CHAP, LXIX. ERICA CER. LEDUM. 1155 
of its white flowers, rendering it highly ornamental. It was introduced in 
1736, and flowers in May and June. 
L. prostratum; Ammyrsine prostrata Swt., Loud. Hort. Brit., No. 28221.; 
A. Lyoni Swt. Hort. Brit., ed. 1830, p. 344.—Branches spreading. Leaves 
oblong. We had this plant some years ago, but have now lost it. It appeared 
distinct from L.¢hymifolium Pers.; but, whether specifically so or not, we are 
uncertain. 
Genus XXV. 
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LEXDUM LZ. Tue Lepum. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 546.; Gertn. Fruct., 2. p. 145. t.112.; Juss. Gen., 159.; Nutt. Gen. 
Amer., 1. p. 275. 
Derivation. Ledon was the name applied by the ancients to a plant producing the substance called 
labdanum, and now known by the name of Cistus Lédon. In foliage, the Lédum of modern 
botanists bears some distant resemblance to the plant of the ancients. 
Description, §c. Evergreen shrubs of small size, or decumbent ; natives of 
Europe and North America. 
» 1. Z. paLu’streE L. The Marsh Ledum. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 651.; CEd. Fl. Dan., t. 1031. ; Pursh Fl, Amer, Sept., 1. p. 500.; Don’s Mill., 
3. 1 
. p. 851. 
Synonymes. Lédum silesiacum Clus. Pan., 68. ; Rosmarinum sylvés- 
tre Cam. Epit., 546. 
Engravings. Du Ham. Arb.,1. t.67.; Schmidt Baum., t. 136. ; Lodd. 
Bot. Cab., t. 560.; Hayne Abbild., t. 57.; and our fig. 966. 
Spec. Char., $c. Leaves linear, with revolute mar- 
gins, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath. Sta- 
mens 10, longer than the corolla. Flowers white. 
Leaves resembling those of rosemary. (Don’s 
Mill., iii. p. 851.) A shrub, 2 ft. high; a native of 
Canada, in swamps, and round the mountain lakes 
of New York; in Kotzebue’s Sound, &c.; also 
of the north of Europe, as of Denmark, Silesia, 
&c. It was introduced in 1762, and flowers in 
April and May. 
Variety. 
n, L. p. 2 decumbens Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 
vol. iil, p. 48.,is a decumbent shrub, a native 
of Hudson’s Bay. 

# 2. L. vatiFo‘Lium Ait. The broad-leaved Ledum, or Labrador Tea. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 65. ; Pursh Fl, Amer. Sept., 1. p. 300.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 851. 
Synonymes. L. greenlandicum Retz. Obs., 4. p. 26., Fl. Dan., t.567.; L. palastre Michx. Hv. Bor. 
Amer., 1. p.259.; Labrador Tea, Amer. 
Engravings. Jacq. Icon., 3, t. 464. ; Schmidt Baum., t. 164. ; Lam. IIL, t. 363. ; 
f.1.; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 534. ; Fl. Dan., t.567.; and our fig. 967. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves linear-oblong, with replicate mar- 
gins, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath. Stamens 5, 
about the length of the corolla. Flowers white. (Don’s 
Mill., iii. p.857.) A larger and broader-leaved shrub 
than L. palastre; growing to the height of from 2 ft. to 
4. ft. ; the leaves of which are said to be used, in Labra- 
dor, as a substitute for tea. Bees are very fond of the 
flowers. A native of Canada, in mossy swamps ; and of * 
Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland, and Hudson’s Bay. 
This, or the preceding species, has lately been found (Z 
in Ireland. It was introduced in 1763, and flowers in >, 
\pril and May. 


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