The Labrador Tea Plant.
Ledum latifolium, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. ii. p. 602. Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 301.—Decandria Monogynia, Linn. Rhododendra, Juss.
The Labrador Tea Plant springs up among the rich and thick moss that everywhere covers the country of Labrador. I was informed that the fishermen and Indians frequently make use of it instead of tea.
It is a small shrub, about a foot in height, with linear oblong leaves, which are folded back at the margin, and covered on the back with a rust-coloured down. The flowers are white.