142 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



oval, obscurely serrate, evergreen. Berry bright red, edible- 

 Cool woods, chiefly in the shade of evergreens. 



7. CASSAN'DRA, Don. LEATHER-LEAF. 



C. calycula'ta, Don. Flowers in 1-sided leafy racemes. 

 Leaves oblong, obtuse, flat. Bogs. 



8. AMHHMI i:i A, L. ANDROMEDA. 



A. polifo'lia, L. Stem smooth and glaucous, 6-18 inches 

 high. Leaves oblong-linear, with strongly re volute mar- 

 gins, white beneath. Bogs. 



9. CALLU'NA, Salisb. HEATHER. 



C. VUlga'PiS, Salisb. (HEATHER.) A low evergreen shrub 

 with numerous opposite minute leaves, mostly auricled at 

 the base. Flowers axillary or terminating very short 

 shoots, forming close racemes mostly one-sided, rose-coloured 

 or white. Calyx of 4 sepals. Corolla 4-parted, bell-shaped. 

 Calyx and corolla both persistent and becoming dry. Sta- 

 mens 8. Capsule 4-celled. Found sparingly in a few places 

 on the coast of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. 

 10. KAL'MIA, L. AMERICAN LAUREL. 



1. K. glau'ca, Ait. (PALE LAUREL.) A straggling shrub 

 about a foot high, with few-flowered terminal corymbs. 

 Branchlets 2-edged. Leaves opposite, oblong, the margins 

 revolute. Flowers^ an inch across. Bogs. 



2. K. angustifo'lia, L. (SHEEP LAUREL. LAMBKILL.) 

 Leaves opposite or in threes, oblong, obtuse, petioled. 

 Corymbs lateral, many-flowered. Pod depressed. Pedicels 

 recurved in fruit. Bogs and damp barren grounds, abun- 

 dant eastward. 



11. LE'DITM, L. LABRADOR TEA. 



L. latifo'lium, Ait. Flowers white, in terminal umbel- 

 like clusters. Leaves elliptical or oblong. Stamens 5, or 

 occasionally 6 or 7. Bogs. 



12. RHODODENDRON, L. (ROSE BAY. AZALEA.) 

 R. Rhodo'ra, Don. Corolla irregular, nearly an inch 

 long, two-lipped ; the upper lip 3-lobed ; the lower lip of two 



