142 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



oval, obscurely serrate, evergreen. Berry bright red, ediMe, 

 — Cool -woods, chiefly in the shade of evergreens. 

 I. CASSAN'DRA, Don. Leathek-leap. 

 C. ealyeula'ta, Don. Flowers in 1-sided leafy racemes. 

 Leaves oblong, obtuse, flat. — Bogs. 



8. ANDKOM'EDA, L. AhdkoMEDA. 

 A. polifo'lia, L. Stem smooth and glaucous, 6-18 inches 

 high. Leaves oblong-linear, with strongly revolute mar- 

 gins, white beneath. — Bogs. 



9. CAILU'NA, Salisb. Heathek. 

 C. VUlga'riS, Salisb. (Heathek.) A low evergreen shrub 

 with numerous opposite minute leaves, mostly auricled at 

 the base. Flowers axillary or terminating very short 

 shoots, forming close racemes mostly one-sided, rose-coloured 

 or white. Calyx of 4 sepals. Corolla 4-parted, bell-shaped. 

 Calyx and corolla both persistent and becoming dry. Sta- 

 mens 8. Capsule 4-celled. — Found sparingly in a few places 

 on the coast of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. 

 10. KAL'lHIA, L. American Lacrel. 



1. K. I^lau'ca, Ait. (Pale Laukel.) A straggling shrub 

 about a foot high, with few-flowered terminal corymbs. 

 Branchlets 2-edged. Leaves opposite, oblong, the margins 

 revolute. Flowers J an inch across. — Bogs. 



2. K. angustifo'lia, L. (Sheep Laubel. Lamekill.) 

 Leaves opposite or in threes, oblong, obtuse, petioled. 

 Corymbs lateral, many-flowered. Pod depressed. Pedicels 

 recurved in fruit. — Bogs and damp barren grounds, abun- 

 dant eastward. 



11. I/E'DDM, L. Labrador Tea. 

 L. latifo'lium, Ait. Flowers white, in terminal umbel- 

 like clusters. Leaves elliptical or oblong. Stamens 5, or 

 occasionally 6 or 7. — Bogs. 



li. RHODODENDRON, L. (BOSE BAY. AZALEA.) 

 R. Rhodo'ra, Don. Corolla irregular, nearly an inch 

 long, two-lipned ; the upper lip 3-lobed ; the lower lip of two 



