76 FLORA OF WORCESTER COUNTY. 



canescens (Michx.) G. Don. 



See Rhodora, 1901, p. 196. 

 canadense (L.) BSP. Rhodora. 



In bogs and wet pastures, common. 



"In May, when sea- winds pierced our solitudes, 

 I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods, 

 Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, 

 To please the desert and the sluggish brook." 



See R. W. EMERSON'S Poems: The Rhodora. 



maximum L. Great Laurel. 



Auburn; Hubbardston. 

 Kalmia L. Laurel. 



latifolia L. Mountain Laurel. 



In woods and pastures, common. 

 angustifolia L. Sheep Laurel. 



In moist soil and pastures, common. 

 polifolia Wang. Pale Laurel. 



In swamps, common northward. 

 Leucothoe D. Don. Fetter Bush, 

 racemosa (L.) Gray. 



In rich soil, swamps and pastures. 

 Andromeda L. 



glaucophylla Link. Bog Rosemary. 

 Westborough. 



The maid Andromeda, divinely fair, 



Forever lives in poesy; a group 



Of stars in northern skies keeps bright her fame; 



This little flower each spring recalls her name. 



Lyonia Nutt. 



ligustrina (L.) DC. Male Berry. 



In swamps and wet soil, common. 



