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1. C. alnifdlia, L. Leaves wedge-oliovate, sharply serrate, entire towards 

 the base, proiiiinently straight-veined, smootli, green both sides; racemes iiprlff/tt, 

 paniclcd ; bracts shorter than the flowers ; filaments smooth. — Wet copses, Maine 

 to Virginia near the coast, and sontliward. — Shrub 3° - 10*' higli, covered in 

 July and August with handsome fragrant blossoms. — In the South arc varieties 

 with the leaves rather scabrous, and pubescent or white-downy l)encath. 



2. C. acuminata, Midix. Ijeares oral or ohioiiy, ]>oinl(d, thin, finely ser- 

 rate (5' -7' long), pale beneath; racemes aolitarij, fLoupintj ; brads loiKjir than the 

 flowers: lilaments and puds hairy. — Woods in the Alleghanics, Virginia and 

 southward. July. — A tall shrub or small tree. 



13. CALLUNA, Salisb. Heather. 



Calyx of 4 colored sepals. Corolla bell-shaped, 4-partcd, much shorter and 

 less conspicuous than the calyx, both becoming scarious and persistent. Sta- 

 mens 8, distinct: anthers with a pair of detlexed appendages on the back, the 

 cells opening each by a long chink. Pod 4-ccllcd, septicidally 4-valved. — 

 Evergreen undershrub, with no scaly buds, opposite and minute leaves (mostly 

 extended at base into 2 sharp auricles), crowded and imbricated on the branches. 

 Flowers axillary, or terminating very short shoots and crowded on the branches, 

 forming close mostly one-sided spikes or spike-like racemes, rose-colored or 

 sometimes white, small, bractcd by 2 or .3 pairs of leaves, the innermost of which 

 are more or less scarious. (Named from KaXKvv(x>,to brush or sweep, brooms 

 being made of its twigs.) 



1. C. vulgaris, Salisb. (C. Atlantica, Seemann, Jour. Bat. 4, p. 305, t. 

 53. Erica vulgaris, L.) — Low grounds, Tewksbury, Massachusetts (Jackson 

 Dawson, &c., a small patch) ; border of forest on Cape Elizabeth, Maine {Mr. 

 PirJcard, from Dr. Wood) ; also Xova Scotia, Cape Breton, and Newfoundland ; 

 mostly local. ( See various articles in ^;ns/-. ./o«r. -Sc;'. ) July, Aug. (Eu.) 



14. PHYLLODOCE, Salisb. I'm llodoce. 



Corolla urn-sh;ii)cd or bell-shaped, 5-toothed, deciduous. Stamens 10: anthers 

 pointless, shorter than the lilaments, opening l)y terminal pores. Pod 5-celled, 

 5-valvcd, septicidal (as are all the succeeding), many-seeded. — Low alpine 

 Ileath-Iike evergreen undershrubs, clothed with scattered linear and obtuse 

 rough-margined leaves. Flowers usually nodding on solitary or uinbelled pe- 

 duncles at the sumniit of the branches. ("A mythological name.") 



1. P. taxifdlia, Salisb. Corolla oblong-urn-shaped, jmrplish, smooth; 

 style included. (Meiiziesia ea;rulea, 5/«/M.) —Alpine summits of the moun- 

 tains of New Hampshire and Maine, and northward. July. (Eu.) 



15. KALMIA, L. Amlisk an Lmuel. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla In-twcen wheel-shaped and bell-slinpcd, 5-lobcd, 

 furnished with 10 depressions in which the 10 anthers are severally lodged ; 

 fibmcnts long and thrend-form. Pod globose, 5 celled, many-seeded. — Ever- 

 green mostly smooth shrubs, with alternate or opposite entire coriaceous leaves, 



