CHAP. VII.] 



RHODOREiE, 



129 



Species, of which M. pilosa (fig. 60) may be 

 taken as an example. The flowers are small 

 and bell-shaped, and the anthers {a) are without 

 any awns or bristles ; there are eight stamens, 



FfG. 60.— Flowers, anthers, and pistil o? Menziesia. 



and the curious manner in which they are 

 crowded round the style is shown at b. The 

 capsule is four-celled. 



Loiseleuria, or Azalea procumhens^ is a small 

 plant, having the appearance of thyme, which is 

 the only species left in the genus Azalea by 

 those botanists who include the true Azaleas in 

 the genus Rhododendron. 



Ledum is the last genus belonging to this tribe 

 that I shall attempt to describe. Ledum palustre, 

 or wild Rosemary, the best-known species, has 

 a corolla in five regular petals, and ten stamens 

 which project beyond it ; but L. latifolium^ the 

 Labrador Tea, has only five stamens, which are 



