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Ericaceae 



Phyllodoce 



gland uli- 

 flora 



(Hook.) Co- 

 ville. White 

 False- 

 heather. 



Stems rather rigid, much 

 branche'd, 3-12 inches high. 

 Leaves numerous and crowded 

 but spreading, linear, oblong, 

 obtuse, J-J an inch long, thick, 

 leathery with a white line 

 through the centre below and 

 deeply furrowed above, the margins thick 

 and rough. Flowers ovoid, glandular through- 

 out, less than J of an inch long, much 

 contracted at the throat, short -lobed, on 

 glandular pedicels i-i inch long at the ends 

 of the branches. 



In alpine meadows and woods at the 

 higher elevations throughout the region; 

 flowering during June and early July, often 

 in clumps of considerable size. 



Phyllodoce 

 intermedia 



(Hook.) . 

 Rydb. Pink 

 False- 

 heather. 



Much branched, from a more or 

 less decumbent base, 6-12 inches 

 high. Leaves linear, J-J an 

 inch long, obtuse, leathery, with 

 thickened re volute, slightly glan- 



dular-toothed margins. Flowers pale pink, 



