THE HEATHS 



TREES usually of small size and high ornamental value. 

 Leaves simple, alternate, mostly evergreen. Flowers perfect, 

 regular, in many-flowered clusters. Fruits, dry capsules or 

 berry-like drupes. 



KEY TO GENERA AND SPECIES 



A. Leaves evergreen or sub-evergreen. 



B. Flowers large, showy; fruit a 5-celled capsule. 

 C. Capsules conical; flower clusters terminal. 



1. Genus RHODODENDRON, Linn. 



(R. maximum) GREAT RHODODENDRON 

 CC. Capsules globular; flower clusters axillary. 



2. Genus KALMIA, Linn. 



(K. latifolia) MOUNTAIN LAUREL 



AA. Leaves deciduous; flowers small, numerous, in ter- 

 minal compound racemes; fruit a conical 5-celled 

 capsule. 



3. Genus OXYDENDRUM, DC. 



(0o arboreum) SOURWOOD 

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