. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1150. L. paliistre. a. 1. L. PALu'sTEB L. The Marsh Ledum. Identification. Lin. Sp., 651.; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 300.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 851. Synonymes. ifedum sileslacum Clits, Pan. 68. ; iSosmarlnum syl- TCstre Cam, Epit. 546. Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 136. ; Bot. Cab., i. 560. ; and
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1150. L. paliistre. a. 1. L. PALu'sTEB L. The Marsh Ledum. Identification. Lin. Sp., 651.; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 300.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 851. Synonymes. ifedum sileslacum Clits, Pan. 68. ; iSosmarlnum syl- TCstre Cam, Epit. 546. Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 136. ; Bot. Cab., i. 560. ; and our J^. 1150. Spec. Char., S[c. Leaves linear, with revolute mar- gins, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath. Stamens 10, longer than the corolla. Leaves resembling those of rosemary. (Don's Mill.^ An erect evergreen shrub. Canada, in swamps, and round the mountain lakes of New York; in Kotzebue's Sound, &c.; also the North of Europe, as Denmark, Silesia, &c. Height 2 ft. Introduced in 1762. Flowers white ; April and May. Variety. «- L. p. 2 decumbens Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. iii. p. 48. — A decumbent shrub, a native of Hudson's Bay. «. 2. L. latifo'lium Ait. The broad-leaved Ledum, or Labrador Tea. Identification, Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 65.; Fursh Sept., 1. p. 300. : Don's Mill., 3. p. 861. Synonymes. L. groenlandicam Retz. Obs. 4. p.'2fi.; i. palustre Michx. Ft. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 259.; Labrador Tea, Amer. Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 104. ; Bot. Cab., t. 634.; and our fig. 1151. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves linear-oblong, with replicate margins, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath. Sta- mens 5, about the length of the corolla. Flowers white. {Don's Mill.) A larger and broader-leaved evergreen shrub than L. palustre. Canada, in mossy swamps ; and Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland, and Hudson's Bay. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1763. Flowers white; April and May. The leaves are said to be used in Labrador, as a sub- stitute for tea. Bees are very fond of the f
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