XL. 



LEDUM PALUSTRE. 



Marsh Ledum, Marsh Tea. 



SYNONYMS.-Ledum palustre, Linn. Korismarinum sylvestrc, Camer. EpU . 

 &*>. Led. Silesiacum, Clus. Pan>,,, 69. Ci 3 tu3 Ledon folds rori.marini finrugi- 

 neis, Bauh. TUk, p. 467. Cistus Ledum Silesiacum, Johm. Qera , p B8, 



Foeeigx Names. 



Germ 



horst, Porsch, Wilder Rosmarin. But, : Wylde Rosmaryn. ifcl , Ledo. Span. , 

 Ledo. Suss. .- Bagulnik. /W..- Rozmarin. Da»... Tiki Rosmarin. 



iVW. O/r/er, Bicornes, Linn. Ebice.t,, £riw», Prod/ £>»<£ 

 Syn. Eric^e, /«**., #<?». Plant— Dkcandria, Moxogynia. 



Gek. Chae.— Cte^ar inferior, very small, of one sepal, in five egg-shaped 

 spreading segments, permanent. Corolla of five spreading, egg-shaped, 

 concave, rounded petals. Filaments from five to ten, thr. 1-shaped, 

 spreading the length of the corolla. Anthers oblong, roundish at tb, 

 base, opening by two terminal pores. Germen egg-shaped. Style 

 thread-shaped, as long as the stamens. Stigma blunt. Capsule roundish 

 or somewhat egg-shaped, of five cells and five valves, the dissepi- 

 ments formed by the inflexed margins of the valves, opening from the 

 base and between the dissepiments. Seeds numerous, flat, strap-shaped, 



roughish. 



The minute, five-toothed calyx, the five-petalled corolla, the anthers 

 opening by two terminal pores, the five-celled, five-valved, many-* ded 

 capsule, opening at the base, and the flat, strap-shaped seeds, covered 

 with a pellucid membrane or arillus, will distinguish from other genera 

 in the same class and order (Baxter). 



Spec. Chae. — Leaves strap-shaped, revolute at the margin, downy be- 

 neath. Stamens ten. 



History. — Linnaeus states that Ledum palustre has been used 



Fig. 1. The stamens, style, and stigma. 2. Capsule. 3. A n nified view of 

 an anther, front and back. 4. Germen and btigma. 



