ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART HI. 



p. 195. ; A. retlcutota Walt. Ft. Car., 137. ; A. formosissima Bartr. A. /aurina Mic/ix. Fl. Anicr. 

 Bot., 1. p. 253. ; Pipe-stem-wood, Amer. 

 Engravings. Exot. Bot., t. 89. ; Jacq. Icon. Rar., 1. t. 79. ; and our fig. 910. 



Spec. Char., $c. Glabrous. Stems hollow. Leaves 910 



ovate-lanceolate, gradually narrowed to the tip, 

 entire or unequally serrate, shining, nettedly veined, 

 coriaceous. Flowers white, numerous, upon pe- 

 dicels, drooping, disposed in racemes that are 

 axillary, very short, corymbose, and nearly naked. 

 Corolla cylindrically ovate. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 

 832.) A native of North America, in Georgia 

 and Florida, in sandy swamps. The shrub bears 

 a great abundance of flowers, which give it a fine 

 appearance. Its stems are used by the natives for 

 making their pipe stems; whence the name of 

 pipe-stem wood. It was introduced in 1765; 

 grows to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft., and flowers 

 in July and August. 



* 4. L. FLORIBU'NDA D. Don. The numerous-flowered Leucothoe. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159; Don's Mill., 3. p. 832 



Synonyme. Andr6meda floribi'mda Lyon Herb., Ker Bot. Reg., t. 807., Pvrsh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. 



p. 293., Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1566. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 807. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1566. ; and our fig. 911. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Glabrous. Leaves ovate, oblong, acute, finely serrulate, 

 appressedly ciliate, coriaceous. Flowers white, numerous, disposed uni- 

 laterally in racemes that are axillary and terminal, and con- 

 stitute panicles. Pedicles with 2 bracteas. (Don's Mill., 

 iii. p. 832.) A native of North America, in Georgia, on 

 the mountains, where it grows to the height of 2 ft. or 

 3 ft., and flowers in May and June. It was introduced in 

 1812, and, being extremely difficult to propagate, is still rare 

 in collections. There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges's, at 

 Messrs. Chandler's, and at Messrs. Osborne's at Fulham. 

 Plants, some years since, were 10 guineas each, but they 

 may now be had at a guinea. The plant is very prolific in 

 flowers, and is extremely beautiful. 



* 5. L. SPICA V TA G. Don. The spicate-racemed Leucothoe. 



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



Synonyme. Andromeda spicata Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 36. 



Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit, t. 36. ; and our fig. 912. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Glabrous, except that the branchlets 

 are beset with short white hairs. Leaves elliptical- 

 lanceolate, acute, ovate, or taper at the base, serrated. 

 Flowers white, disposed unilaterally in long lateral and 

 terminal racemes. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 832.) A native 

 of North America, occurring from Canada to Florida, 

 where it forms a shrub 2 ft. in height, flowering in 

 June. There are plants in British gardens ; but when 

 it was introduced is uncertain. 



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GENUS X. 



PPERIS D.Don. THE PIERIS. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 832. 



Symmyitic. Andromeda sp. Wallich. 



Derivation. Pu<ri.t, a general appellation of the Muses, who were called Pierides, from their birth. 



place, Pieria, in Thessaly. 



Description, Sfc. Trees and shrubs, natives of Nepal and Japan ; and considered a. only half- 

 hardy. 



