Description of Native Shrubs 



calyx corolla-like, globular, generally 3-lobed), staminate and 

 pistillate, in spike-like clusters. FRUIT : white, size of small pea. 

 Parasitic on various trees. New Jersey to Illinois, and south. 

 (PI. VI.) 



91. Fothergilla. (F. alnifolia.) 



LEAF : i'-2 f , simple, alternate, serrate near apex, obovate or 

 oval. FLOWER : no corolla, calyx bell-shaped, slightly 5-7- 

 toothed, long white stamens about 24, on edge of calyx, develop- 

 ing somewhat before the leaves ; April, May. Virginia ; low 

 shrub. 



92. Rhododendron. Great Laurel. Rose Bay. (Rhodo- 

 dendron maximum.) 



LEAF : 4/-io', simple, alternate, entire, oval to elliptical, apex 

 sharp, base tapering, edge slightly revolute, thick* evergreen. 

 FLOWER : m., pale rose to whitish, greenish in throat, yellow- or 

 red-spotted (corolla i' 2' broad, 5-lobed), in large terminal clus- 

 ters ; July, August. RANGE : Maine to Ohio (damp woods), in 

 mountains of Pennsylvania and south ; shrub, rarely low tree in 

 Pennsylvania. (PI. VI.) 



93. Mountain Laurel. Calico-bush. (Kalmia latifolia.) 



LEAF : 2 '-4', simple, alternate, sometimes opposite or whorled, 

 entire, lance-shaped or elliptical, both ends pointed, glossy^ ever- 

 green, leathery. FLOWER: m., rosy to white, large, showy, 

 sticky (corolla broad bell-shaped, stamens 10, ends sunk in de- 

 pression of corolla), in large terminal clusters ; May, June ; north- 

 erly a shrub, in Pennsylvania a low tree. 



94. Rhodora. (R. Canadense.) 



LEAF : i'-3', simple, alternate, entire, oblong to obovate, whit- 

 ish beneath, pale. FLOWER : rose-purple, rarely white (corolla 

 in 2 parts, one with three lobes, the other very deeply lobed or of 

 two distinct petals, 10 stamens), in small clusters before the leaves ; 

 May. New England to Pennsylvania, mountains or damp woods \ 

 low shrub. 



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