MOUNTAIN l-l,()\\i:i<S .-. 

 ££5 



at the joints. The leaves are oval, ^reeii above and tovcreil 

 with a whitish bloom beneath. The small i)ink and white 

 flowers are formed like tiny toothed bells, and ^tow sin^^ly at 

 the ends of the slender recurved stalks, which causes them to 

 droop downwards. The berries also are pendent. 



V. iji-j7nbm}iaceui)i, or Black Vaccinium, is not so tall as the 

 preceding species, seldom attaining a height of six feet. The 

 leaves are larger than those of the l^lueberrv, and are green 

 on both sides and finely it([\iKii\ with \cr\- tinv teeth. The 

 flowers are globular, and from their rounded corollas the long 

 style protrudes. The recurved a.xillary stalks, which bear the 

 blossoms, become upright in fruit and thus hold erect the 

 large, sweet, purple-black berries, which ha\e no bloom. 



WOOLLY LABRADOR TEA 



Ledutu latifoliiiin. Ucalh I-"ainily 



Stems: erect or ascending, the bractlets ru.sty-tomento.sc. Leaves: 

 oblong, obtuse, green and slightly rugose above, densely tonu-ntu.se 

 beneath, the wool soon ferruginous, and the margins strongly revolute. 

 Flowers: umbellate or corymbose, numerous, terminal; j)etals live, 

 spreading ; pedicels brown-canescent, recurved in fruit. 



This lovely flowering shrub thrives chiefh on l(>wd\ing flats 



and in wet marshy places, where its large terminal clusters of 



snow-i^vhite blossoms grow abundantU' from stick\ scalv buds 



on the low bushes. The foliage of the \\'ooll\- Labrador Tea is 



strictly characteristic, for the leaves are long-shajK'd. with re\o- 



lute margins, green and slighth- wrinkled on the lop and 



densely woolly underneath, the wool in the develojK'd foliage 



being the colour of iron rust. Hiis thick woolly growth is 



probably designed for the e.\])ress purpose of protecting the 



pores of the leaves from becoming clogged bv the moist 



vapours that must necessarih rise round about them, owing 



to the e.xtremelv wet ground in which the shrubs flourish. 



