CHAP. LXIX. £RICA CEiE. LYO^N/^. llll 



England to Florida, in woods and dry swamps, especially in sandy soil ; 

 growing to the height of 2 ft., or upwards, and flowering from May to 

 August. 

 Variety. 



jn L. m. 2 oblonga Swt. has oblong leaves. 



& 5. L. racemo^sa D. Don. The racemose^cw<?>v?r/ Lyonia. 



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

 of the anthers are said to be biaristate [2-awned] at the apex : it is, therefore, probably a species 

 ofZenbbia." (Don's Mill.) 



Synonymes. Andromeda racemosa Lin. Sp., 564., L'Herit. Stirp. 2. t. 13. j A. paniculata Wait. 

 Car., 138., Gronov. Virg., 67. 



Engraving. L'Herit. Stirp., 2. t. 13. 



Spec. Char., c}c. Leaves deciduous, oval-lanceolate, acute, serrulate, mem- 

 branous, glabrous. Flowers white. Spikes terminal, secund, elongated, 

 simple, or branched. Bracteas linear, acute, two at the base of a calyx, 

 which is acute. Corolla cylindrical. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 831.) A native of 

 North America, from Canada to Carolina, in bogs and swamps, where it 

 becomes a middle-sized shrub, which may be reckoned one of the finest in 

 North America, not only for the graceful appearance of its flowers, but also 

 for their fine odour. It was introduced in 1736, grows to the height of 3 ft. 

 or 4 ft., and flowers in June and July. A very desirable species. 



¥ 6. L. arbo v rea D. Don. The Tree Lyonia. 



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

 Synonyme. Andromeda arbbrea Lin. Sp., 565., Sims Bot. Mag., t. 905., Catesb. Car., 1. t. 71. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 905. ; Catesb. Car., 1. t. 71. 



Spec. Char., c}c. A beautiful tree, from 40 ft. to 60 ft. high. Branches taper. 

 Leaves deciduous, oblong, acuminate, serrate, with mucronate teeth, gla- 

 brous, acid. Flowers in terminal panicles of many racemes. Corollas 

 white, ovoid-cylindrical, downy. (Doris Mill., iii. p. 831.) A native of North 

 America, from Pennsylvania to Florida, in the valleys of the Alleghany 

 Mountains. The leaves have a very pleasant acid taste, from which the 

 species has been called the sorrel-tree. They are frequently made use of 

 by hunters in the mountains to alleviate thirst. It was introduced in 1752, 

 and flowers in June and July. There is a tree of this species at Purser's 

 Cross, which, in 1835, was 18 ft. high ; and there is one of nearly the same 

 height in the garden of Lady Tankerville, at Walton upon Thames. In the 

 Botanic Garden at Carlsruhe, there is a tree which was about the same 

 height in 1828, and which ripens seeds every year, from which abundance 

 of plants have been raised. 



si 7. L. panicula v ta Nutt. The \)&mc\edL-jlowered Lyonia. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 266. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831. 



Synonyme. Andromeda paniculata Lin. Sp.,564., L'Herit. Stirp., 2. t. 12., Wats. Bend. Brit, t. 37. 



Engravings. L'Herit. Stirp. Nov., 2. t. 12. ; Dend. Brit., t. 37. ; and oux fig. 904. 



Spec. Char., Sj-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 racemes. 

 Corollas nearly globose, downy, white. (Doris Mill., 

 iii. p. 831.) A native of North America, occurring 

 from Canada to Carolina, in all swamps and woods. 

 It was introduced in 1748, and, in British gardens, 

 grows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., flowering in June 

 and July. 



& 8. L. salicifo'lia Wats. The Willow-leaved Lyonia. 



Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 38. 

 Dend. Brit., t. 38. ; and our fig. 905. 



Spec. Char., eye. Leaves alternate, long-lanceolate, acuminate, scarcelv semi- 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 38. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 38. ; and out fig. 905, 



