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ERICACEAE. XXVIII. LEUCOTHOE. XXIX. PIERIS. XXX. PHYLLODOCE. 



America. Leaves coriaceous, dentately spinulose. Flowers 

 white, racemose, axillary, or terminal. 



1 L. AXILLA'RIS (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves oblong or oval, acumi- 

 nated, upper part cartilaginously and mucronately serrulated, co- 

 vered by scattered glandular hairs on the under surface; young 

 branches clothed with powdery down ; racemes axillary, spicate, 

 sessile, beset with scaly bracteas ; corollas ovate-cylindrical ; 

 filaments ciliated, very short, fj . H. Native from Virginia 

 to Georgia, on the mountains. Andromeda axillaris, Solander 

 in hort. kew. 2. p. 89. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 292. 

 Leaves glabrous. Flowers in short spikes, white. Capsule 

 depressed, globose. 



Var. ft, longifblia (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 293.) leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, very long. 1? . H. Sims, hot. mag. 2357. 

 Andromeda Walteri, Willd. 



^xi//ariy-flowered Leucothoe. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1765. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



2 L. SPINULOSA ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, rounded at 

 the base, gradually narrowed to the apex, acuminated, some- 

 what spinulosely serrulated, glabrous, coriaceous ; racemes sub- 

 spicate, axillary, sessile, secund, rather loose, with scaly brac- 

 teas ; corollas short, ovate-cylindrical. J? . H. Native of 

 Lower Carolina. Andromeda spinulosa, Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 

 1. p. 293. Andr. Catesbae'i, Walt. fl. carol, p. 137. Willd. 

 spec. 2. p. 613. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1955. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 1320. Flowers white. Resembles the preceding in several 

 respects. The figure in Cat. car. is so very bad, that there can 

 be no reference made to it. 



Spinulose-leaved Leucothoe. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1793. 

 Shrub 2 feet. 



3 L. ACUMINA'TA ; quite glabrous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 gradually narrowed to the top, acuminated, quite entire or un- 

 equally serrated, glabrous, shining, reticulately veined, coria- 

 ceous ; racemes axillary, very short, corymbose, nearly naked ; 

 flowers pedicellate, drooping ; corollas cylindrically ovate. J? 

 H. Native of Georgia and Florida, in sandy swamps. Andro- 

 meda acuminata, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 70. Pursh. fl. amer. 

 sept. 1. p. 293. Smith, exot. bot. 89. And. lucida, Jacq. 

 icon. rar. 1. t. 79. And. populifolia, Lam. encycl. 1. p. 195. 

 A. rcticulata, Walt. fl. car. 137. Andr. formosissima, Bartr. 

 cat. Andr. laurina, Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 253. Flowers 

 white, in great abundance, which gives the shrub a fine ap- 

 pearance. The stems are hollow, and are used by the natives 

 for making their pipe stems, from whence the name Pipe-stem- 

 mood. 



Acuminated-\ea\ed Leucothoe. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1765. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



4 L. FLORIBU'NDA (D. Don, 1. c.) quite glabrous ; leaves 

 ovate, oblong, acute, finely serrulated, adpressedly ciliated, 



flabrous. coriaceous ; racemes secund, axillary, and terminal, 

 arming panicles ; pedicels bibracteate. 1? . H. Native of 

 Georgia, on the mountains. Andromeda floribunda, Lyon. herb. 

 Ker. bot. reg. 807. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 293. Sims, 

 bot. mag. 1566. Flowers pure white, in great abundance. 



Bundle-flowered Leucothoe. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub 2 feet. 



5 L. SPJCA'TA ; glabrous ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 

 ovate or attenuated at the base, serrated ; racemes long, lateral 

 and terminal, secund ; branchlets beset with short white hairs. 



tj . H. Native from Canada to Florida. Andromeda spicata, 

 Wats, dendr. brit. 36. Flowers white. 



AS>Mcate-flowered Leucothoe. Fl. June. Clt. ? Shrub 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Lyonia, p. 831. Ele- 

 gant shrubs, worth cultivating in every shrubbery for the sake 

 of the beauty of their blossoms. 



