Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



49. White Swamp Azalea. Clammy Azalea. (Rhododen- 



dron viscosum.) 



LEAF : i'-2', simple, alternate, often crowded at end of branch, 

 entire, long-obovate, apex often bristle-tipped, smooth. FLOWER : 

 m., white or rosy, fragrant (corolla funnel-form, with 5 spreading 

 lobes), sticky, stamens and style protruding from corolla-tube, 

 6-i2-clustered ; June, July ; branchlets bristly. A variety glauca 

 has leaves with bloom on one or both sides, often rough hairy ; 

 another, nitida^ is dwarf, leaf green both sides. RANGE : Maine 

 to Virginia, swamps near coast ; 4-io high. (PI. IV.) 



50. Common High Blueberry. Swamp Blueberry. (Vac- 



cinium corymbosum.) 



LEAF : i'-2 r , simple, alternate, entire (in some varieties ser- 

 rate), ovate to lance-shaped, glossy to pale. FLOWER : m. (co- 

 rolla white or rosy-tinted, oblong-cylindrical, 5-toothed), clustered, 

 before or with the leaves ; 5-io high. (PL IV.) 



51. Low Blueberry. (Vaccinium pennsylvanicum.) 



LEAF : l^f'-i', simple, alternate, entire or finely serrate, oval or 

 obovate, thickish, dull green, with bloom beneath. FLOWER : 

 m., white or reddish-white (corolla bell-shaped), clustered ; 

 May. New England and south ; i-2^ high. 



52. Leather-leaf. (Cassandra calyculata.) 



LEAF : i', simple, alternate, entire, oblong, leathery, scurfy 

 beneath. FLOWER : m., white (corolla cylindrical, 5-toothed), 

 small, in one-sided leafy racemes in early spring ; near water ; 

 low shrub. (PL IV.) 



53. Andromeda. Stagger-bush. ( Andromeda mariana.) 



LEAF : i'-s', simple, alternate, entire, oval or oblong, rather 

 leathery. FLOWER: m., white or pale red (corolla long-ovoid, 

 5-toothed), drooping, in clusters ; May, June. Rhode Island to 

 Virginia, in sand, near coast ; 2-4 high. (PL IV.) 



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