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a. 1. L. PALU'STRE L. The Marsh Ledum. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 651. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 300. ; Don's Mill., 



3. p. 851. 

 Sy 'louymes. /.edum sileslacum Clus. Pan. 68. ; .Kosmarinum syl- 



vestre Cam. Epit. 546. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 136. ; Bot. Cab., t. 560. ; and our 



fig. 1150. 



Spec. Char.., $c. Leaves linear, with revolute mar- 

 gins, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath. 

 Stamens 10, longer than the corolla. Leaves 

 resembling those of rosemary. (Don's Mill.} An 

 erect evergreen shrub. Canada, in swamps, and 

 round the mountain lakes of New York ; in 

 Kotzebue's Sound, &c. ; also the North of Europe, 

 as Denmark, Silesia, &c. Height 2 ft. Introduced 

 in 1762. Flowers white ; April and May. 



Variety. 



*t. L. p. 2 decumbens Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 

 vol. iii. p. 48. A decumbent shrub, a 

 native of Hudson's Bay. 



L 2. L. LATIFO'LIUM Ait. The broad-leaved Ledum, or Labrador Tea. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 65. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 300. ; Don's 



Mill., 3. p. 861. 

 Synonymes. L. grcenlandicam Retz. Obs. 4. p. 2fi.; L. palustre Michx. 



Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 259.; Labrador Tea, Amer. 



Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 164. ; Bot. Cab., t. 534. ; and our 

 fig. M61. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves linear-oblong, with replicate 

 margins, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath. Sta- 

 mens 5, about the length of the corolla. Flowers 

 white. (Don's Mill.) A larger and broader-leaved 

 evergreen shrub than L. palustre. Canada, in mossy 

 swainps ; and Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland, and 

 Hudson's Bay. Height 2ft. to 4ft. Introduced in 

 1763. Flowers white; April and May. 



The leaves are said to be used in Labrador, as a sub- 

 stitute for tea. Bees are very fond of the flowers. 



it. 3. L. CANADE'NSE Lodd. The Canadian Ledum. 



Identification. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1040. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 851. 

 Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1049. ;"and our fig. 1152. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate-petiolate, white beneath. 

 Flowers disposed in terminal umbellate corymbs, 

 large. (Don's Mill.) A low evergreen shrub. Canada, 

 in swamps. Height 6 in. Introduced in 1812. Flowers 

 white ; Ap 1'il and May. 



n.. /-canauense. 



Sect. III. FACCINIE\& D. Don. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. Phil. Journ., 17. p. 152. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 851. 



Sect. Char., fyc. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary connate with the calyx. Disk peri- 

 gynous, nectariferous. Fruit baccate. Gemmation scaly. The genera in 

 this section agree with Faccinium in the ovary adhering to the calyx. 

 (Don's Mill.) Deciduous and evergreen shrubs, natives of Europe and 

 North America ; cultivated in peat soil, and propagated, generally, by di- 

 vision of the plant, but sometimes by layers, and, when necessary, by 

 cuttings or seeds. 



