WHITE 



Leiicothoe racemosa. Heath Family. 



Four to ten feet high. Leaves. — Narrowly oblong ; acute. Flowers. — 

 White and fragrant. Calyx, Corolla, etc. — Much as in above. 



In moist thickets, usually near the coast, we find in May and 

 June the long, dense, usually erect, one-sided flower-clusters of 

 the Leucothoe. 



LEATHER-LEAF. 



Cassandra calycnlata. Heath Family. 



A much-branched shrub from two to four feet high. Leaves. — Oblong; 

 nearly evergreen ; leathery and shining above ; rusty beneath. Flo^oers. — 

 White ; in the axils of the small upper leaves, forming one-sided, leafy clus- 

 ters which are less dense than those of the Leiicothoe. 



In April or May the leather-leaf is found flowering in wet 

 places. 



Cas slope kypnoides. Heath Family. 



One to four inches high. Stems. — Tufted ; procumbent. Leaves. — 

 Needle-shaped ; evergreen. Flowers — White or rose-colored ; solitary ; 

 nodding from erect, slender stalks. Calyx. — Of four or five sepals. Co- 

 rolla. — Deeply four or five cleft. Stamens. — Eight or ten. Pistil. — One. 



This pretty moss-like little plant is found on the mountain 

 summits of New York and New England. Its delicate nodding 

 flowers usually appear in June. 



LABRADOR TEA. 



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 Ledtwi latifolium. Heath Family. 



An erect shrub from one to three feet high. Leaves. — Thickly clothed 

 beneath with a rusty wool ; edges rolled ; narrowly oblong. Flowers. — White, 

 small; in clusters at the ends of the branches. Calyx. — Very small ; five- 

 toothed. Corolla. — Of five petals. Stamens. — Five or ten. Pistil. — One. 



The dense wooUiness which clothes the lower side of the 

 leaves of Labrador tea easily identifies it. It is found upon the 

 mountains, and in boggy places, from Pennsylvania north and 

 westward. 



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