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CED root suru with alternate, leathery persistent leaves. -Flowers ine _ 4 
terminal - Sepals 5, persistent. Petals 5, imbricate in the bud, : 
spreading in anthesis. Stamens, 5-10, more or less erect, g 5-chambe 
Fruit a 5-valved, septicidal capsule. Hgeery red. 
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1. L. glandulosum WNutt. Lab.pador Tea. A rather pretty shrub 60-80 om, 
tall, forming clumps, the old bark smooth, the young bark checking, the 
branchlets glandular pubescent; leaves in terminal clusters persisting two years 
with a resinous pungent odor when crushed, 1.5-8 om. long, 1-2.5 om. broad, ‘ 
oval, obtuse at both ends or rounded-subcordate in sane forms, on petioles 
51.5 cm. long, the margins entire, the upper surface green and somewhat glossy 
the lower silvery white, glandular-punctate; ftowere-in-termim? racemes 1-3. 
ome long, the bracts deciduous; sepals 1-5 mm. long, obtuse, glandular-fimbriate: 
petals white, oval, 5-7 mm. long spreading; stemens 10, ascending slightly ‘ 
exceeding the petals,pubescent at the base, mature pedicels l<2 Cine long, 
slender, drooping, glandular; capsules oblong-ovate, 3-4 mm. long, glandulans> 
punctate, dehiecont-from—the-base.along..the.dixieiens} tipped by the persistent 
style, commonly persisting the second year. 
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Occasional in the southern part of our range in boggy places and 
meadows usually at higher elevations; not seen in the north; suspected of 
being poisonous to sheep who ordinarily avoid it in our area, Near Oxford 
R.Se3 Sourvy Mte, 5800 fte; Revett Lake, 5000-6000 ft.; Twin Cr.; Snow 
Peak, 5500 fteg near Pierce; Bovill. 
