Ericaceae 2 1 5 



appearing before or with the leaves from 

 scaly buds; corolla \ of an inch long, white, 

 ovoid, constricted at the throat ; berry bright 

 scarlet. 



Growing in moss on the wooded slopes 

 throughout the Rockies, flowering in May and 

 early June. 



Rather stout with rigid, ascend- 

 Cassiope 



Mertensiana in g> woody, much branched 

 (Bong.) stems, a foot or less high. Leaves 



Don - J an inch long, smooth, not 



furrowed on the back, closely 

 Heath. 



crowded in 4-ranks. Flowers 

 pure white, nodding, campanulate, J of an 

 inch long with 5 deeply cut obtuse spreading 

 lobes, on smooth peduncles half an inch or less 

 long, near the tips of the apparently 4- 

 sided stems; calyx 'smooth, usually red, 

 making the bell-like flowers appear red 

 and white. 



Throughout the region at the higher 

 elevations, frequently carpeting the ground ; 

 flowering in late June and early July. 



