568 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



nicies, that are composed of numerous grouped 

 racemes. (Don's Mill.) An upright deciduous 

 shrub. North America. Height 2 ft. Introduced 

 in 1812. Flowers white ; July. 



j 11. L. (P.) CAPRE^EFO'LIA Wats. The Goat- 

 Wiilow-leaved Lyonia. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. 



Brit., t. 127.; Don's Mill., 



3. p. 831. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 



1-27.; and our fig. 1064. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves 

 ices. L. ( P .) muitiffta.. deciduous, coriace- 



ous, elliptic, with a 



short acuminate termination, serrulate, and 

 sprinkled with short fleshy hairs. Flowers dis- 

 posed in racemes and corymbs that are mixed, 

 lateral, and leafy. Corollas rather silky, globu- 

 lar, coarctate. (Don's Mill.) An erect decidu- 

 ous shrub. North America. Height 2 ft. to 

 3 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers white; July. 



1061. L. d>.) capreaefolia. 



GENUS IX. 



D 



LEUCO'THCXE D. Don. THE LEUCOTHOE. Lin. Syst. Decandria 

 Monogynia. 



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



Synonyme. Andrdmecia sp. of previous authors. 



Derivation. Leucothoe was a beautiful nymph, beloved by Apollo; who was buried alive by her 

 father when he discovered her amour, and changed into the tree that bears the frankincense by 

 her lover. (Ovid. Met., iv. 196.) Leucothoe was also a name given to Ino after she was changed 

 into a sea deity. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-leaved ; leaves imbricated at the base. Corolla tubular, 

 5-toothed. Stamens enclosed ; filaments dilated, flattened, downy ; cells of 

 anthers short, truncate, mutic. Stigma simple, capitate. Capsule with a 

 loculicidal dehiscence. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; coriaceous, dentately spi- 

 nulose. Flowers white, racemose, axillary, or terminal. Shrubs, evergreen, 

 low ; natives of North America. 



a. 1. L. AXILLA V RIS D. Don. The BxiHary-racemed Leucothoe. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 832. 



Synonymes. Andr6meda axillaris Solander in Hort. Kew. 2. p. 89, 



No. 2., on the authority of Mr. Gordon. 

 Engraving. Ourjig. 1065. 



Spec Char., $c. Leaves oblong or oval, acumi- 

 nate ; in the outward part of its length carti- 

 laginous in the margin, and serrulate with 

 mucronate teeth ; upper surface glabrous, under 

 surface covered with glandular hairs. Young 

 branches clothed with powdery down. Flowers 

 white, in short, spicate, sessile, axillary racemes, 

 attended by scaly bracteas. Corolla ovate cylin- 

 drical. Filaments ciliated, very short, Capsule de- 

 pressed, globose. (Don's Mill.) Alow evergreen 

 shrub. Virginia to Georgia, on mountains. Height 

 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1 765. Flowers 

 white ; May and June. 



A. CatestoeV Walt. Car. fasc. 



1065. L. axillaris. 



