ERICACEAE. 



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by its fragrance, 

 stock. 



LEUCOTHOE. Fetter Bush. 

 (Family Ericaceae). 



Shrubs: evergreen or deciduous. 

 Twigs rather slender, finally sub- 

 terete: pith roundish or somewhat 

 3-sided, continuous. Buds small, 

 solitary, sessile, globose or ovoid, 

 with 3 or 4 exposed scales, the 

 end-bud lacking. Leaf scars al- 

 ternate, small, crescent-shaped or 

 half-round, little elevated: bundle- 

 trace 1: stipule-scars lacking. 

 Leaves, when present, simple, 

 serrulate. The small depressed- 

 globose capsules are often present 

 in winter. 



Winter-character reference to 

 Leucothoe racemosa: Schneider, 

 f. 123. 



The flowers of Leucothoe are 

 intensely fragrant and a plant that 

 is quite concealed in surrounding 

 shrubbery may be located often 

 Unfortunately the genus is poisonous to 



Deciduous. 2. 



Evergreen. 3. 



Capsules scarcely lobed : racemes straight. 



Capsules deeply lobed: racemes curved. 



(1). L. racemosa. 

 (2). L. recurva. 



3. Leaves small (4 cm. long), ovate, very obtuse. L. Davisiae. 

 Leaves larger, pointed. 4. 



4. Leaves lanceolate, acute. L. axillaris. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. (3). L. Catesbaei. 



