XLIII. RICA CE.'E : LYO'bilJ. 



565 



cence; margins of valves closed by 5 other external nerve valves. Seeds 

 aciciilar, imbricated. (Don's- Mi//,) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen or deciduous; usually 

 membranous and downy. F/owers for the most part terminal, disposed in 

 racemose panicles. Shrubs, natives of North America. 



' A. Leaves evergreen. 



1. L. ferrugi'nea Nutt. The rusty-looking Lyonia. 



Idnilification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., p. 266. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Sijnoinjmcs. .\ndr6meda I'errugi'nea Walt. Fl. 138. ; A. ferruginea /S fruticbsa 



Michx. Fl. Bar. Amer. 1. p. 252. 

 lEngravings. Vent. Malm., t. 80. ; and our Jig. 1052. 



\Spec. C/iar., ^c. Shrubby, evergreen. Leaves on long pe- 

 ' tides, coriaceous, obovate, usually obtuse, quite entire, with 

 hardly revolute edges, and covered with brown, umbilicate, 

 bran-iike scales, as is every other part of the plant. Flowers 

 axillary, 3 or 5 together, upon pedicels. (Jorolla small, 

 ovate, globose, white inside, rusty-looking outside. (Don's 

 Mill.) An evergreen shrub. Georgia, Florida, and Mexico, 

 in pine woods. Height 3 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1784. 

 , Flowers white ; June and July. 



1052. L. femiginea. 



j ? 2. L. ri'gid.4 Kutt. The rigid-Zeaved Lyonia. 



identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 266. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Mjmniymes. Andromeda ferruginea Willd. Sp. 2. p. 609. ; A. ferruginea 1 arborescens Michx. Fl. 



1 Bor. Amer. 1. p. 252. ; A. rigida Flush Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 292. 



y.ngraviiigs Bot. Cab., t. 430. ; and our fig. 1053. 



Spec. Char.., Sfc. Leaves crowded, coriaceous, rigid ; their petioles short ; 



their disks cuneate-lanceolate, acute, entire, convex, with revolute edgesj 

 1 and clothed with brown, umbilicate, bran-like scales, as is 

 i every other part of the plant. Flowers produced, in Britain, 

 i in April and May ; axillary, several together. Corolla globose, 

 i white inside. Closely akin to L. ferruginea ; but the two 

 : are distinguishable by their different habits, especially by 

 ' their times of flowering. (Do?i's Mi//.) An arborescent 

 , everf;i-een shrub or low tree. Carolina and Florida, in barren 



sandy woods. Height 13 ft. to 20 ft. ; in British gardens 

 3 ft. to 3 ft. Litroduced in 1744. Flowers white; April 

 and May. Capsule brown. 



Nearly allied to the preceding species, but of a different habit, 

 '.d flowering at a different season. loss. l. rigida. 



m.vruinaVa D. Don. The marginated-leaved Lyonia. 



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



159.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 

 Syrtonymes. Andr6meda marginita Du Ham. Arb. ; A. 



coriacea IVilld. Sp. 2. p. 613., ^rt. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 70. ; A. 



lucida Lam. Encyc. 1. p. 157. ; A. mariana Jacq. Icon. 



II..,: 3. t. 465. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1095. ; Jacq. Icon. Rar. t. 405. , 



aud oni fig. 1054. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Branch- 

 lets indistinctly 3- 

 sided. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, oval, acuminate, 

 quite entire, glabrous, 

 and very finely punc- 

 tured ; with the mid- 

 rib running through 

 the defiexed margin.. 

 Flowers upon pedi- 

 o o 3 



ir.arginnta. 



