XLII. ERICA‘CEE: LYO'NIA. 567 
cronate teeth, glabrous, acid. Flowers in terminal panicles of many 
racemes. Corollas white, ovoid-cylindrical, downy. (Don’s Mill.) A 
deciduous tree. Pennsylvania to Florida, in the valleys of the Alleghany 
Mountains. Height in America 40 ft. to 60 ft.,; in England 10 ft. to 20 ft 
Introduced in 1752, Flowers white ; June and July. 
The leaves have a very pleasant acid taste, from which the species has been 
called the sorrel-tree. In America they are frequently made. use of by hunters 
in the mountains to alleviate thirst. 
& 7. L. panrcutata Nutt. The panicled-flowered Lyonia. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., Ips 266.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 83]. 
& Synonyme. Andrémeda paniculata Lin. Sp. 564. 
Engravings. L’Hérit. Stirp. Nov., 2. t. 12.; Dend. Brit., t. 37. ; and our 
‘ Jig. 1060. 
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Spee. Char., §c. Downy. Leaves deciduous, obovate- 
lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, almost entire, the 
upper surface of the older leaves nearly glabrous. 
Flower-bearing branches terminal, panicled, nearly 
naked of leaves. Flowers small, in peduncled ra- 
cemes. Corollas nearly globose, downy, white. (Don’s 
Mill.) A deciduous shrub. Canada to Carolina, in all 
swamps and woods. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 
1060. L, paniculata. 1748. Flowers small, white ; 
June and July. 
a 8. L. saticiro Lia Wats. The Willow-leaved 
Lyonia. 
Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 38. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 38.; and our jig. 1061. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves alternate, long-lanceolate, 
acuminate, scarcely serrulate, shining, strewed with 
a few short gland-like hairs. Racemes of flowers 
compound, alternately sessile on the terminal 
branches. Flowers white, |-petaled, globular, con- 
tracted at the mouth. (Wats.) A desirable species, 
nearly allied to L. paniculata, but which 1s less f 
remarkable in point of floral beauty, than for its © 
fine shining foliage. Native country ?. Height 3 ft. \ 
to 4ft. Flowers white; June and July. 1061. 4. salicifélia. 
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a 9. L. (v.) Fronpo’sa Nutt. The branchy Lyonia. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 267.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. §31. 
Synonyme. Andromeda fronddsa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 295. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1062. from a specimen in Dr. Lindley’s herbarium. 
Spec. Char., $c. Densely villose with whitish hairs. 
‘“ Leaves deciduous, oblong or oblong ovate, blunt or 
acutish, often rusty, prominently veined; the lateral 
margins revolute, entire, and rough. Flowers white, in 
a terminal leafly panicle. Corollas globose, hispid or 
downy. (Don’s Mill.) An upright deciduous shrub. 
Virginia and Carolina. Height 3 ft. Introduced in 
1806. Flowers white ; May and June. 
1062. L. (p-) fronddsa. 
a 10. L. (p.) muttieLo'Ra Wats. The many-flowered Lyonia. 
tification. ‘Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 128.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 831. 
eed ial Dend. Brit., t. 128. and our fg. 1063. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves deciduous, narrow, lanceolate, serrate, sprinkled with 
hair-like atoms. Flowers numerous, small, white, disposed in terminal pa- 
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