1 84 Heath (Ericacece) 



Leaves, four to ten inches long, thick, alternate, mostly 

 crowded at the ends of the branches, edge entire, 

 dark and very smooth, and polished above, below 

 paler, and often slightly rusty, the edges somewhat 

 rolled. 



Fruit, as above. 



Found, not common in New England and New York ; 

 very common, especially along woody streams, in the 

 mountains of Pennsylvania and southward. It is 

 never found on limestone formations. 



A magnificently flowering evergreen six to twenty 

 feet high, with irregular, straggling branches, and hard 

 and very fine-grained wood. It is the glory of the woods 

 and glens where it appears. It is often cultivated, and 

 easily, if it is sheltered from the sun. 



Fig. 85. Rhodora. R. Canade'me (L.), 3.S.P., ( R. Rhodbra, Don). 



Flowers, about one inch in length, irregular, in terminal 

 clusters of three to five stemless blossoms. Corolla, 

 purplish-rose, with scarcely any tube, split into two 

 parts, the back part with three lobes, the front part 

 of two nearly or quite distinct petals. Calyx, small, 

 persistent. The ten unequal stamens and the style 

 the length of the corolla. Blossoms, appearing before 

 the leaves. April, May. 



Leaves, oblong to somewhat reverse egg-shape, pale, more 

 or less downy. Bark, smooth and brown. 



Fruit, as above ; oblong and downy. Seeds, oblong and 

 winged. 



Found, in moist ground from Canada to the mountains of 

 Pennsylvania. 



