CREEPING AZALEA 



195 



e.g. the Cowberry and Bearberry are Box-like, but 

 alternate ; see pp. 301 and 302.] 



Fig. 54. Box, Buxus sempervirens, p. 194 (D). 



Leaves 5 8 x 2 3 mm., margins strongly 

 revolute ; prostrate sub-shrub. 



Loiseleuria procumbens, Desv. Creeping Azalea. Leaves 

 small, opposite, coriaceous, thick, numerous, evergreen, 

 5 8 x 2 3 mm.; ovate, elliptic-ovate, or oblong, obtuse, 

 shining above, convex and grooved ; edges revolute, mid- 

 rib prominent and pale in the groove beneath. Petiole 

 distinct, 2 3 mm. Red-brown in autumn. 



** Leaves thin and herbaceous, with well- 

 developed venation. 



+ Venation pinnate-arcuate, the secondaries few, 

 originating in the lower half of the midrib 

 and curving and converging towards the apex. 



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