The Swedish or Dwarf Cornel. Fig. 1.
Cornus suecica, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 171. Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. i. p. 660.—Tetrandria Monogynia, Linn. Caprifolia, Juss.
A small herbaceous plant with stems from three to five or six inches high, with opposite, ovate, acute leaves, and two branches, between which is the involucrum of four large unequal white leaves, containing an umbel of dark purple flowers. The berry is red, and has a sweetish taste.
The Cloudberry.
Rubus Chamæmorus, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 708. Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. ii. p. 1090. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 349.—Icosandria Polygynia, Linn. Rosaceæ, Juss.
A herbaceous bramble with simple, plaited, and lobed leaves; stem without prickles, undivided and single-flowered. The flowers are white, the berries large and of a yellowish-red colour. They are ripe in July, when they drop from the stalk at the slightest touch, make an excellent preserve, and are collected by Indians, fishermen, and eggers, in great quantities. In Newfoundland I found them larger and better than in Labrador. Their ripeness is a sure intimation of the arrival of the Esquimaux Curlew (Numenius borealis), which comes in clouds from the north, to feed upon them.
The Glaucous Kalmia.
Kalmia glauca, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. ii. p. 601. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 296.—Decandria Monogynia, Linn.