Description of Native Shrubs 



100. Dwarf Huckleberry. (Gaylussacia dumosa.) 



LEAF: I'-i*^', simple, alternate, entire or finely serrate, ob- 

 ovate, bristle-tipped, somewhat thick and glossy. FLOWER: m., 

 white, red- or purple-tinged (corolla bell-shaped, 5-lobed), with 

 leaf-like bract as long as flower-stem, longish-clustered ; June. 

 FRUIT : black, tasteless. Maine to Virginia, near coast ; i-5 

 high. 

 101. Dangleberry. Blue Tangle. (Gaylussacia frondosa.) 



LEAF : i'-2', simple, alternate, entire, obovate, dull green, 

 bloom beneath. FLOWER: as in 100, but corolla more glob- 

 ular, with slender bract shorter than flower-stem ; May, June. 

 FRUIT : blue, sweet, with bloom. New England (coast) to 

 Kentucky ; i-5 high. 



1 02. Mezereum. Daphne. (D. mezereum.) 



LEAF : $'-4', simple, alternate, entire, lance-shaped. FLOWER : 



purplish rose, rarely white (no corolla, calyx 4-lobed, spreading, 



8 stamens), few-clustered, before the leaves ; April. Introduced, 



and now somewhat spontaneous in Massachusetts and New York. 



103. Hairy Laurel. (Kalmia hirsuta.) 



LEAF: y$ , simple, alternate and opposite, entire, oblong or 

 lance-shaped, stiff-hairy (as also branches), at length smooth ; 

 leathery, evergreen. FLOWER: m., rose-color (corolla open 

 bell-shaped, 5-lobed, ends of stamens sunk in 10 depressions), 

 single along branches ; May-September. Virginia ; i high. 



104. Shrubby Althaea. Rose of Sharon. (Hibiscus Syriacus.) 

 LEAF : 2'-3 f , simple, alternate, 3-lobed (middle one long), coarse- 

 serrate, base wedge-shaped, apex sharp. FLOWER : 5-petaled, 

 rose-colored, large, many stamens in a column; September. In- 

 troduced, and locally spontaneous ; tall. (PI. VI.) 



105. Hardback. Steeple-bush. (Spiraea tomentosa.) 



LEAF : i'-2^', simple, alternate, serrate, ovate to oblong, 



woolly beneath, as also stems (thick and rusty on new shoots). 



FLOWER : p., rose-colored, rarely white, very small, in erect dense 



clusters ; July. Commonest in New England ; 2-4 high. (PI. VI.) 



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