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Great R. or Laurel. Leaves lance-oblong, 4' to 10' long, green both sides; flowers 1' wide, pale 

 rose or white, greenish, and spotted in the throat. Damp, deep woods. R. maximum. 



Azalea< Azalea, 

 Shrubs, lilie Rhododendron, but with thin and deciduous leaves ; the long stamens only 5. Our two 

 common wild species (wrongly called Honeysuckle) grow in swamps. 



1. Purple A. or Pinxter-flower. Flowers rather earlier than the leaves; corolla funnel-shaped 



with long recurved lobes, pink-purple or rose-color. A, nudiflbra. 



2. Clammy or White A. Flowers white, clammy, sweet-scented, later than the leaves, which are 



whitish or pale beneath. Common E. A. viscdsa. 



Wintergreen (or Shin>leaf). Pyrola. 

 Leaves evergreen, rounded, all next the ground, around the base of a scape bearing a raceme of 

 greenish-white (or rarely rose-colored) nodding flowers. Petals 5, all separate, not spreading. Stamens 

 10 : filaments awl-shaped, naked. Style long. Pod 5-lobed. 



* Style turned down and curved. 



1. Round-leaved W. Leaves orbicular, thick, shining ; raceme many-flowered ; calyx-lobes lance- 



shaped. Moist woods. P. rotuTidifdUcb- 



2. Oval-leaved W. Leaves broadly oval, thin ; flowers many ; calyx-lobes ovate, short. P. elliptica, 



3. Small W. Leaves roundish, thick, small; flowers few; cells of the anther pointed. P. chlordnth(U 



* * Style straight. 



4. One-sided W. Leaves thin, ovate; flowers small, all on one side of the raceme. P. gecunda. 



Pipsissewa. Qiimaphila. 

 Leaves evergreen, oblong or lance-shaped, toothed, crowded or scattered on short ascending stems, 

 which bears at the summit from 1 to 7 fragrant flesh-colored flowers in a corymb or umbel. Petals 

 orbicular, widely spreading. Stamens 10; their filaments enlarged and hairy in the middle. Style 

 very short: stigma broad and flat. Dry woods; fl. early summer. 



1. Umbelled p. (or Prince's-Pine). Leaves lance-shaped with a tapering base, serrate, bright 



green, not spotted; flowers 4 to 7. G. umbellata. 



2. Spotted P. Plant smaller, 3' to 5' high : leaves lance-ovate, obtuse at the base, blotched with 



white, flowers 1 to 4. C. maculaia, 



54. HOLLY FAMILY. Order AQUIEOLIACE^. 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate leaves, and small regular (often polygamous) flowers in 

 the axils ; the minute calyx and the 4 - 6-parted (greenish or white) corolla free from the 

 ovary. Stamens 4 to 6, attached to the very base of the corolla, alternate with its divisions. 

 Anthers opening lengthwise. Stigmas nearly sessile. Fruit a berry-like drupe, containing 

 4 to 6 small seedlike stones. — Consists mainly of the genus 



Holly. Ilex. 

 Containing several species, some with deciduous, others with evergreen leaves. 

 1. American Holly. Leaves thick and evergreen, spiny-toothed, oval ; parts of the blossom in 

 fours ; fruit red. — Tree with ash-colored bark and white wood. /. qpaca. 



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