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ERICACEJE. (HEATH FAMILY.) 
white flowers in single or panicled racemes. (KX^pa, the an¬ 
cient Greek name of the Alder, which this genus somewhat re¬ 
sembles in foliage.) 
1. C. alnifolia, L. (White Alder.) Leaves wedge-obo- 
vate, serrate, entire towards the base, smooth, green both sides; ra¬ 
cemes upright, hoary; bracts as long as the pedicels; filaments 
smooth. — Wet copses, Maine to Penn, near the coast, and south¬ 
ward. — Shrub 4°-12° high, covered in July and August with hand¬ 
some fragrant blossoms. 
Tribe 3. RHOD6rE^E. The Rhodora Tribe. 
9. PHYLLODOCE, Salisb. Phyllodoce. 
Corolla urn-shaped, 5-toothed. Stamens 10 : anthers pointless, 
opening by terminal pores. Pod 5-celled, many-seeded. Low 
alpine Heath-like evergreens, clothed with scattered linear obtuse 
leaves with rough margins. Flowers usually nodding on solitary 
or umbelled peduncles at the summit of the branches. ( A my¬ 
thological name.”) 
1. I*, taxifolia, Salisb. Peduncles 2—6, clustered at the sum¬ 
mit ; corolla oblong-urn-shaped, purplish or rose-color, smooth; style 
included. (Menztesia cseridea, Smith.) — Alpine summits of the W hite 
Mountains, New Hampshire. July. — Shrub 4'-6 r high, tufted. 
10. RHODORA, Duham. Rhodora. 
Calyx minute, 5-toothed. Corolla irregular and 2-lipped ; the 
upper lip 3-lobed or 3-cleft, the lower 2-parted or of 2 distinct 
spreading petals. Stamens 10, and with the slender style declin¬ 
ed. Otherwise as in Azalea. (Name from podov, a rose , from 
the color of the showy flowers.) 
1. R. Canadensis, L. — Damp woods and cold swamps, New 
England to Penn., chiefly northward or on mountains. May. — A 
handsome low shrub, with the oblong deciduous leaves whitish and 
downy underneath ; the showy rose-purple flowers in clusters on 
short peduncles, rather earlier than the leaves. 
11. AZALEA, L. False Honeysuckle. 
Calyx 5-parted, often minute. Corolla funnel-form, 5-lobed, 
slightly irregular; the lobes spreading. Stamens 5, with long 
exserted filaments, usually declined, as well as the similar style . 
anthers short, opening by terminal pores, pointless. Pod 5-cell- 
