Description of Native Shrubs 
calyx corolla-like, globular, generally 3-lobed), staminate and 
pistillate, in spike-like clusters. FRUIT: white, size of small pea. 
Parasitic on various trees. New Jersey to Illinois, and south. 
(Pi. VE.) 
gi. Fothergilla. (F. alnifolia.) 
LEAF: 1'—2', simple, alternate, serrate near apex, obovate or 
oval. FLOWER: xo corolla, calyx bell-shaped, slightly 5-7- 
toothed, long white stamens about 24, on edge of calyx, develop- 
ing somewhat before the leaves; April, May. Virginia ; low 
shrub. 
92. Rhododendron. Great Laurel. Rose Bay. (Rhodo- 
dendron maximum.) 
LEAF: 4'-I0’, simple, alternate, entire, oval to elliptical, apex 
sharp, base tapering, edge slightly revolute, thick, evergreen. 
FLOWER: m., pale rose to whitish, greenish in throat, yellow- or 
red-spotted (corolla 1’—2' broad, 5-lobed), in /arge terminal clus- 
ters; July, August. Rance: Maine to Ohio (damp woods), in 
mountains of Pennsylvania and south ; shrub, rarely low tree in 
Pennsylvania. (PI. VI.) 
93. Mountain Laurel. Calico-bush. (Kalmia latifolia.) 
LEAF: 2’-4', simple, alternate, sometimes opposite or whorled, 
entire, lance-shaped or elliptical, both ends pointed, glossy, ever- 
green, leathery. FLOWER: m., rosy to white, large, showy, 
sticky (corolla broad bell-shaped, stamens 10, ends sunk in de- 
pression of corolla), in large terminal clusters; May, June; north- 
erly a shrub, in Pennsylvania a low tree. 
94. Rhodora. (R. Canadense.) 
LEAF: 1I'-3', simple, alternate, entire, oblong to obovate, whit- 
ish beneath, pale. FLOWER: rose-purple, rarely white (corolla 
in 2 parts, one with three lobes, the other very deeply lobed or of 
two distinct petals, Iostamens), in small clusters before the leaves ; 
May. New England to Pennsylvania, mountains or damp woods ; 
low shrub. 
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