402 ORDER 73. ERICACEAE. 



White Mts. 1 Not uncommon. A shrub 2 3f high, readily known by its leaves^ 

 which are smooth above, clothed beneath with a dense, ferruginous down, and 

 strongly revolute or replicate at the margin. Petioles and younger twigs also 

 downy. Leaves 1 2' long, nearly ^ as wide. Corymbs terminal, of about a 

 dozen white fls. July. 



j3. ANGUSTIFOLIUH. Lvs. narrower, almost linear; sta. mostly 10. 



20. LEIOPHYL'LUM, Pers. SAND MYRTLE. (Gr Ae7o?, smooth, 

 0?U/lov, leaf.) Calyx 5-parted, equaling the length of the capsule ; 

 pet. 5, ovate oblong, spreading; sts. 10, exserted ; fil. subulate ; cells 

 of anthers dehiscing by a lateral cleft ; ovary globous ; sty. filiform ; 

 caps. 3-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. Small, smooth shrubs, with erect 

 branches. Lvs. alternate, entire, oval, coriaceous. Corymbs terminal. 

 Fls. white. 



L. buzifolium Ell. Pine barrens, K J. to Car. Shrub 8 12' high, much 

 branched. Leaves 4^-5" by 2 3", very smooth and shining, margin strongly 

 revolute. Flowers numerous and small. May, June. 



21. CLE V THRA, Gaert. SWEET PEPPER-BUSH. (Gr. name of the Al- 

 der, which these plants somewhat resemble.) Calyx 5-parted, persistent ; 

 petals 5, distinct, obovate ; stamens 10, exserted, anthers suspended in 

 the bud, at length erect ; style persistent, stigma 3-cleft ; capsule 3- 

 celled, 3-valved, co-seeded, enclosed by the calyx. Shrubs and trees. 

 J>s. alternate, petiolate. Fls. white, in downy-canescent racemes. 

 Bracts deciduous. 



1 C. alnifolia L. Lvs. cunetform-obovate, acute, acuminately serrate, green on 

 both sides, smooth or slightly pubescent beneath ; fls. in terminal, elongated, 

 simple or branched racemes ; bracts subulate. A deciduous shrub 3 to 8f high, 

 in swamps. E. Can. to G-a. Lvs. 2 to 3' long, % as broad above, with a long, 

 wedge-shaped base, tapering into a short petiole. Rac. 3 to 5' long. Ped. and 

 cal. hoary-pubescent, the former 2" in length, and in the axil of a bract about as 

 long. Cor. white, spreading, sweet-scented. Jl., Aug. 



P. TOMENTOSA. Lvs. downy or tomentous beneath ; rac. slender, often some- 

 what paniculate ; fls. smaller. Common in the South. Apr. Jn. (C. to~ 

 mentosa Lam.) 



y. SCABRA. Lvs. coarsely serrate, scabrous both sides. Near Bainbridge, Ga. 

 Rac. and fls. as in (3. Petals about 2" long. (C. scabra Pers.) 



<5? PANICULATA. Lvs. cuneote-lanceolata ; rac. collected into a panicle. S. Car. 

 (Bartram). "We have not seen this plant. (C. paniculata Willd.) 



2 C. acuminata MX. Arborescent; Ivs. glabrous, glaucmtf, beneath, ovate, acumi- 

 nate, abruptly acute at base, finely serrate, on slender petioles ; rac. terminal, soli- 

 tary ; bracts longer than the fls., caducous. Mts. along streams, Ky., Va., to S. 

 Car. Shrub or tree, 10 to 18f high. Lvs. largo (4 to 6 ' long), half as wide, thin, 

 Fls. often secund (turned upwards). Anth. dark purple, much exserted. JL 

 Aug. 



SUBORDER HI. CYRILLE^E. THE CYRILLADS. 



22. ELLIOTTIA, Muhl. (To Stephen Elliott, Esq^ of Charleston, 

 S. C., tho well known botanical author.) Calyx small, 4-toothed ; 

 corolla of 4 petals slightly cohering at base ; stamens 8, anthers sagit- 

 tate ; style slender, with a capitate, undivided stigma ; capsule 3-celled, 

 3-seeded. A shrub with virgate branched alternate, deciduous, lanceo- 

 late, entire Ivs. and terminal racemes of white fls. 



E. racemosa Muhl. Dry, rich soils, S. Ga. Shrub 4 to 8f high. Lvs. pubes- 

 cent and slightly glaucous on the under surface, on short petioles. Flowers in 

 Jn. Unfortunately, this plant has not fallen under our observation. 



