. 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. Botany. Ledum decumbens (Ait.) Lodd. Narrow- leaved Labrador Tea. Fig. 3213. 1789. o. 1841. A shrub, about 1° high, the twigs rusty-tomentose. Leaves linear, obtuse, dark green and somewhat rugose above, densely tomentose with brown wool beneath, strongly revolute-margined, i'-i' long, l"-2" wnde; flowers 3"-5" broad; pedicels very pubescent, 4"-8&quo
. 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. Botany. Ledum decumbens (Ait.) Lodd. Narrow- leaved Labrador Tea. Fig. 3213. 1789. o. 1841. A shrub, about 1° high, the twigs rusty-tomentose. Leaves linear, obtuse, dark green and somewhat rugose above, densely tomentose with brown wool beneath, strongly revolute-margined, i'-i' long, l"-2" wnde; flowers 3"-5" broad; pedicels very pubescent, 4"-8" long in fruit; stamens 10; capsule obovoid or oval, scurfy, about 2" high and i?" in diameter, nodding; calyx-teeth less than i" long, broadly ovate to half- orbicular, obtuse. In bogs. Newfoundland to Maine and Quebec, west to Alaska. Also in northern Asia. In our first edition in- cluded in L. palustre L., of Europe and Asia. Summer. 2. Ledum groenlandicum Oeder. Labrador Tea. Fig. 3214. Ledum groenlandicum Oeder, FL Dan. pi. 56/. Ledum lalifolium Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 65. 1789. A shrub, i°-4° high, similar to the pre- ceding species, the twigs densely tomentose. Leaves oblong, obtuse, 1-2' long, 3"-8" wide, green and slightly rugose above, densely brown tomentose beneath, strongly revolute-mar gined ; .flowers 4"-5" broad, umbellate or short corymbose; brown-canescent or tomen tose, io"-i2" long and recurved in fruit stamens 5-7; capsule oblong, canescent, nod- ding, 3"-3J" long, i"-ii" in diameter. In bogs and swamps. Greenland : Labrador to British Columbia. Massachusetts, eastern Penn- sylvania. Wisconsin, Saskatchewan and Washing- ton. May-Aug. 2. AZALEA L. Sp. PI. 150. 1753. Erect mostly tall branching shrubs, with alternate thin deciduous leaves. Flowers large, white, purple, yellow, pink, or orange, in terminal umbels developed from cone-like scaly buds. Calyx small or minute, 5-parted. Coro
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