XXIX. PIE'RIS (one of the Muses) D. Don, in edinb. phil. 

 journ. 17, p. 159. Andromeda species, Wall. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria Monogy'nia. Calyx deeply 5-parted. 

 Corolla tubular or ovate, with a contracted, 5-toothed, revolute 

 border. Stamens inclosed ; filaments dilated, bisetose at top ; 

 cells of anthers short, incumbent, dehiscing lengthwise. Style 

 robust, pentagonal ; stigma truncate. Capsule with a loculi- 

 cidal dehiscence. Seeds scobiform. Trees or shrubs, natives 

 of Nipaul. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers drooping, terminal, 

 racemose. 



1 P. FORMOSA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, acuminated, 

 crenulated, glabrous, acute at the base ; racemes erectly spread- 

 ing, disposed in a terminal thyrse ; pedicels recurved, drooping, 

 and are, as well as the calyxes, pruinose ; calycine segments 

 ovate-oblong, marginated, shining ; corollas ovate. *j . F. 

 Native of Nipaul, where it is called Sheabogee and Chemata. 

 An evergreen tree, with the habit of A'rbutus or Clethra. Pedi- 

 cels unilateral. Flowers rose-coloured, each furnished with a 

 small bractea at the base. Andromeda formosa, Wall, in asiat. 

 res. 13. p. 395. D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 149. 



Beautiful Pieris. Tree. 



2 P. LANCEOLA'TA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves elliptic, bluntly acu- 

 minated, quite entire, acute at the base ; racemes terminal, gla- 

 brous, straight ; pedicels scaly, pubescent, calycine segments 

 roundish, ciliated ; corollas ovate, downy ; style inclosed, Tj . 

 F. Native of Nipaul. Andromeda lanceol&ta, Wall, in asiat. 

 res. 13. p. 390. with a figure. Andr. squamulosa, D. Don, prod, 

 fl. nep. p. 149. A small much-branched tree. Leaves 3-4 

 inches long. Corollas purplish. Scales of pedicels ciliated. 



Lanceolate-lea^ eA. Pieris. Tree small. 



3 OVALIFOLIA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves oval, acuminated, quite 

 entire, rounded at the base ; racemes lateral, leafy, many- 

 flowered ; pedicels secund, downy ; calycine segments ovate, 

 acute ; corollas oblong, downy. 5j . F. Native of Nipaul, at 

 Suembu, and in Sirinagur. Andromeda ovalifolia, Wall, in asiat. 

 res. 13. p. 391. with a table. Andr. capricida, Hamilt. mss. 

 Branches downy. Leaves downy when young, 2-4 inches long, 

 and 1-2 broad. Racemes numerous, elongated. Pedicels uni- 

 lateral. Corolla pale flesh-coloured. The tree is poisonous to 

 goats. 



Oval-leaved Pieris. Fl. May. Clt. 1825. Tree 20 to 40 feet. 



4 P. JAPONICA (D. Don, mss.) glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, 

 crenulated, attenuated at the base, entire ; racemes terminal, 

 panicled. Tj . F. Native of Japan. Andromeda Japonica, 

 Thunb. fl. jap. p. 181, t. 22. Leaves 1-J to 2 inches long. 

 Flowers red. 



Japan Pieris. Shrub. 



Cult. Sandy peat and a little loam is the best soil for the 

 species of Pieris ; and they may be increased by cuttings not 

 too young, planted in sand, with a bell-glass over them. 



XXX. PHYLLO'DOCE. (a mythological name). Salisb. 

 par. 36. D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. July, 1834. Andro- 

 meda species, Lin. Menziesia species, Swartz and Smith. 

 Erica species, Willd. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla globose, with a contracted 5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, 

 inclosed ; filaments slender, glabrous ; cells of anthers short, 

 truncate, mutic. Stigma peltate, 5-tuberculate. Capsule 5- 

 celled, with a septicidal dehiscence. Seeds compressed, shining. 

 Small evergreen shrubs, natives of the north of Europe, 

 Asia, and North America. Leaves linear, obtuse, spreading. 

 Flowers terminal, solitary, or many together, in a kind of 

 umbel. 



