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reverse-egg-shaped to lance-shaped, ^4 to 2 

 inches long, rounded or blunt at tips, dull 

 green above, rusty below; flowers white, borne 

 on one side of slender erect leafy stems 2 to 5 

 inches long; capsules about 1/6 inch across, 

 splitting into an inner and outer layer when ripe. 

 Occurrence. — iSLE ROYALE, abundant in the bogs: 

 Mott Island. 



Downy Andromeda {Andromeda glauco- 



phylla Link.), fig. 110. — Low evergreen shrub 



about 1 or up to 2 feet high with creeping 



root-stocks and erect stems; branches few; 



leaves oblong to linear, 2/3 to 1 2/3 inches 



long, the margins curled under from the sides, 



sometimes almost to the midribs, dark green 



above, white-woolly below; flowers white or 



pinkish, several in loose clusters at the ends 



of the stems; capsules somewhat turban-shaped, 



splitting down the backs of the cells. (Syn. 



A. polifolia L. var. augustifolia Ait.). 



Occurrence. — isle ROYALE, common in the bogs: 

 Mott Island; Scoville Point. 



Rusty Menziesia (Menziesia ferruginea 

 Sm.), fig. 111. — Erect or straggling shrub, 2 

 to 8 feet high, with slender erect branches; 

 leaves thinnish, 1 to 3 inches long, elliptic to 

 reverse-egg-shaped, pointed at the tips, the mar- 



Fig. 110. Downy andiomeda 

 {Andromeda glaucophylla) . 



Fig. 111. Rusty menziesia 

 {Menziesia ferruginea). 



gins very finely toothed, often 

 covered above with scattered rusty 

 hairs or nearly smooth, paler be- 

 low, tending to be bunched 

 towards the ends of the branches; 

 flowers small, bell-shaped, white to 

 dull yellowish or with a pinkish 

 tinge, one to several on slender 

 nodding stems in the leaf -axils 

 near the ends of the branches; fruit 

 an oblong capsule about -^ to % 

 inch long, splitting from the top 

 into 4 sections. 



This is a common shrub in the 

 parks of the Northwest and the 

 Rocky Mountains, often forming 



