Ericaceae. 



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Loiseleuria. 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. 



