542 LINCOLN'S FINCH. 



is the involucrum of four large unequal white leaves, containing an umbel 

 of dark purple flowers. The berry is red, and has a sweetish taste. 



The Cloudberry. 



KcBUS Cham^mohus, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 708. TVilld. Sp. PL vol. ii. p. 1090. Ptirsh, 

 Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 349. — Icosandria Poltgynia, Linn. RosACEiE, 



A herbaceous bramble with simple, plaited, and lobed leaves ; stem 

 without prickles, undivided and single-flowered. The flowers are white, 

 and the berries large and of a yellowish-red colour. They are ripe in 

 July, when they drop from the stalk at the slightest touch, make an ex- 

 cellent preserve, and are collected by Indians, fishermen, and eggers, in 

 great quantities. In Newfoundland I found them larger and better than 

 in Labrador. Their ripeness is a sure intimation of the arrival of the 

 Esquimaux Curlew (Numenius borealu), which comes in clouds from 

 the north, to feed upon them. 



The Glaucous Kalmia. 



Kalmia glauca, Willd. Sp. PL voL ii. p. 601. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. voL i. 

 p 296 — Decandria Monogynia, Linn. 



A small shrubby plant, with brown bark, opposite, sessile, ovato-ob- 

 long leaves, which have the margins revolute and the under surface glau- 

 cous ; and terminal bracteated corymbs of beautiful rose-coloured flowers. 



