86 HEATH ORDER 



terminal or axillary ; leaves small, sessile, densely crowded, entire ; low 



tufted branching heath-like evergreen shrubs. 



Stems tufted, moss-like, 1-5 in. high; leaves 2-5 mm. 



long ; flowers 6-8 mm. wide C. hypnoides 



Gaultheria Linne 1753 



(Named for Gaultier, a Canadian botanist) 



PL 15, fig. 6. 



Sepals 5, petals 5, white, red or pink, united into an urn- or bell- 

 shaped corolla, stamens 10, included, stigma obtuse, entire, ovary 5-celled, 

 5-lobed, calyx becoming fleshy and at length surrounding the capsule, form- 

 ing a berry-like fruit ; flowers axillary, solitary or in racemes ; leaves alter- 

 nate, leathery, persistent, evergreen ; shrubs. 

 Stems creeping, flower branches 1-4 in. high ; leaves 



oval to roundish, 12-15 mm. long G. humifusa 



Kalmia Linne 1753 Kalmia 



(Named for Kalm, a Swedish botanist) 



PL 15, fig. 2. 



Sepals 5, petals 5, lilac-purple, united into a saucer-shaped corolla, 

 stamens 10, shorter than the corolla, ovary 5-celled, style slender, stigma 

 depressed globose, capsule subglobose, obscurely 5-lobed, 5-celled, 5-valved 

 from the summit ; flowers in umbels or corymbs or solitary, or 2-3 together 

 in the axils ; leaves entire, evergreen, leathery, alternate, opposite, or whorled 

 in 3's ; shrubs. 



Stems .5-2 ft. high ; leaves oblong .5-2 in long ; flow- 

 ers 10-20 mm. wide K. glauca 



Ledum Linne 1753 Labrador Tea 

 (Greek name of a plant) 

 PL 15, fig. 3. 



Sepals 5, petals 5, white, stamens 5 or 10, exserted, ovary ovoid, scaly, 

 5-celled, style slender, stigma 5-lobed, capsule oblong, 5-celled, 5-valved 

 from the base ; flowers numerous in terminal umbels or corymbs ; leaves 

 alternate, thick, short-petioled, oblong or linear, rolled back at the margins, 

 fragrant when crushed ; evergreen and resinous shrubs. 

 Stems 2-5 ft. high ; leaves 1-2 in. long L. glandidosum 



