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4. Cassiope D. Don. 
Low shrubs with small perststem’ leaves overlaypyingunith® stem in four 
ranks. Flowers axillary, nodding. Sepals 5. Corolla bell-shaped, 5-lobed. 
Stamens 8-10, included, anthers attached to the filaments near the apex 
the sacs bearing recurved prongs. Ovary 4-5-chambered. Fruit a 4-B-valved 
loculicidal capsule. 
Cvery fragrant > 
1. C. Mertensiana (Bong.) D. Don. White sroetedfé A low tufted undershrub 
with ascending branches, covered by the imbricatedAfoliage; leaves 2-4 mm. 
long, shtek-and-leatheryy glabrous, triangular-ovate, acute, ridged along the 
back hence triangular in cross-section, auricled at the base with two short 
prongs; flowers few, nodding, on slender red pedicels 8-10 mm. long; sepals 
3 mme long, imbricated, obtuse; corolla white, 6 mm. long; capsule 4 mm. long. 
On barren rocky mountain tops in the Selkirk range. Hunt Cr., 
P. Re Rese, 5400 ft.; Chimney Rock, 7000 fte; Roman Nose Mt., 7000 fte; 
Pend Oreille Mte 
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