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

 racemes. Corollas white, ovoid-cylindrical, downy. (Do7i's Mi//.) A 

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

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

 Introduced in 1752. Flowers white ; June and July. 



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

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

 in the mountains to alleviate thirst. 



it 7. L. panicula'ta N'tdt. The panicled-^owered Lyonia. 



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

 Synonyme. Andromeda paniculita Lin. Sp. 564. 



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

 fig. 1060. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Downy. Leaves deciduous, obovate- 

 lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, almost entire, the 

 upper surliice of the older leaves nearly glabrous. 

 Flower-bearing branches terminal, panicled, nearly- 

 naked of leaves. Flowers small, in peduncled ra- 

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

 Mi//.) 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. 



L. panicuiata. 



j 8. L. 5ALICIF0LIA Wats. The Willow-leaved 

 Lyonia. 



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f Ideniification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 38. 



* Engravings. Dend. Brit, t. 38. ; and our^fg. 1061. 



Spec. C/iar., Sfc. Leaves alternate, long-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, scarcely serrulate, shining, strewed with 

 a few short gland-like hairs. Racemes of flowers 

 compound, alternately sessile on the terminal 

 branches. Flowers white, 1-petaled, gloiiular, con- 

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

 nearly allied to L. panicuiata, but which is less 

 remarkable in point of floral beautj', than for its 

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



1 to 4 ft. Flowers white ; June and July. 



1061. I., salicifblia. 



lOei. L. (p.) frondosi. 



jt 9. L. (p.) FRONDO'SA Nutt. The brauchy Lyonia. 



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

 Synonyme. Andromeda frtmdbsa Pursh Ft. Amer. Sept. 1 . p. 29.*). 

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



Spec. C/iar., Sfc. 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. (Dons Mi//.) An upright deciduous shrub. 

 Virginia and Carolina. Height 3 (t. Introduced in 

 1806. Flowers white ; May and June. 



10. L. (p.) multiflo'ra Wats. The many-flowered Lyonia. 



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

 f^igravings. Dend. Brit., t. 128. ; and our fig. 10C3. 



^pcc. Cliar., ^c. Leaves deciduous, narrow, lanceolate, serrate, sprinkled with 

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



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