. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . the teeth recurved. Stamens 10, inchided; filaments subulate, glabrous; anther-sacs tapering upward into tubular beaks, not awned, opening by terminal pores. Disk lo-toothed. Ovary S-celled, 5-grooved; stigma simple. Capsule depressed-globose, the epicarp s-valved, sepa- rating at length from the 10-valved endocarp. Seeds not winged. [Greek, ground or low- Daphne.] A monotyp
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . the teeth recurved. Stamens 10, inchided; filaments subulate, glabrous; anther-sacs tapering upward into tubular beaks, not awned, opening by terminal pores. Disk lo-toothed. Ovary S-celled, 5-grooved; stigma simple. Capsule depressed-globose, the epicarp s-valved, sepa- rating at length from the 10-valved endocarp. Seeds not winged. [Greek, ground or low- Daphne.] A monotypic genus of the north temperate zone. I. Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) Moench. Leather-leaf. Dwarf Cassandra. Fig. 3236. Andromeda calyculata h. Sp. PI. 394. 1753. Chamaedaphne calyculata Moench, Meth. 457. 1794. Cassandra calyculata D. Don, Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 17: 158. 1834. A branching shrub, 2°-4° high. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate. thick, coriaceous, obtuse or acute. narrowed at the base, densely covered on both sides with minute round scurfy scales, at least when young, i'-i*' long, the margins obscurely denticulate; upper leaves gradually smaller, the uppermost re- duced to floral bracts; pedicels i" long or less; corolla about 3" long; capsule depressed-globose, 2" in diameter, about twice as long as the ovate sepals. In bogs and swamps,.Newfoundland to Alaska, south to southern New Jersey, Georgia, Illinois. Michigan and British Columbia. Also in northern Europe and Asia. April-June. 14. LEUCOTHOE D. Don, Edinb. New Phil. Jc Shrubs, mostly tall, with alternate petioled entire or serrulate, in our species persistent leaves, and small usually white bracted flowers in axillary racemes, the bracts persistent. Sepals 5, distinct, imbricated, at least in the bud. Corolla cylindric or ovoid-urceolate, 5-toothed. Stamens 10, included; filaments subulate; anthers attached to the'filaments near their bases, oblong, the sacs opening by terminal pores, obtuse,
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