains, Virginia to Tennessee and Georgia. Spring. 



4. Leucothoe acuminata (Ait.) D. Don. An evergreen shrub 1-4 m. tall, with 

 hollow branches. Leaf -blades lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 3-10 cm. long, leathery, acute 

 or usually acuminate, finely reticulated : racemes corymb-like, axillary, 1-3 cm. long, few- 

 flowered : calyx puberulent, about 3 mm. broad : sepals broadly ovate, acute : corolla oblong- 

 cylindric, 8-10 mm. long : capsules spheroidal, 5-6 mm. broad, lobed 



In swamps and about ponds, South Carolina to Florida. Spring. 



5. Leucothoe recurva (Buckl. ) A. Gray. A widely branching shrub 1-4 m. tall, 

 with glabrate or minutely pubescent foliage. Leaves deciduous ; blades thinnish but often 

 quite firm, oval, elliptic, or oval, 4-10 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate, serrate, rarely 

 rounded at the base, short- petioled : racemes 2-10 cm. long, simple or branching, often 

 many-flowered : pedicels stout, 1-2 mm. long : calyx glabrous : sepals oblong-ovate, nearly 

 2 mm. long, acute, involute : corolla white, 6-7 mm. long, oblong-cylindric ; lobes ovate, 

 recurved : anthers with slender awns : capsules spheroidal, 5-6 mm. broad, lobed. 



On mountain slopes, Virginia to Georgia and Alabama. Spring. 



6. Leucothoe racemosa (L.) A. Gray. A wide-branching shrub 1-4 m. tall, with 

 glabrous or puberulent twigs. Leaves firm ; blades oblong or elliptic, 2-7 cm. long, acute 

 or slightly acuminate, serrulate, short-petioled : racemes 3-10 cm. long, simple or 

 branched : pedicels 1-2 mm. long : calyx glabrous : sepals triangular, becoming triangular- 

 lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long, acute, ciliolate : corolla white or pink, 8-9 mm. long, cylindric, 

 constricted at the throat ; lobes ovate, recurved : anthers with long subulate awns : cap- 

 sules spheroidal, 4 mm. broad, surpassing the sepals. 



In swamps and damp thickets, Massachusetts to Florida and Louisiana. Spring. 



7. Leucothoe elongata Small. A branching shrub 1-3 m. tall, with puberulent or 

 glabrate foliage. Leaves firm ; blades oblong, elliptic, or sometimes oblong-oblanceolate, 

 or oblong-obovate, 2-5 cm. long, acute or slightly acuminate, serrulate, gradually or ab- 

 ruptly narrowed into short petioles: racemes 10-20 cm. long: pedicels 1.5-3 mm. long: 

 calyx usually puberulent : sepals lanceolate, often narrowly so, 3-4 mm. long, acuminate, 

 ciliolate : corolla white or pinkish, 7-8 mm. long, cylindric, somewhat constricted at the 

 throat; lobes ovate, recurved: anthers with short subulate awns: capsules spheroidal, 

 3.5-4 mm. broad, much shorter than the sepals. 



In swamps, Virginia to Florida. Spring. 



11. CHAIVEAEDAPHNE Moench. 



Evergreen shrubs, with branching stems. Leaves alternate : blades leathery, slightly 

 toothed. Fowers perfect, in one-sided leafy -bracted racemes. Calyx subtended by 2 bracts, 

 the 5 sepals nearly distinct, persistent. Corolla urn-shaped, with 5 recurved lobes. Sta- 

 mens 10, included : filaments adnate to the base of the corolla : anthers prolonged into 

 tubes, opening by terminal pores. Disk 10-lobed. Ovary 5-celled, 5-grooved. Stigma 

 entire. Ovules numerous in each cavity. Capsule depressed, loculicidally 5-valved. 

 [Cassandra D. Don.] 



1. Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) Moench. An asymmetrical shrub, 1-12 dm. 

 tall, with scurfy foliage. Leaf-blades oblong, elliptic, obovate or oblanceolate, 1-5 cm. 

 long, obtuse or acute, serrulate, narrowed into very short petioles : racemes 2-12 cm. long, 

 conspicuously bracted : bracts similar to the leaves but smaller : pedicels 1-3 mm. long : 

 sepals triangular or triangular-ovate, 1.5-2 mm. long, acute: corolla white, 6-7 mm. long: 

 capsules spheroidal-angular, 4 mm. broad. [Cassandra calyculata D. Don.] 



In cold or sphagnous swamps, Newfoundland to Alaska, south to [Georgia, Illinois and British 

 Columbia. Also in northern Europe and Asia. Spring. 



