162 THE SHRUBS OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



dark green leaves, and small white flowers clustered 

 on the ends of the branches. It grows in sandy 

 woods of Brunswick County, and on the rocky sum- 

 mits of our mountains, from the Grandfather to 

 Whiteside. 



False Heath. (Menziesia globularis, Salisb.) — 

 Common on the higher mountains, 3 to 6 feet high, 

 with thin, hairy, deciduous leaves, and small, reddish, 

 bell-shaped flowers, like those of a Huckleberry, and 

 a small, woody seed-vessel, like those of Andro- 

 meda, etc. 



1. White Alder. Sweet Pepper-Bush. (Cle- 

 thra alnifolia, Linn.) — Grows near damp places in 

 the Lower and Middle Districts, 2 to 4 feet high. 

 The leaves are a little like those of the common 

 Alder, but are smaller and narrower. The flowers 

 are small, white, and very fragrant, terminating the 

 branches in racemes which are 2 to 3 inches long. 

 A form of this (var : tomentosa) has leaves with a 

 white down on the underside. 



2. Mountain Pepper-Bush. (C. acuminata, 

 Michx.) — Quite an ornamental shrub, 10 to 15 feet 

 high, growing in the mountains from Ashe to Chero- 

 kee. Its leaves are thin, pointed, fine-toothed, and 

 5 to 6 inches long. The racemes of white flowers 

 are larger than in No. 1, and drooping. 



(Itea Virginica, Linn.) — At a little distance this 

 has some resemblance to the White Alder, but with a 

 smoother aspect, and the flowers are not fragrant. 

 It belongs to the borders of wet places from the 



