XLIII. ERICA'CEJE I LEUCo'tHO. 



569 



Variety. 



L. a. 2longif6Ha. Andromeda longifolia Pwsh Sej^t. i. p. 293., Sims 

 BoL Mag. t. 2357. ; A. WalterJ WOld. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 very long. (Doti's Mill.) 



2. L. spiNULO^SA G. Don. The spina\ose-ioothed-leaved Leucothoe. 



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



Synonymes. Andromeda spinuldsa Pursh Sept. 1. p. 293. ; ? A. Cate&hie'i 



Walt. Fl. Car. p. 137. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. igS.S. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1320. ; and ourfig. 1066. 



Spec. Char., Si-c. 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 I). Don in 

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

 Lower Carolina. Height 2 ft. Introduced in 1793. 

 1066. L. spmui6sa. Flowers whitc J May and June. 



j a. 3. L. acumina'ta G. Don. The acuminate-leaved Leucothoe. 



\ldcniification. Don's IMill., 3. p. 832. 



[Synonymes. Andromeda acuminata Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 70. ; A. 

 I licida Jflf?. Icon. Har. 1. t. 79. ; A. populifulia Lam. Encycl. 1. 

 : p. 19o. ; A. reticulata Walt. Fl. Car. 137. ; A. formosissima 

 I Bartr. ; A. Zaiirina Michx. Fl. Amer. Bot. 1. p. 253. ; Pipe-stem. 

 I wood, Amer. 



lEupravings. Exot. Bot., t. 89. ; Jacq. Icon. Rar., i. t. 79. ; and 

 our Jig. 1067. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Glabrous. Stems hollow. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, gradually narrowed to the tip, 

 entire or unequally serrate, shining, nettcdly 

 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. 1 765. 

 Flowers numerous, white ; July and x4.ugust. 



1067. l-.. acuminata. 



L. floribu'nda D. Don. The numerous-flowered Leucothoe. 



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

 p. S32. 

 Synonyme. Andromeda floribunda Lyon Herb. Sept. 1. p. 293. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 807. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1566. ; and out Jig. 1068. 



Spec. Char., Src 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- 

 ific in flowers, when covered with them very beautiful, 

 ^ayers, which do not root under two or three years. 



a. 5. L. spiCA^TA G. Don. The spicate-raceincd 

 Leu.cothoe. 



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

 ynanyme. Andromeda apicita Wals. Dend. Brit. t. 36. 

 Wats. Dend. 



, IOCS. L. floribanda, 



'ngiavwgs. 



Brit., t. 36- ; and onr fig. 1069. 



