CHAP. LXIX. 



£RICA CEJE. LYO N/y/. 



1109 



j± s& 1. Z. specio v sa D. Don. The showy-flowered Zenobia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edrnb. New Phil. Journ., July, 1834 ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 

 Synonymc. Andromeda speciosa Michx. Fl. Bar. Amer., 25(5.; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 551. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 551. ; and our figs. 898. 



Description. Leaves oval, obtuse, mucronate, crenate, or serrate, veiny. 

 Flowers white, drooping, disposed in racemes. Branches in the flower-bear- 

 ing part naked of leaves. (Don's Mill., Hi. p. 830.) 

 A very ornamental little shrub, native of North Ca- 

 rolina, in swamps. This very handsome species was 

 introduced in 1800. It grows to the height of 2 ft. 

 or 3 ft., and flowers in June. 



898 



+ -eg3^ ^ 899 



Varieties. In Don's Miller the following forms are enumerated and de- 

 scribed : — 



j* & Z. s.2 nitida Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., i. p. 294., under Andromeda 

 cassinefdYm Vent. Malm., 79. ; and our flg. 899. — Leaves oblong- 

 ovate, serrate, green on both surfaces. Flowers white. 

 j* * Z. s. 3 pulverulenta Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., i. p. 294., under An- 

 dromeda speciosa ; A. pulverulenta Bartram Itin., 476., Curt. Bot. 

 Mag., t. 667. ; A. cassinefo\m |3 Vent. Hort. Cels, 60. ; A. speciosa 

 var. y glauca Wats. Dcnd. Brit., t. 26. ; A. dealbata Lindl. Bot. Reg., 

 t. 1010.; A. ovata Soland. MS. in Herb. Banks.; and our flg. 900. — 

 Leaves roundish-ovate, distantly crenate, covered with white powder 

 as are the branches. Flowers white. 



Genus VIII. 



fcjLidLft ±1 



LYCVN/.d Nutt. The Lyonia. Lin. St/st. Deeandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 268. ; D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 158. : Don's 



Mill., 3. p. 830. 

 Synonyme. Andromeda sp. Lin. and various authors. 

 Derivation. In commemoration of John Lyon, an indefatigable collector of North American plants, 



who fell a victim to a dangerous epidemic amidst those savage and romantic mountains which 



had so often been the theatre of his labours. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 830.) 



Description. Evergreen and deciduous shrubs, and also a tree. Natives 

 of North America, and bearing the common character of the plants of the 

 order, both in respect to beauty, soil, situation, propagation, and culture. 



A. Leaves evergreen. 

 * 1. L. ferrugi'nea Nutt. The rusty-looking Lyonia. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., p. 2fi6. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Synonymes. Andr6meda ferrugfnea Walt. FL, 138., Vent. Malm., t. 80. ; A. ferrugi'nea /3 frutiebsa 



Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 252. 

 Engraving. Vent. Malm., t. 80. 



Spec. Char., eye. Shrubby, evergreen. Leaves on long petioles, coriaceous, 

 obovate, usually obtuse, quite entire, with hardly revolute edges, and co- 



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