128 OTHER AMERICAN PLANTS. 



them. They bloom in May, and flower freely and 

 regularly. All are perfectly hardy. 



Ledum palustrb. 



A low shrub, with linear leaves with revolute 

 margins ;. flowers white. A native of Canada and 

 the north of Europe. 



Figured in Lodd. Cab. t. 560 ; Bax. Brit. Bot. 6, 

 p. 508. 



L. DECUMBENS is a prostrate variety from the far 

 North. 



Ledum latipolium. 



Altogether a larger plant in every way. Leaves 

 broad ; flowers large, white. The most showy spe- 

 cies, and well worth cultivating. 



Figured in Lodd. Cab. t. 534. 



"We have in our garden a plant received under the 

 name of Ledum angustifolium, which seems to be 

 intermediate between these two species. 



L. canadense, figured in Lodd. Cab. t. 1049, does 

 not appear to differ in flower from other species. 



The plants sometimes known as L. buxifolium and 

 thymifolium are now referred to Leiophylluvi. 



The Leiophyllum. 



A charming little evergreen, with small, shining 

 leaves, somewhat resembling a myrtle ; whence the 

 popular name, " Sand Myrtle." 



