Trees; a handbook of forest-botany for the woodlands and the laboratory . but they are not converted intotrue spines. See pp. 316—318.] t Leaves foliaceous and of appreciable breadth, [For ft sneither scale-like nor acicular, linear, &c. P- ^ © Shoots and leaves glandular hairy, bruised, the latter cuneate-oblong andserratulate at the tips, or lanceolate. Myrica Gale often has its cuneate-oblong or lanceolateleaves entire, and may then be sought for here. See p. 283. © © Neither glandular hairy nor aromatic. I~l Leaves highly polished, or shining above,hard or tough evergreen. §
Trees; a handbook of forest-botany for the woodlands and the laboratory . but they are not converted intotrue spines. See pp. 316—318.] t Leaves foliaceous and of appreciable breadth, [For ft sneither scale-like nor acicular, linear, &c. P- ^ © Shoots and leaves glandular hairy, bruised, the latter cuneate-oblong andserratulate at the tips, or lanceolate. Myrica Gale often has its cuneate-oblong or lanceolateleaves entire, and may then be sought for here. See p. 283. © © Neither glandular hairy nor aromatic. I~l Leaves highly polished, or shining above,hard or tough evergreen. § Leaves at least 3—15 em. long; moreor less oblong-lanceolate, and in tuftsat the end of the shoots; edges notrevolute. # Shoots remarkably supple and tough. Daphne Laureola, L. Spurge Laurel (Fig. 116). Smallunder-shrub with remarkably pliant and tough stems. 300 SPURGE LAUREL: ROSE BAY Leaves 3—15 cm. (5—8 x 2—3 cm.), coriaceous, evergreen,cuneate-lanceolate or oblong or obovate-lanceolate, acute,attenuated at base and sub-sessile; glabrous and very. Fig. 116. Spurge Laurel, Daphne Laureola, p. 299 (D). polished dark green above, paler matt green below. Theleaves in crowded rosettes towards the ends of theshoots. Venation obscure. Dying leaves brown. ## Shoots rigid and brittle. -=- Leaves more than 5 cm. long ; notglaucous or revolute. Rhododendron ponticum, L. Rose Bay. Evergreenshrub. Leaves large, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, at-tenuated below; deep polished green above, paler or more MARSH ANDEOMEDA : COWBERRY 301 or less ferruginous beneath. Petiole short and pinnate. Dying leaves yellow. 4- 4- Leaves not more than 30 mm. long,strongly revolute and very glaucousbeneath. Andromeda polifolia, L. Marsh Andromeda. Leavesvery small, evergreen, 15—30 x 3—7 mm., oblong-lanceo-late to linear-lanceolate; alternate, strongly revolute,entire, acute, sub-sessile. Leathery, stiff; shining darkgreen above and very glaucous beneath, with a yellowmidri
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