566 



AKBORETUM ET FKUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



eels, axillary, aggregate. Calyx of a dark red colour, its segments long, linear. 

 Corolla cylindrical, pale red. (Doits Mill.) A small evergreen glabrous 

 shrub. Carolina and Florida, in sandy forests. Height 2ft. Introduced 

 in 1765. Flowers white; June and July. 



Variety. 



. L. m. 2 riibra Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 672., and our Jig. 1055. Flowers 

 deep red. 



B. Leaves deciduous. 



jt 4. L. MARIA'NA D. Don. The Maryland Lyonia. 



Identification. D. Don in Ed. Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831. 

 Synonymc. Andr6meda mariana Lin. Sp. 564. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1579. ; and our fig. 1056. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves deciduous, oval, acutish at both ends, entire, 

 glabrous, rather coriaceous, paler beneath. Flower-bearing branches 

 almost leafless. Flowers on 

 pedicels, aggregate, large, white, 

 sometimes tinged with red. 

 Calyx leafy. Corolla ovate- 

 cylindrical. Capsule conoid. 

 (Don's Mill.) A deciduous low 

 shrub. New England to Florida, 

 in woods and dry swamps, espe- 

 cially in sandy soil. Height 

 2 ft. or upwards. Introduced 

 in 1736. Flowers large, white, 

 sometimes tinge, 1 with red ; 

 May to August. 



1056. L.martena. 



Variety. 



1067. L. in. obliSnga. 



L. m. 2 oblonga Swt.,and our Jig. 1057., has oblong leaves. 

 5. L. RACEMO V SA D. Don. The racemose-flowered Lyonia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159. 



Don's Mill., 3 i> 831. 

 Sifnonymes. Andromeda racembsa Lin. Sp. 564., L'Hdrit. Stirp. 



2. t. 13, ; A. paniculdta Walt. Car. 138., Gronov. Virg. 67. 

 Engravings. L'Hrit. Stirp., 2. t. 13. ; and our Jig. 1058. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves deciduous, oval-lanceolate, 

 acute, serrulate, membranous, glabrous. Flowers 

 white. Spikes terminal, secund, elongated, simple, 

 or branched. Bracteas linear, acute, two at the 

 base of a calyx, which is acute. Corolla cylin- 

 drical. (Don's Mill.) A deciduous shrub. Ca- 

 nada to Carolina, in bogs and swamps. Height 

 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1736. Flowers white, 

 sweet-scented; June and July 



A very desirable spe- 

 cies. According to Pursh 

 ior.8. L. racemosa. it is reckoned one of the 



finest shrubs in America, from the graceful ap- 

 pearance of its flowers, and their fine odour. 



6. L. ARBO'REA D. Don. The Tree Lyonia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159., 



Don's Mill .,3. p. 831. 



Synonymc. Andr6meda arbbrea Lin. Sp. 565. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 905. ; and our Jig. 1059. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches taper. Leaves de- 

 ciduous, oblong, acuminate, serrate, with rnu_ 



