94 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Squaw Huckleberry {Vaccinium stamineum). Heath 

 family. 

 Fine-hairy; anthers prominent; leaves egg-shaped 

 or oval, pale. Woods. Early summer. 



Stagger-bush (Andromeda Mariana). Heath family. 

 Ht. few ft. ; flowers pendulous, in close clusters ; leaves 

 oblong or oval. Low ground. Spring and summer. 



56. Same as 55, but flowers not urn- or bell-shaped. 



Chokebrrry (Pyrus arbutifolia) . Rose family. 



Ht. I ft. or over; flowers white, small, at or near 

 top; petals (5) rounded or inversely egg-shaped; 

 leaves oblong or inversely lance-shaped, mostly 

 pointed. Thickets and hillsides. Early spring. 



Beach Plum (Prunus maritima). Rose family. 



Ht. several ft.; petals 5; leaves oval or egg-shaped, 

 with teeth. Straggly grov/th. Near sea. Early spring. 



Labrador Tea (Ledum latifolium). Heath family. 



Evergreen shrub ; ht. few ft. ; branches woolly ; flowers 

 small in clusters resembling umbels ; 5 petals ; leaves 

 evergreen, stiff, oblong, not toothed ; edges rolled back, 

 under sides rusty. Swamps and woods. Spring, early 

 summer. 



Fig. 50. 



Labrador tea {Ledum latifolium). 



New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus Americanus). Buck- 

 thorn family. 

 Shrub; flowers small in close clusters; petals with 

 hoods and claws ; leaves egg-shaped, pointed, toothed, 

 sometimes heart-shaped at base, short -stalked. 

 Woodlands. Summer. Ontario, West and South. 



