Description of Native Shrubs 
146. Squaw Huckleberry. Deerberry. (Vaccinium 
stamineum.) 
LEAF: 1-2’, simple, alternate, entire, oval or ovate, whitish 
beneath. FLOWER: m., purplish or greenish-white (corolla bell- 
shaped, 5-lobed, Io stamens), in long, leafy, terminal clusters ; 
May, June; berries large, greenish. Chiefly eastward; 2°-3° 
high. 
147. Menziesia. (M. globella and globularis.) 
LEAF: 1-2’, simple, alternate, entire, long-obovate, hairy. 
FLOWER : m., purplish, or greenish-white, small (corolla nearly 
bell-shaped, 4-lobed, 8 stamens), drooping, in terminal clusters ; 
June; branches hairy. Mountains of Pennsylvania and Virginia; 
low shrub. 
148. Pale Laurel. (Kalmia glauca.) 
LeaF: 1’, simple, opposite or whorled, entire, oblong, edge 
rolled under, white bloom beneath, leathery, almost stemless ; 
branchlets 2-edged. FLOWER: m., lilac-purple, %4’ across (corolla 
open bell-shaped, 5-lobed, ends of Io stamens sunk in depressions 
of corolla), in terminal, few-flowered clusters; May, June. Penn- 
sylvania to Kentucky, and north, in bogs and mountains; 1°-2° 
high. 
149. Sweet-scented Shrub. Carolina Allspice. (Calycan- 
thus nanus.) 
LEAF: 3-5’, simple, opposite, entire, oblong, bright-green 
above, guite smooth. FLOWER: dark purple (petals and sepals 
colored alike, in many rows, thickish, stamens about 12), with 
strawberry-scent when bruised; single along branch; May- 
August. Pennsylvania and Virginia, mountains. 
150. Sweet-scented Shrub. (Calycanthus floridus.) 
LEAF: as in 149, but oval, and downy beneath. FLOWER: as 
in 149, but larger; April-August. Perhaps in Virginia moun- 
tains ; cultivated. 
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