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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



elongated, tubular, biaristate at the apex. Stigma truncate. Capsule 

 with a loculicidal dehiscence. Placenta 5-lobed; lobes cuneated, thick, a 

 little arched. Seeds angular. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; scattered, dilated, with 

 the margins usually toothed. Flowers racemose- Pedicels solitary or 

 aggregate. Undershrubs, deciduous; natives of North America. 



j 1. Z. SPECIOUS A D. Don. The showy-flowered Zenobia. 



identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., July, 1834 ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 

 Synonyme. Andr6meda specidsa Ultdi.r. Fl. Bar. Amer. 256. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 551. ; and our fig. 1049. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves oval, obtuse, mucronate, crenate, or serrate, veiny. 

 Flowers white, drooping, disposed in racemes. 

 Branches in the flower-bearing part naked of leaves. 

 (Don's Mill.) A low deciduous shrub. North 

 Carolina, in swamps. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced 

 in 1800. Flowers large, white; June. 



HMD. Z.speciosa. 



Z. s. 2 nitida. A. s. nitida Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 294-. ; A. 

 cassinefolia Vent. Malm. 79.; and our Jig. 1050. Leaves oblong- 

 ovate, serrate, green on both surfaces. Flowers white. 

 t Z. s. 3 pulverulenta. A. specidsa pulverulenta Pursh \. c. ; A. pul- 

 verulcnta Bartram Itin. 476. ; A. cassineiolia ft Vent. Hort. Cels. 60.; 

 A. specidsa var. y glauca Wats. Dend. Brit. t. 26. ; A. dealbata 

 Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1010.; A. ovata Soland MS. in Herb. Banks. ; 

 and OUT fig. 1051. Leaves roundish-ovate, distantly crenate, co- 

 vered with white powder, as are the branches. Flowers white. 



GENUS VIII. 



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LYO'N/4 Nutt. THE LVONIA. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Araer., 1. p. 268. ; Ed, Phil. Journ., 17. p. 158. : Don's Mill 3 p 830 



Synonyme. Andromeda sp. Lin. and variotis authors. 



Derivation. In commemoration of John Lyon,^n indefatigable collector of North American plants 



who fell a victim to a dangerous epidemic amidst those savage and romantic mountains which 



had so often been the theatre of his labours. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla, ovate or tubular, with a 5-toothed con- 

 tracted mouth. Stamens enclosed ; filaments flattened, dilated, very short, 

 downy ; cells of anthers membranous, dehiscing lengthwise, altogether 

 mutic. Style robust, pentagonal, fusiform, thickened at bottom. Stigma 

 simple, truncate. Capsule pentagonal, 5-celled, with a loculicidal dehis- 



