XLIII. TRICA^CE^ : iE^'DUM. 



603 



1150. L. paltistre. 



a. 1. Z(. PALu'sTRE L. The Marsh Ledum. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., G51. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 300. ; Don's Mill., 

 , 3. p. 851. 



I Synont/mes. Afedum silesiacum Clus. Pan. 68. ; iJosmarinum syl- 

 t yestre Cam. Epit. 546. 



' Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 136. ; Bot. Cab., t. 560. ; and our 

 /g. 1150. 



, Spec. Char., c^-f. Leaves linear, with revolute mar- 



trins, clothed with rusty tomentuni 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 

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



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

 j in 1762. Flowers white ; April and May. 



j Variety. 



o- L. p. 2 decumbens Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 

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

 I native of Hudson's Bay. 



! n. 2.L. LATiFOLiUM Ait. The broad-leaved Ledum, or Labrador Tea. 



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

 I Mill., 3. p. 851. 

 Synonymes. L. groenlandicam Retz. Obs. 4. p. 2fi.; L. palustre Mickx. 



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

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

 fie.\Vo\. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves lineai'-oblong, with replicate 

 margins, clothed with rusty tomentuni beneath. Sta- 

 mens 5, about the length of the corolla. Flowers 

 white. {Don's Mill.) A larger and broader-leaveti 

 evergreen shrub than L. palustre. Canada, in mossy 

 swamps ; and Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland, and 

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

 1763. Flowers white ; April and May. 



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

 btitute for tea. Bees are very fond of the flow ers. nsi. r,. latifoUum. 



a- 3. Z. 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^g. 1152. 



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

 Flowers disposed in terminal umbellate corymbs, 

 large. (Doiis Alill.) A low evergreen shrub. Canada, 

 in swamps. Height 6 in. Litroduced in 1812. Flowers 

 white ; April and May. 



1152. L, canadense. 



Sect. III. Faccinie^.e D. Don. 



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



|5erf. Char., ^c. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary connate with the caly.x. Disk peri- 

 1 gjnous, nectariferous. Fruit baccate. Gemmation scaly. The genera in 

 this section agree with /'accinium in the ovary adhering to the calyx. 

 i (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. 



