70 FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 



thickets, wet or dry. Flowers large, in clusters, varying from 

 deep pink to nearly white, appearing with or before the leaves; 

 stamens much exserted. The blossoms are so fragrant that the 

 whole wood is scented when they bloom. The flowering parts 

 frequently become changed to greenish-white excresences, cov- 

 ered with white bloom and containing an insiped juice relished 

 by children. May, June. {R/wdode?idron nudi/lora Tow.) 



A. Canescens Michx. Mountain Azalia. Rare. Pond Brook, 

 Clute. The only station. This is much farther north than it 

 usually occurs. Differs from the preceding in having wider 

 and shorter soft-canescent leaves, glandular pedicels, etc. 

 {Rhododendron nudiflora Torr. ) 



RHODORA L. 

 R. Canadensis L. Rhodora. Rare. Beebe's swamp; swamp 

 in North Jackson, Graves. The only stations. A shrub much 

 resembling the preceding, with blossoms of rose purple. May. 

 {Rhododendron Rhodora Don.) 



RHODODENDRON L. 

 R. maximum L. Rhododendron. Deer Laurel. Big Laurel. 

 Rare. Carmalt Lake, Fenno. Bear swamp. Graves. Swamp 

 near Unadilla Forks, Brown. Swamp near Cincinnatus, 

 L. H. Dewey. Not noted elsewhere. A tall shrub or 

 small tree. Leaves often ten inches long and four inches wide, 

 very thick, evergreen; flowers large, bell-shaped, spotted in- 

 side with green, yellow and purple, in many-flowered corymbs. 

 Just south of our range this species is very abundant. July. 



LEDUM L. 

 L. Qroenlandicum CEder. Common in peat bogs near Oxford, 

 Coville. Not reported elsewhere. Our territory is nearly the 

 southern limit of this species. A thorough search in all our 

 cold bogs may reveal a few more stations for this plant {L. 

 latifoluan Ait.) 



PYROLACE/E. 



CHIMAPHILA PuRSH. 

 C. umbellata (L. ) Nutt. Prince's Pine. Pipsissewa. Common 

 in rather dry, rich woods. Stems low ; leaves mostly near the 



