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Specularia, Heist. 



perfoliata, A. D C. Venus's Looking-glass. 

 Campanula, Tourn. 



rapancidoides, L. Bell-flower. Escaped from gardens. 



44 ERICACE^. (HEATH FAMILY.) 



Shrubby and Herbaceous plants, — dear to us for the luxuries 

 furnished in our rural walks and upon our tables ; for what would 

 a season be to us without Huckleberries, Blueberries of many 

 species, and Cranberries ! 



As objects of beauty and fragrance, how could we spare the 

 Trailing Arbutus, the Cassandra, the Andromeda, the Clethra, 

 the Rhododendron, and the Kalmia, in our wanderings. All 

 these and manv others of our flora make fragrant the air with 

 the odors they exhale, or charm the eye by their beauty. 



With but few exceptions the plants of this family are entirely 

 innocuous. 



The leaves of the Rhododendron and the Kalmia, however, con- 

 tain a narcotic principle which sometimes renders them poisonous. 



Some of the species, as the Bearberry and the Chimaphila, are 

 used medicinally, — - infusions of the leaves being found serviceable. 



Gaylussacia, H. B. K. 



frondosa, Torr. & Gr. Dangleberry. 

 resinosa, Torr. & Gr. Black Huckleberry. 



Vaccinium, L. 



Pennsylvanicum, Lam. Dwarf Blueberry. 



vacillans, Solander. Low Blueberry. 



corymbosum, L. Tall Blueberry. 



macrocarpon, Ait. Cranberry. 

 Chiogenes, Salis. 



serpyllifolia, Salis. Creeping Snowberry. Very Rare. 

 Arctostaphylos, Adan. 



Uva-ursi, Spreng. Bearberry. 

 Epigaea, L. 



repens, L. Mayflower. 

 Gaultheria, Kalm. 



procumbens, L. Checkerberry. 

 Andromeda, L. 



ligustrina, Muhl. 

 Leucothoe, Don. 



racemosa, Gray. 



Cassandra, Don. 



calyculata, Don. Leather-leaf. 

 Kalmia, L. 



latifolia, L. Mountain Laurel. 



angustifolia, L. Sheep Laurel. 



Rhododendron, L. 



viscosum, Torr. Swamp Honeysuckle. 

 Rhodora, Don. Rhodora. 



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