143 COMMON CANADIAN WrLD PLANTS. 



oval, obscurely serrate, e-vergrcen. BorrylDright red, edible. 

 — Cool woods, chiefly in the shade of evergreens. 

 T. CASSAN'DKA, Don. Lkatiier-leaf. 

 C. calyeula'ta, Don. Flowers Jn 1-sided leaf j' racemes. 

 Leaves oblong, obtuse, flat. — Bogs. 



S. ASI»KO.l!'E»A, L. Andromeda. 

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

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

 gins, white beneath. — Bogs. 



9. CAllU'SA, Salisb. Heathek. 

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

 with numerous opposite minute leaves, mostly aurioled at 

 the base. Plowers axillary or terminating , very short 

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

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

 Ca7yx and corolla both persistent and becoming dry. Sta- 

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

 on the coast of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. 

 1». KAl'MIA, L. Amekican Laurel. 



1. K. glau'ea, Ait. (Pale Latjeel.) A straggling shrub 

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

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

 revolute. Flowers J an inch across. — Bogs. 



2. K. angustifo'lia, L. (Sheep Laurel. Lambkill.) 

 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. lE'DIiM, L. Laisrador Tea. 

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

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

 occasionally 6 or 7. — Bogs. 



1«. KIIODODEN'DKON, L. (ROSE Bay. Azalea.) 

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

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



