Ericaceae. 



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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 



by its fragrance. Unfortunately the genus is poisonous to 



stock. 



1. Deciduous. 2. 

 Evergreen. 3. 



2. Capsules scarcely lobed: racemes straight. 

 Capsules deeply lobed: racemes curved. 



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

 Leaves larger, pointed. 4. 



4. Leaves lanceolate, acute. L. axillaris. 

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



( 1 ) . L. racemosa. 

 (2). L. recur va. 

 L. Davisiae. 



