ERICACEAE. 207 
LOISELEURIA. Trailing Azalea. 
(Family Ericaceae). 
Small matted shrubs: _ ever- 
green. Twigs very slender, sub- 
terete: pith minute, continuous. 
Buds sessile, solitary, ovoid, ap- 
pressed, with about 2 _ scales. 
Leaf-scars opposite, minute, cres- 
cent-shaped, elevated:  bundle- 
trace 1:  stipule-scars' lacking. 
Leaves very small, subelliptical, 
very revolute, entire, petioled.— 
The small beaked 5-valved red 
capsules may be present in win- 
ter. (Chamaecistus). 
The trailing or alpine azalea is 
one of a number of plants which 
occur only on the higher moun- 
tains in our latitude, but have a 
wide distribution even at _ sea- 
level farther north. Sometimes, 
as in the present instance, they 
not only extend entirely across 
the American continent but are found in Europe and Asia in 
very similar if not identical forms. 
Glabrous: leaves revolute to the midrib. L. procumbens. 
