XLIII. 



: LEUCOTHCXE. 



569 



Variety. 



L. a. 2 longifoKa. Andromeda longifolia Pursh Sept. i. p. 293., Sims 

 Bol. Mag. t. 2357. ; A. Walten Willd. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 very long. (Don's Mil/.) 



~. L. SPINULO V SA G. Don. The spinulose-toothed-leaved Leucothoe. 



Identification. Don's Mill., 3. p. 832. 



Synonymes. Andromeda spinulosa Pursh Sept. 1. p. 293. ; ? A. Catesb<z?V 



Walt. FL Car. p. 137. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1955. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1320. ; and our fig. 1066. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves glabrous, coriaceous, ovate- 

 oblong, rounded at the base, gradually narrowed to the 

 tip, acuminate, serrulate with teeth that are spinulose 

 in some degree. Flowers white, disposed unilaterally 

 and rather loosely, in subspicate, axillary, subsessile 

 racemes, and attended by scaly bracteas. Corolla short, 

 ovate-cylindrical. It resembles L. axillaris D. Don in 

 several respects. (Don's Mill.) A low evergreen shrub. 

 Lower Carolina. Height 2ft. Introduced in 1793. 

 Flowers white ; May and June. 



1066. L. spinu!6sa. 



n. 3. L. ACUMINA'TA G. Don. 



Identification 



The acuminate-leaved Leucothoe. 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 832. 

 Synonymes. Andromeda acuminata 

 Iticida Jacq. Icon. Kar. 1. t. 79. ; A. populifolia Lam. Encycl. 1. 



Andromeda acuminata Ait. Hort. Kew, 2. p. 70. ; A. 



p. lyo. : A. reucuiaia nan. ri. \^ar. i>/. ; A. lurniosissmia 

 Bartr. ; A. Zaurina Michx. FL Amer. Bst. 1. p. 253. ; Pipe-stem- 

 wood, Amer. 



Engravings. Exot. Boi., t. 89. ; Jacq. Icon. Rar., i. t. 79. ; and 

 our fig. 1067. 



Spec. Char., 8>c. Glabrous. Stems hollow. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, gradually narrowed to the tip, 

 entire or unequally serrate, shining, nettedly 

 veined, coriaceous. Flowers white, numerous, 

 upon pedicels, drooping; disposed in racemes that 

 are axillary, very short, corymbose, and nearly 

 naked. Corolla cylindrically ovate. (Don's Mill.) 

 An erect evergreen shrub. Georgia and Florida, 

 in sandy swamps. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introd. 1765. 

 Flowers numerous, white; July and August. 1057. L. acuminata. 



. 4*. L. FLORIBU'NDA D. Don. The numerous-flowered Leucothoe. 



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



p. 832. 



Synonymc. Andr6meda floribunda Lyon Herb. Sept. 1. p. 293 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 807. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1566. , and our fig. 1068. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Glabrous. Leaves ovate oblong, acute, 

 finely serrulate, appressedly ciliate, coriaceous. Flowers 

 white, numerous ; disposed unilaterally in racemes that are 

 axillary and terminal, and constitute 

 panicles. Pedicels with 2 bracteas. 

 (Don's Mill.) An erect evergreen 

 shrub. Georgia, on mountains. Height 

 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1812. 

 Flowers white ; May and June. 



Extremely difficult to propagate, therefore rare. Pro- 

 lific in flowers, when covered with them very beautiful. 

 Layers, which do not root under two or three years. 



a. 5. L. SPICA V TA G. Don. The spicate-racemcd 

 Leucothoe. 



Identification. Don's Mill., 3 p. 832. 



Synonynte. Andromeda spicata Wats. Dend. Brit. t. 30. 



Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 36- ; and our fig. 1069. 1009. \j. S1 .icata. 



1068. I., tloribunda. 



