. sule 5-cornered. Flowers for the most part terminal, disposed in racemose pani-cles.—Loudon, Arboretum. !YONIA embraces evergreen and deciduous shrubs, and also onetree, natives of North America, and bearing the common charac-ter of the plants of the order Ericaceae, both in respect to beauty,jCf^Si ^°^^ situation, propagation, and culture. All the species whichrV*^A^^^^^ compose this family have hair-like roots, and require a peat soil,M^^^y^^A^ or a soil of a close, cohesive nature, but which is yet susceptibleof being readily p
. sule 5-cornered. Flowers for the most part terminal, disposed in racemose pani-cles.—Loudon, Arboretum. !YONIA embraces evergreen and deciduous shrubs, and also onetree, natives of North America, and bearing the common charac-ter of the plants of the order Ericaceae, both in respect to beauty,jCf^Si ^°^^ situation, propagation, and culture. All the species whichrV*^A^^^^^ compose this family have hair-like roots, and require a peat soil,M^^^y^^A^ or a soil of a close, cohesive nature, but which is yet susceptibleof being readily penetrated by their finest fibrils. They all may readily be prop-agated from seeds, by cuttings,or by layers. Lyonia arborea,THE TREE LYONIA. Synonymes. Andromeda arborea, Lyonia arhorea, Andromede en arbre, Arbre a Ioseille, Sauerampferbaum, Albero dell Andromeda, Albero dell acetosa,Sorrel-tree, LiNN^us, Species , North American , Rlillers , Arboretum Italy. Britain and Derivations. Ttie specific name arborea is derived from the Latin arbor, a tree ; on account of the large size which thijgpecies attains. It is called Sorrel-lree from the acidity of its leaves. The French, German, and Italian names signify Androm-eJatree and Sorrel-tree. Engravings. Michaux, North American Sylva. pi. 85; Catesby, Natural History of Carolina, i., pi. 71; and the figuresbelow. Specific Characters. Branches tapr. Leaves deciduous, oblong, acuminate, serrate, with mucronateteeth, glabrous, acid. Flowers in terminal panicles of many racemes. Corollas white, ovoid-cylindrit-cal; downy.—Don, Millers Diet. Description. F all the species of the ^ genus, the Lyonia arbo- - rea is the only one which^P rises to a sufficient heightto be ranked among trees. In favourable sit-uations, it usually grows to a height of fromforty to sixty feet, with a trunk from twelveto eighteen inches in diameter; but, in dryand gravel
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