Description of Native Shrubs 



146. Squaw Huckleberry. Deerberry. (Vaccinium 

 stamineum.) 



LEAF : i'-2', simple, alternate, entire, oval or ovate, whitish 

 beneath. FLOWER : m. , purplish or greenish-white (corolla bell- 

 shaped, 5-lobed, 10 stamens), in long, leafy, terminal clusters ; 

 May, June ; berries large, greenish. Chiefly eastward ; 2-3 

 high. 



147. Menziesia. (M. globella and globularis.) 



LEAF : i' 2', simple, alternate, entire, long-obovate, hairy. 

 FLOWER : m., purplish, or greenish- white, small (corolla nearly 

 bell-shaped, 4-lobed, 8 stamens), drooping, in terminal clusters ; 

 June; branches hairy. Mountains of Pennsylvania and Virginia; 

 low shrub. 



148. Pale Laurel. (Kalmia glauca.) 



LEAF : i', simple, opposite or whorled, entire, oblong, edge 

 rolled under, white bloom beneath, leathery, almost stemless ; 

 branchlets 2-edged. FLOWER : m., lilac-purple, ^' across (corolla 

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

 of corolla), in terminal, few-flowered clusters ; May, June. Penn- 

 sylvania to Kentucky, and north, in bogs and mountains ; i-2 

 high. 



149. Sweet-scented Shrub. Carolina Allspice. (Calycan- 

 thus nanus.) 



LEAF : 3 '-5', simple, opposite, entire, oblong, bright-green 

 above, quite smooth. FLOWER : dark purple (petals and sepals 

 colored alike, in many rows, thickish, stamens about 12), with 

 strawberry-scent when bruised ; single along branch ; May- 

 August. Pennsylvania and Virginia, mountains. 



150. Sweet-scented Shrub. (Calycanthus floridus.) 



LEAF : as in 149, but oval, and downy beneath. FLOWER : as 

 in 149, but larger; April- August. Perhaps in Virginia moun- 

 tains ; cultivated. 



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