. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1064. L. (ii.) caprcscfblia. LEUCO'THO-E D. Don. The Leucothoe. Lin. Si/st. Dec&ndria Monogynia. Identijication. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831. Hynonyme. Andr6meclrt sp. of previous authors. Derivation. ILeucotKoe vj^s, a beautiful nymph, bel
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1064. L. (ii.) caprcscfblia. LEUCO'THO-E D. Don. The Leucothoe. Lin. Si/st. Dec&ndria Monogynia. Identijication. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 831. Hynonyme. Andr6meclrt sp. of previous authors. Derivation. ILeucotKoe vj^s, a beautiful nymph, beloved by Apollo ; who was buried alive by her father when he discovered her amour, and changed into the tree that bears the frankincense by her lover. {Ovid. Afei., iv. 196.) Leucothoe was also a name given to lao after she was changed into a sea deity. Geji. Ctiar. Calyx 5-leaved ; leaves imbricated at the base. Corolla tubular, 3-toothed. Stamens enclosed ; filaments dilated, flattened, downy; cells of anthers short, truncate, mutic. Stigma simple, capitate. Capsule with a loculicidal dehiscence. {Don's Mill.) Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen; coriaceous, dentately spi- nulose. Flowers white, racemose, axillary, or terminal.—Shrubs, evergreen, low ; natives of North America. a. 1. L. AxiLLA^Ris D. Don. The axillary-racenzec! Leucothoe. Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 159. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. Stjnonymes. Andr6med/i axilliiris SolandCi- in Hort. Kew. 2. p. 89. No. 2., on the authority of Mr. Gordon. Engraving. Oxixjig. 1065. Spec Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong or oval, acumi- nate ; in the outward part of its length carti- laginous in the margin, and serrulate with mucronate teeth ; upper surface glabrous, under surface covered with glandular hairs. Young branches clothed with powdery down. Flowers white, in short, spicate, sessile, axillary racemes, attended by scaly bracteas. Corolla ovate cylin- drical. Filaments ciliated, very short. C
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