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 2764.) 



2. Leucothoe Catesbaei (Walt.) A. Gray. Catesby's Leucothoe. (Fig. 



Andromeda Catesbaei Walt. Fl. Car. 137. 1788. 

 Andromeda spinulosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 293. 1814. 

 L. spinulosa G. Don, Card. Diet. 3: 832. 1834. 

 Leucothoe Catesbaei A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 252. 1856. 



A shrub, 3-6 high, similar to the preceding 

 species, the twigs glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous and evergreen, acuminate 

 at the apex, mostly rounded at the base, sharply 

 serrulate with bristle-pointed teeth nearly all around, 

 $'-6' long, 9"-iS" wide; petioles 4 // -S // long; racemes 

 dense, axillary, many-flowered, catkin-like when ex- 

 panding; bracts borne at the bases of the short peti- 

 oles; sepals not at all or scarcely imbricated when 

 the flower is expanded; corolla narrowly cylindric, 

 about zYz" long; capsule depressed, strongly 5 -lobed, 

 about 2" in diameter. 



r Along streams, Virginia to East Tennessee and Georgia. 

 April. 



3. Leucothoe recurva (Buckl.) A. Gray. 

 Mountain Leucothoe. (Fig. 2765.) 



Andromeda recurva Buckl. Amer. Journ. Sci. 45: 172. 



1843. 

 Leucothoe recurva A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 252. 1856. 



A widely branched shrub, 2-io high, similar to 

 the following species. Leaves thin, deciduous, ovate 

 or oval, often acuminate, pubescent on the veins be- 

 neath, 2 / -4 / long; racemes terminating the branches, 

 unfolding before the leaves, recurved, solitary or 

 clustered; calyx 2-bracteolate, the bracts persistent; 

 corolla about 3" long; anther- sacs i-awned; capsule 

 much depressed, strongly 5-lobed, about 2" in diam- 

 eter and i" high; seeds broadly winged. 



In dry woods, mountains of Virginia to Alabama. 

 April-May. 



4. Leucothoe racemdsa (L. ) A. Gray. 



Andromeda racemosa L. Sp. PI. 394. 1753. 

 Leucothoe spicata G. Don, Card. Diet. 3: 832. 1834. 

 Leucothoe racemosa A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 252. 1856. 



A shrub, 5-i2 high, with erect or divergent 

 branches, terminal racemes, and glabrous or 

 puberulent twigs. Leaves oblong to ovate, 

 mostly acute at each end, thin, deciduous, short- 

 petioled, glabrous, or with some short hairs 

 above, pubescent, at least on the veins beneath, 

 serrulate, I'-y long, Yt f -\ f wide; racemes soli- 

 tary or clustered; flowers appearing with or be- 

 fore the leaves; calyx 2-bracteolate at the base, 

 the bractlets firm, persistent; sepals much im- 

 bricated; pedicels about \" long, jointed with 

 therachis; corolla nearly cylindric, 3 // -4 // long; 

 anther-sacs 2-awned; style slender; stigma 

 capitate; capsule depressed-globose, slightly 

 grooved, 1%" in diameter; seeds smooth, wing- 

 less. 



In swamps and moist thickets, Massachusetts to 

 Pennsylvania, Florida and Louisiana, mostly near 

 the coaet. April-June. 



Swamp Leucothoe. (Fig. 2766.) 



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12. ANDROMEDA L. Sp. PI. 393. 1753. 



A glabrous branching or rarely simple shrub. Leaves coriaceous, linear or oblong, en- 

 tire, revolute-margined, evergreen, short-petioled, white-glaucous beneath. Flowers small, 



