568 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



nicies, that are composed of numerous grouped 

 racemes. {Doii'ii Mill.) An upright deciduous 

 shrub. North America. Height 2 ft. Introduced 

 in 1812. Flowers white: July. 



11. L. (p.) capre*;fo'lia Wats. 

 Willow-leaved Lyonia. 



The Goat- 



Identification. Wats. Deiid. 

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

 3. p. S31. 



Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 

 127. ; and our /g. 1064. 



Spec. Char., S;c. Leaves 

 deciduous, coriace- 

 ous, elHptic, with a 

 termination, serrulate, and 

 sprinkled with short fleshy hairs. Flowers dis- 

 posed in racemes and corymbs that are mi.xed, 

 lateral, and leafy. Corollas rather silky, globu- 

 lar, coarctate. (^Dviis Mill.) An erect decidu- 

 ous shrub. North America. Height 2 ft. to 

 3 ft. Introduced in 181-2. Flowers white; July. 



10G3. L. (p.) multifl6ra. 



short acuminate 



1064. L. (p.) caprejfcfulia. 



Genus IX. 



L 



LEUCO'THO D. Don. The Leucothoe. Liri. St/sL Decandria 



Monogynia. 



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



S;/no7).yme. Andr6med sp. of previous authors. 



Dciivalion . Leucothoe was a beautiful nj'mph, 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. Jl/ei., iv. 196.) Leucothoe vi as, 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. Stavieois enclosed ; filaments dilated, flattened, downy ; cells of 

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

 loculicidal dehiscence. (Doit's Mill.) 



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

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

 low ; natives of North America. 



n. 1. L. AxiLL.^^Ris Z>. Dun. The axillary -?(<</ Leucothoe. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159. 

 Sj/nonijmes. Andr6meda axillaris Solander in Hort. Kew. 2. p, 



No. 2., on the authority of ?Ir. Gordon. 

 /Engraving. Onr fig. 1005. 



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

 nate ; in the outward part of its length carti- 

 laginous in the margin, and serrulate with 

 inucronate 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.) A low evergreen 

 shrub. Virginia to Georgia, on mountains. Height 

 2 ft. to .'Ut. Introduced in 1765. Flowers 

 white ; Mav and June. 



Don's Mill, 3. p. 832. 



89. ; A. Catesb<'i Walt. Car. fuse. 



