Leucothoe elongata Small

  • Authority

    Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden.

  • Family

    Ericaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Leucothoe elongata Small

  • Description

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    Species Description - A branching shrub 1-3 meters tall with puberulent or glabrate foliage. Leaves firm; blades oblong, elliptic, or sometimes oblong-oblanceolate or oblong-obovate, 2-5 cm. long, acute or slightly acuminate, serrulate, gradually or abruptly narrowed into short petioles: racemes 10-20 cm. long, quite slender: pedicels 1.5-3 mm long curved: calices usually puberulent; segments lanceolate, often narrowly so, 3-4 mm. long, acuminate, ciliolate, involute: corollas white or pinkish, 7-8 mm. long, cylindric, somewhat constricted at the throat; segments ovate, recurved: anthers with short subulate awns: capsules spheroidal, 3.5-4 mm. broad, much shorter than the calyx-segments.

  • Discussion

    The number of Leucothoes inhabiting the Atlantic seaboard and the Alleghenies must be increased to six. The species under consideration has hitherto been confused with Leucothoe raccmosa. Specimens belonging here have been preserved in our herbaria for over fifty years. They may be segregated from specimens of Leucothoe raccmosa by the elongated racemes and much longer, narrower and acuminate calyx-segments, which surpass the capsule. Besides these characters the awns of the anthers are very short. The following collections are cited :

    Florida : " In paludosis, prope Tallahassee, Rugel, Mai, 1843 ;" Chapman, no. 119 and other unnumbered collections.

  • Distribution

    In swamps and low pine lands, Florida. Spring.

    Florida United States of America North America|