ERICACEAE. 



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LOISELEUBIA. Trailing Azalea. 

 (Family Ericaceae). 



Small matted shrubs: ever- 

 green. Twigs very slender, sub- 

 terete: pith minute, continuous. 

 Buds sessile, solitary, ovoid, ap- 

 pressed, with about 2 scales. 

 Leaf-scars opposite, minute, cres- 

 cent - shaped, elevated : bundle- 

 trace 1: stipule-scars lacking. 

 Leaves very small, subelliptical, 

 very revolute, entire, petioled. 

 The small beaked 5-valved red 

 capsules may be present in win- 

 ter. (Chamaecistus) . 



The trailing or alpine azalea is 

 one of a number of plants which 

 occur only on the higher moun- 

 tains in our latitude, but have a 

 wide distribution even at sea- 

 level farther north. Sometimes, 

 as in the present instance, they 

 not only extend entirely across 



the American continent but are found in Europe and Asia in 



very similar if not identical forms. 



Glabrous: leaves revolute to the midrib. L. procumbens. 



