Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
49. White Swamp Azalea. Clammy Azalea. (Rhododen- 
dron viscosum.) 
LEAF: 1-2’, simple, alternate, often crowded at end of branch, 
entire, long-obovate, apex often bristle-tipped, smooth. FLOWER: 
m., white or rosy, fragrant (corolla funnel-form, with 5 spreading 
lobes), sticky, stamens and style protruding from corolla-tube, 
6-12-clustered ; June, July; branchlets bristly. A variety glauca 
has leaves with bloom on one or both sides, often rough hairy; 
another, zztida, is dwarf, leaf green both sides. RANGE: Maine 
to Virginia, swamps near coast; 4°-10° high. (Pl. IV.) 
50. Common High Blueberry. Swamp Blueberry. (Vac- 
cinium corymbosum. ) 
LEAF: 1-2’, simple, alternate, entire (in some varieties ser- 
rate), ovate to lance-shaped, glossy to pale. FLOWER: m. (co- 
rolla white or rosy-tinted, oblong-cylindrical, 5-toothed), clustered, 
before or with the leaves ; §°-10° high. (PI. IV.) 
51. Low Blueberry. (Vaccinium pennsylvanicum.) 
LEAF: 3'-1', simple, alternate, entire or finely serrate, oval or 
obovate, thickish, dull green, with bloom beneath. FLOWER: 
m., white or reddish-white (corolla bell-shaped), clustered ; 
May. New England and south; 1°-2%%° high. 
52. Leather-leaf. (Cassandra calyculata.) 
LEAF: 1, simple, alternate, entire, oblong, leathery, securfy 
beneath. FLOWER: m., white (corolla cylindrical, 5-toothed), 
small, in one-sided leafy racemes in early spring; near water ; 
low shrub. (Pl. IV.) 
53. Andromeda. Stagger-bush. (Andromeda mariana.) 
LEAF: 1-3’, simple, alternate, entire, oval or oblong, rather 
leathery. FLOWER: m., white or pale red (corolla long-ovoid, 
5-toothed), drooping, in clusters ; May, June. Rhode Island to 
Virginia, in sand, near coast; 2°-4° high. (PI. IV.) 
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