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3. P. asarifolia : leaves subreniform, generally emar 



ginate, coriaceous ; lamina shorter than the petiole . 

 scape mostly convolute, many-flowered ; calyx ap 

 pressed ; stamens slightly ascending ; style decli- 

 nate, clavate. 

 HAB. Sandy woods. July. U. Leav. small, dark 

 gr. ; scape 8- — 10 m. high; bract solit. ; Jl. greenish, 

 i no dor. 



4. P. minor: leaves roundish-oval, serrulate; scape 



naked ; style short, straight, as long as the erect 

 stamens. 

 HAB. New-York, &c. June. If. Fl. small, red- 

 dish wh. ; stig. pelt. 



** Flowers racemed, secund. 



5. P. secunda : leaves roundish-ovate, acute, ser- 



rate ; racemes secund ; styles straight. 

 HAB. Sandy woods. June — July. V-. Plant a 

 span high; stem assurg. ; Jl. gr. wh. 



*** Flower solitary, terminal. 



6. P. unifiora : leaves orbicular, serrate ; scape 1 



flowered ; style straight. 

 HAB. Dry woods and sphagnous swamps. July. % , 

 Fl. large, red, wh. 



*#** Flowers somewhat umbellate ; styles very short. 

 Chimaphila. 



7. P. umbellata : leaves cuneate-lanceolate, acute at 



the base, serrate, uniformly green, scape corymbed. 

 HAB. Dry woods. July. U . Stem ascend. ; leav. 



coriac, semperv. ; Jl. purpl. white. 

 3. P. macula ta : leaves lanceolate, rounded at the base, 



remotely serrate, discoloured ; scape 2 — 3-flow- 



ered. 

 HAB. Dry woods. July — Aug. If.. Evergreen. :. 



leav. varieg. ; jl. purp. wh., nod. 



290. LEDUM. Labrador tea. Rhododendraceoe. 

 I. L. latifoliitm; leaves oblong, replicate on the mar- 



