CHAP. LXIX. 



/;IUCA X CF/E. LEUCO'THO/V. 



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GENUS IX 



ULJ 



LEUCOTHO# D. Don. 



THE LEUCOTHOE. 

 Monogynia. 



Lin SysL Decandria 



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



Synonymes. Andr6meda sp. of authors previously. 



Derivation. Leucothoe was a beautiful nymph, 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. Met., iv. 196.) Leucothoe was also a name given to Ino after she was changed 

 into a sea deity. 



Description, $c. Evergreen shrubs, natives of North America, with co- 

 riaceous leaves, dentately spinulose ; and flowers white, racemose, axillary, or 

 terminal. 



1. L. AXILLA V RIS D. Don. The axillary-raceme/ Leucothoe. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 1 

 Synonyme. Andromeda axillaris Solander in Hort. Kcw. t 2. p. 89. ; Pursh Fl. 



832. 



p. 292. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 908. 



Amcr. Sept., 1. 



908 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oblong or oval, acuminate ; in 



the outward part of its length cartilaginous in the 



margin, and serrulate with mucronate teeth; upper 



surface glabrous; under surface covered with glandu- 

 lar hairs. Young branches clothed with powdery 



down. Flowers white, in short, spicate, sessile, 



axillary racemes, attended by scaly bracteas. Corolla 



ovate-cylindrical. Filaments ciliated, very short, 



Capsule depressed, globose. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 



832. A native of North America, from Virginia to 



Georgia, on the mountains, where it grows to the 



height of 2 ft. or 3 ft. Introduced in 1765, and flowering in May and 



June. 

 Variety. 



L. a. 2 longifolia ; Andromeda longifolia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., i. 

 p. 293., Sims Bot. Mag., t. 2357. ; A. Waited Willd. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, very long. (Don's Mill.) 



n. 2. L. SPINULO V SA G. Don. The sp'mulose-toothcd-leaved Leucothoe. 



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



Synonymes. Andromeda spinulbsa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 293. ; A Castesba? v Walt Fl. Car., 



p. 137., Willd. Sp., 2. p. 613., Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1955., Lodd. Bot. Cab., t 1320. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t 1955. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1320. ; and our Jig. 909. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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 D. Don in several 

 respects. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 832.) A native of Lower 

 Carolina, in North America, where it forms a shrub 2 ft. 

 high. It was introduced in 1793, and flowers in May 

 and June. 



909 



3. L. ACUMINA X TA G. Don. 



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



cuminkt . 



A. lucida Jacq. Icon. Ear., 1. t 79. ; A. 



The acuminate-leaved Leucothoe. 



. 



Synonymes. Andr6meda acuminkta Ait. Hort. Kcw., 2. p. 70., Pursh Fl 

 Smith Exot. Zto/.,t. ' 



