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cronate teeth, glabrous, acid. Flowers in terminal panicles of many 

 racemes. Corollas white, ovoid-cylindrical, downy. (Don's Mill.) A 

 deciduous tree. Pennsylvania to Florida, in the valleys of the Alleghany 

 Mountains. Height in America 40 ft. to 60 ft., ; in England 10ft. to 20 ft 

 Introduced in 1752. Flowers white ; June and July. 



The leaves have a very pleasant acid taste, from which the species has beta 

 called the sorrel-tree. In America they are frequently made use of by hunters 

 in the mountains to alleviate thirst. 



1060. L. vaniculJita. 



7. L. PANICULA'TA Nutt. The pamcled-JZowered Lyonia. 



Identification. Nutt. Gea Amer., 1. p. 266.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831. 

 Synonyme. Andromeda paniculata Lin. Sp. 564. 



Engravings. L'Herit. Stirp. Nov., 2. t. 12. ; Dend. Brit., t. 37. ; and our 

 fig, 1060. 



Spec. Char., $c. Downy. Leaves deciduous, obovate- 

 lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, almost entire, the 

 upper surface of the older leaves nearly glabrous. 

 Flower-bearing branches terminal, panicled, nearly- 

 naked of leaves. Flowers small, in peduncled ra- 

 cemes. Corollas nearly globose, dawny, white. (Don's 

 Mill.) A deciduous shrub. Canada to Carolina, in all 

 swamps and woods. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 

 1748. Flowers small, white ; 

 June and July. 



j* 8. L. SAUCIFO LI A Wats. The Willow-leaved 

 Lyonia. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 3cS. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit, t. 38. ; and our fig. 1061. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves alternate, long-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, scarcely serruhite, shining, strewed with 

 a few short gland-like hairs. Racemes of flowers 

 compound, alternately sessile on the terminal 

 branches. Flowers white, 1-petalecl, globular, con- 

 tracted at the mouth. (Wats.) A desirable species, 

 nearly allied to L. paniculata, but which is less 

 remarkable in point of floral beauty, than for its 

 fine shining foliage. Native country ?. Height 3 ft. 

 to 4 ft. Flowers white ; June and July. 





1062. L. (p.) frondota. 



jt 9. L. (P.) FRONDO X SA Nutt. The branchy Lyonia. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 267. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831. 

 Synonyme. Andromeda frondbsa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 295. 

 Engraving. Oar fig. 1062. from a specimen in Dr. Lindley's herbarium. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Densely villose with whitish hairs. 

 Leaves deciduous, oblong or oblong ovate, blunt or 

 acutish, often rusty, prominently veined; the lateral 

 margins revolute, entire, and rough. Flowers white, in 

 a terminal leafly panicle. Corollas globose, hispid or 

 downy. (Don's Mill.) An upright deciduous shrub. 

 Virginia and Carolina. Height 3 ft. Introduced in 

 1806. Flowers white ; May and June. 



jjt 10. L. (P.) MULTIFLO'RA Wats. The many-flowered Lyonia. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 128. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 128. ; and our fig. 1063. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves deciduous, narrow, lanceolate, serrate, sprinkled with 

 hair-like atoms. Flowers numerous, small, white, disposed in terminal pa- 

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