PINK AND ROSE-COLORED FLOWERS 
Sheep Laurel ( Kalmia angustifoUa) . Heath family. • 
June, July. 
A shrub under three feet, flowers (under one-half inch) 
clustered at side of stem, leaves above and below. Corolla 
saucer-shaped, five-lobed, stamens (ten) sometinies adherent 
at tip to corolla. The evergreen leaves are generally in threes, 
pale, somewhat lance-shaped, blunt-pointed. Hillsides. 
Swamp Loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus) . Loosestrife 
family. July, August. 
A perennial with angled stem; flowers (nearly one inch) in 
axillary clusters. C-olyx. of five teeth with smaller between 
them, five petals, ten stamens; style filiform. Leaves, opposite 
or whorled, pointed. Bogs. Greek, ten teeth. 
GROUP V 
Leaves otherwise than opposite or whorled. Plant trailing, 
creeping, or spreading. 
Trailing Arbutus {Epigcea repens). Heath family. March 
to May. 
The " Mayflower," with fragrant, small, pink and white, 
clustered flowers, hidden imder the leaves. The bell-shaped 
corolla has five spreading lobes; the calyx, of five light-green 
sepals, is enclosed by hairy bracts. Leaves egg-shaped to 
oblong, on hairy stalks. Sandy and rocky places, particularly 
under pine trees. Greek signifies upon the earth (trailing). 
Cranberry {Vaccinium macrocarpon) . Heath family. 
Early summer. 
A creeping plant with long and slender stem. Flower (one- 
third to one-half inch) pendulous; corolla four-parted, anthers 
forming a cone. The (evergreen) leaves are oval, blunt, edges 
rolled back, maximum seven-twelfths inch. Bogs. Small 
Cranberry ( V. Oxy coccus) is more delicate, flowers not over 
one-third inch broad, leaves not over one-third inch. 
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