602 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Requires to be grown in sandy peat, either in a border or in pots, and in 

 an airy situation. 



Genus XXV 



Lin. Si/st. Decandi-ia 



I 



LEIOPHY'LLUM Pers. The Leiophyllum, 



Monogynia. 



Identification. Pers. Ench., 1. p. 477. ; Spreng. Syst., 2. p. 276. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 851. 

 Synonyjnes. Ammyrsine Pursh Sept. I. p 280. ; Fischera Swartz ; iedum ftuxifblium Berg., Ait. 

 Derivation. From leios, smooth, and phulton, a leaf ; In reference to the smoothness of the leaves. 



Gen. Char. Calyx deeply 5-parted. Corolla 3-petaled. Stamens 10, ex- 

 serted. Anthers opening by 2 terminal pores. Capsule 5-ceIled, 5-valved, 

 dehiscing at the apex. {Bon's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; small, convex, oval, 

 glabrous, shining. Flowers white, disposed in terminal corymbs. A shrub, 

 small, erect, bushy, very ornamental from the delicacy of its leaves and the 

 abundance of its white flowers ; native of North America, on mountains. 



tt- 1. L. rHYMiFO^LiUM Pers. The Thyme-leaved Leiophyllum. 



Identification. Pers. Ench., 1. p. 477. ; Spreng. Syst, 2. p. 215. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831. 

 Synonymes. Ledum 6uxift>lium Bergius in Act. Fetrop. 1779 p. 1. t. 3. f. 2. ; iedum ihymitoliura 

 Lam. Diet. 3. p. 459. ; iedum ierpyllif 61ium L'Herit. Stirp, Xov. 2. t. 10. ; Ammvrsine AuxiR)lia 

 Piirsh Sept. I. p. 301. ; Sand Myrtle, Netv Jersey. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 531. ; Bot. Cab., t. 52.; and ou 

 Jig- 1149- 



Spec. Char., S^c. See Gen. Char. An elegant 

 little evergreen shrub. New Jersey, and the 

 mountains of Carolina, particularly on the 

 highest summits of the Catawba ridge. Height ^ 

 6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1736. Flowers 

 white, rendering it highly ornamental ; May 

 and June. 



L. prostrdtum. Ammyrsine prostrata Sivt., 

 Loud. Hort. Brit. No. 28221. ; A. Lyoni Swt. 

 Hort. Brit. ed. 1830 p. 34-4. Branches spread- 

 ing. Leaves oblong. 



Genus XXVI. 



1149. L. (hymifollum 



LE'DUM L. The Ledum. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 546.; Gartn. Fruct., 2. p. 145. t. 112. ; Juss. Gen., 159.; Nutt. Gen, 

 Amer., 1. p. 275. ^ 



Derivation. Ledon was the name applied by the ancients to a plant producing the substance callM 

 labdanum, and now known by the name of Cistus Lddon. In foliage, the LMum of modem bo- 

 tanists hears some distant resemblance to the plant of the ancients. 



Gen. Char. Calyx minute, 4-toothed. Corolla 5-petaled; spreading 



Stamens 5 10, exserted. Anthers opening by two terminal pores. Ca])- 



sule sub-ovate, 5-celled, 3-valved, opening at the base, pedicellate. _ Seed.>^ 



numerous. Hat, linear, scabrous, furnished with a membranous wing a, 



each extremity. {Don's Mill.) : 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; coriaeeous, with revoi 



lute margins, and tomentose on the under surface. Floivers white, disposei 



in terminal corymbs ; pedicejs bracteate at the base. Shrubs, evergreerj 



low, procumbent, or dwarf, exhaling a peculiar scent when bruised; native) 



of Europe or North America. \ 



