HEATH FAMILY. Ericaceae. 



There are several kinds of Kalmia, almost all of eastern 

 North America, the flowers alike in form. 



A very pretty little evergreen shrub, 

 Swamp Laurel from & fgw inches tQ oyer a foQt h{ , . 

 Kalmta micro- 



phylla (K. glossy, leathery, rich-green leaves, whitish 



glauca var. on the under side, with the margins rolled 



microphyila) back. The flowers are single or in clusters, 



each about half an inch across, with five 

 Summer . 



Northwest, etc. se P als and a bright purplish-pink, saucer- 

 shaped corolla, with five lobes, which is 

 prettily symmetrical and intricate in form. There are ten 

 little pouches below the border and in these the tips of the 

 ten anthers are caught, so that the filaments curve over 

 from the center, and at the touch of a visiting insect they 

 spring out of the pouches and dust the visitor's back with 

 pollen, which is carried to another flower. The little, 

 pointed buds, angled and deep in color, are also pretty and 

 the capsule is roundish, with many small seeds. This 

 grows in northern swamps, across the continent. 



There are several kinds of Menziesia, some Japanese; 

 branching shrubs, with alternate, deciduous, toothless 

 leaves, and small, nodding flowers, in clusters, developing 

 from scaly buds, their parts almost always in fours; stamens 

 eight, not protruding; capsule more or less egg-shaped. 



A rather attractive little bush, from 

 Poors Huckle- twQ to six feet high> with H g ht brown bark> 



Menztisia hairy twigs and slightly hairy leaves, with 



urcelol&ria (M. hairy margins. The flowers are less than 

 jerruginea) half an inch long, with a hairy calyx and 



Yellowish, reddish dull cream . co i ore d corolla, tinged with 

 Summer , . , , , , ., 



Northwest dull-pink or red, and hang prettily in a 



circle, on drooping pedicels, which become 

 erect as the capsules ripen. When crushed, the stems 

 and foliage have a strong skunk-like smell. 



There are only a few kinds of Ledum, all much alike. 



A loosely-branching, evergreen shrub, 

 Woolly Labrador from Qne to four feet high> The bark ig 



LUum Groen- reddish and the twigs are covered with 

 Idndicum reddish wool, the color of iron rust, and 



White the leathery, dark green leaves, which are 



Spring, summer a i ternate w i t h rolled-back margins, are 

 Northwest, etc. , , . , .. ... , 



also covered with reddish wool on the 



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