. Our northern shrubs and how to identify them : a handbook for the nature-lover . Shrubs. SWAMP LEUCOTHOE toothed, contracted at the throat. Stamens ten, in- cluded ; ovary five-celled, style included; capsule sub- globose. CASSIOPE Casslope liypnoidt-s. Cassiope was the mother of Andromeda. The name has no obvious application to the plant. An arctic-alpine, tufted, evergreen shrub with the aspect of a moss ; stems rising two to four inches high. Leaves loosely imbricate, linear, acute, flat above, convex be- neath, one-twelfth to one-sixth of an inch long. The flowers are open bells, white o
. Our northern shrubs and how to identify them : a handbook for the nature-lover . Shrubs. SWAMP LEUCOTHOE toothed, contracted at the throat. Stamens ten, in- cluded ; ovary five-celled, style included; capsule sub- globose. CASSIOPE Casslope liypnoidt-s. Cassiope was the mother of Andromeda. The name has no obvious application to the plant. An arctic-alpine, tufted, evergreen shrub with the aspect of a moss ; stems rising two to four inches high. Leaves loosely imbricate, linear, acute, flat above, convex be- neath, one-twelfth to one-sixth of an inch long. The flowers are open bells, white or rose-color, one-fourth to one-third of an inch across, solitary, nod- ding on slender erect peduncles. Found on the sum- mits of the higher mountains of New England and the Adirondacks of New York ; throughout arctic Amer- ica, also in arctic Europe and Cassiope, Cassiope Inpnoides. After Britton & Brown. SWAMP LEUCOTHOE Leuculhoe racembsa. Leucothoc, a sea-nymph, one of the fifty daughters of Ne- reus : possibly referring to the plant as loving wet places. Five to twelve feet high ; found in swamps and moist thickets. Ranges from Massachusetts to Florida and Louisiana, mostly near the coast. Suckers freely. 375. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
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