LEIOPHYLLUM 



cum (R. dauricum), with small leaves rolled at the edges and brownish 

 beneath. 



[Seeds; twig cuttings; layers; grafting of varieties on seedlings of 

 hardy species.] 



Ledum. The LABRADOR TEAS are erect 

 branching shrubs with alternate evergreen 

 narrow entire, rolled-edged, fragrant leaves. 

 The small white 5-petaled flowers are in ter- 

 minal clusters, umbels, in early summer. 

 There are two species : NARROW-LEAVED LAB- 

 RADOR TEA (449) 

 Ledum palustre, - 

 with leaves less than ^ 

 inch wide and 10 sta- 

 mens to the flowers ; 

 BROAD-LEAVED LAB- 

 RADOR TEA (450) 

 Ledum grcenlandicum 



(L. latifolium),- ^H\ ^} FIG. ^.--Dotled-leaved 

 with leaves -] to finch ^ Rhododendron. 



wide and 5 to 10 sta- 

 mens. The flowers of 

 both species are from ^ 

 to | inch wide and the 

 5-celled capsules are 

 nodding, about ^ inch 

 long, and contain 

 many minute seeds. 

 Neither of these plants 

 reaches the height of 

 over 3 feet, but the 



broad-leaved one is somewhat the taller. 

 There is a taller California species, GLANDU- 

 LAR LABRADOR TEA (451) Ledum glandulo- 

 sum, but probably not in cultivation. 



[Seeds; layers; divisions.] 



FIG. 448. Dahurian 

 Rhododendron. 



FIG. 440. Narrow-leaved 

 Labrador Tea. 



edged leaves 



Leiophyllum (De'ndrium) buxif61iu,m. 

 S\MP 'MYRTLE' (452) is a hardy small, 1 to 

 3 feet, densely branched evergreen shrub sim- 

 ilar to the Leduins, with small thick oval rolled- 

 inch long). The 5-petaled flowers are only about i inch 



