386 THE FLORA OF NEWFOUNDLAND, LABRADOR 



Hermitage Bay : abundant at Rose Blanche (Revel. G. A. Field). 

 Woods and thickets. April June. 



417. Gaultheria procumbens, L. Boxberry, Tea-berry, or 

 Partridge Berry (MOUNTAINEER TEA). (Cat. II., 295); near 

 Harbour Breton (A. C. W.) ; S. Paul's Bay, West coast (Bullman); 

 (Reeks). Flora Miq., common. June September. 



418. Kalmia glauca, Ait. Pale or Swamp Laurel (GoLD 

 or GOULDWITHY) (Reeks). Common in peat bogs throughout 

 the country apparently (A. C. W.). Lab : hillsides and swamps,. 

 Caribou (Butler-Packard) ; Battle Harbour, and a few other 

 places ; not so common where I have been on the Labrador as 

 the next (A. C. W.). Flora Miq., abundant ; " one of the first to 

 flower ; it is also found in flower in some places even in August 

 and September. 



419. *K. angustifolia, L. Sheep-laurel or Lamb-hill (Cat, 

 II., 300). Apparently as frequent and widespread as the last 

 (A. C. W.). Lab : (Cat. II, 300). West S. Modest, Chatham, 

 "vnd Battle Harbour (A. C. W.). Flora Miq., very common. 

 Wet and rocky places. July September. 



420. K. latifolium, L. Mountain Laurel, Calico Bush. 

 Lab : reported as being found in ravines and near ponds in the- 

 interior up Salmon River, and on Esquimaux Island (Stearns, 

 Cat. II, 300). 



421. Loiseleuria procumbens, Desv. Alpine or Trailing 

 Azalea (MAY FLOWER and WHITE FLOWER in Hermitage Bay). 

 (Morrison, Cat. II.. 298) ; Flat Bay Brook (Bell) ; Pustelbrough, 

 Hermitage Bay (Revd. H. G. Bishop) ; Chimney Cove, B. of I. 

 (A. C. W.). Lab : (Morrison) ; hillsides, Caribou (Butler, Cat. 

 II, 298) ; Battle Harbour and Seal Islands (A. C. W.) ; Hope- 

 dale (Weiz) and Ford's Harbour (Bell Packard). Flora Miq., 

 dry places ; not common. Hills. June September. 



422. Ledum palustre, L. (CRYSTAL TEA, Labrador) (Reeks), 

 Newfoundland and Labrador, and through the Arctic region to 



^Called everywhere, like K. glauca, " Gouldwithy-" This appears in Trinity Bay 

 to be taken as the earlier-flowering K. glauca, in its second bloom. 



