126 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 



EPIG^fflA, L. Trailing Arbutus. 

 E. repens, L. Mayflower. Trailing Arbutus. 



Frequent in woodlands, but seldom very abundant. 



GAULTHERIA, L. Aromatic Wintergreen. 

 G. procumbens, L. Creeping Wintergreen. Checkerberry. 

 Common everywhere in woods, shady places, and clearings. 



ANDROMEDA, L. 

 A. polifolia, L. 



Bogs; infrequent. Swampy roadside, south of Salisbury 

 Cove; Hadlock Upper Pond; Sunken Heath (Rand); — Pond 

 Heath (Greenleaf, Lane & Rand); — Great Heath (Redfield). 



CASSANDRA, Don. Leather Leaf. 



C. calyculata (L.), Don. 



Bogs and marshy borders of ponds; common. 



KALMIA, L. American Laurel. 



K. angustifolia, L. Sheep Laurel. Lambkill. 



Hillsides, pastures, and thickets in dry or damp ground; 

 common. Also abundant on the mountains. 



K. glauca. Ait. Pale Laurel. 



Sphagnum bogs; frequent. Pond Heath (Greenleaf & Rand, 

 E. Faxon); — Freeman Heath (Faxon & Rand); — Sea Wall 

 Swamp; Sunken Heath; Great Heath (Rand); — bog by road- 

 side west of Sea Wall; The Heath, Great Cranberry Isle (R. 

 &R.). 



RHODODENDRON, L. Rose-bay. Azalea. 



R. Rhodora, Don. Rhodora Canadensis, L. Rhodora. 



Common in damp thickets and swamps, and in wet or even 

 in dry places on the mountains. Very variable in color of 

 flowers. Sometimes three to five feet high. 



