492 ORDER 73. ERICACEAE. 



White Mts. ! Not uncommon. A shrub 2 3f high, readily known by its leaves, 

 which are smooth above, clothed beneath with a dense, ferruginous down, and 

 strongly revolute or replicate at the margin. Petioles and younger twigs also 

 downy. Leaves 12' long, nearly as wide. Corymbs terminal, of about a 

 dozen white fls. July. 



/^. ANGUSTIFOLIUM. Lvs. narrower, almost linear; sta. mostly 10. 



20. LEIOPHYL'LUM, Pers. SAND MYRTLE. (Gr Acto?, smooth, 

 fyvhkov, leaf.) Calyx 5-parted, equaling the length of the capsule ; 

 pet. 5, ovate oblong, spreading; sts. 10, exserted; fil. subulate; cell* 

 of anthers dehiscing by a lateral cleft ; ovary globous ; sty, filiform ; 

 caps. 3-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. Small, smooth shrubs, with erect 

 branches. Lvs. alternate, entire, oval, coriaceous. Corymbs terminal. 

 Fls. white. 



L. buxifolium Ell. Pine barrens, N. J. to Car. Shrub 812' high, much 

 branched. Leaves 4 5" by 2 3", very smooth and shining, margin strongly 

 revolute. Flowers numerous and small. May, June. 



21. CLE'THRA, Gaert. SWEET PEPPER-BUSH. (Gr. name of the Al- 

 der, which, these plants somewhat resemble.) Calyx 5-parted, persistent ; 

 petals 5, distinct, obovate ; stamens 10, exserted, anthers suspended in 

 the bud, at length erect ; style persistent, stigma 3-cleft ; capsule 3- 

 celled, 3-valved, oo-seedcd, enclosed by the calyx. Shrubs and trees. 

 Lvs. alternate, petiolate. Fls. white, in downy-canescent racemes. 

 Bracts deciduous. 



1 C. alnifolia L. Lvs. cuneiform-obovate, acute, acumiuately serrate, green on 

 both sides, smooth or slightly pubescent beneath ; fls. in terminal, elongated, 

 simple or branched racemes ; bracts subulate. A deciduous shrub 3 to 8f high, 

 in swamps. E. Can. to Ga. Lvs. 2 to 3' long, % as broad above, with a long, 

 wedge-shaped base, tapering into a short petiole. Rac. 3 to 5' long. Ped. and 

 cal. hoary-pubescent, the former 2" in length, and in the axil of a bract about as 

 long. Cor. white, spreading, sweet-scented. Jl., Aug. 



/}. TOMENTOSA. Lvs. downy or tomentous beneath ; rac. slender, often some- 

 what paniculate ; fls. smaller. Common in the South. Apr. Jn. (C. to- 

 mentosa Lam.) 



y. SCABRA. Lvs. coarsely serrate, scabrous both sides. Near Bainbridge, Ga. 

 Rac. and fls. as in (3. Petals about 2" long. (C. scabra Pers.) 



(5? PANICULATA. Lvs. cuneate-ldnceolate ; rac. collected into a panicle. S. Car. 

 (Bartram). Wo have not seen this plant. (C. paniculata Willd.) 



2 C. acuminata MX. Arborescent; Ivs. glabrous, glaucous, beneath, ovate, acumi- 

 nate, abruptly acute at lose, finely serrate, on slender petioles ; rac. terminal, soli- 

 tary ; bracts longer than the fls., caducous. Mts. along streams, Ky., Va., to S. 

 Car. Shrub or tree, 10 to 18f high. Lvs. large (4 to 6 ' long), half as wide, thin, 

 Pis. often secund (turned upwards). Anth. dark purple, much exserted. JL. 

 Aug. 



SUBORDE III. CYRILLEJE. THE CYRILLADS. 



22. ELLIOTTIA, Muhl. (To Stephen Mliott, Esq., of Charleston, 

 S. C., the well known botanical author.) Calyx small, 4-toothed ; 

 corolla of 4 petals slightly cohering at base ; stamens 8, anthers sagit- 

 tate ; style slender, with a capitate, undivided stigma ; capsule 3-celled, 

 3-seeded. A shrub with virgato branched alternate, deciduous, lanceo- 

 late, entire Ivs. and terminal racemes of white fls. 



B. racemosa Muhl. Dry, rich soils, S. Ga, Shrub 4 to 8f high. Lvs. pubes- 

 cent and slightly glaucous on the under surface, on short petioles. Flowers in 

 Jn. Unfortunately, this plant has not fallen under our observation. 



