14b. Flowers in clusters; leaves narrow (stems trailing, 1-3 dm. high; flowers white or pinkish) --15. 15a. Leaves broadest above the middle, green =Prince's Pine, Chimaphila umbellata.= 15b. Leaves broadest below the middle, spotted with white =Spotted Wintergreen, Chimaphila maculata.= 16a. Leaves 2-5 cm. long, densely woolly beneath (5-10 dm. high; flowers white) =Labrador Tea, Ledum groenlandicum.= 16b. Leaves 1-2 cm. long, pale beneath but not wholly (creeping; flowers pink) (Cranberry) --17. 17a. Leaves acute =Cranberry, Vaccinium oxycoccos.= 17b. Leaves obtuse =Cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon.= 18a. Leaves opposite or whorled; corolla saucer-shape (shrubs 3-8 dm. high; flowers purple, summer) --19. 18b. Leaves alternate; corolla bell-shape or salver-form --20. 19a. Branches and twigs cylindrical, not angled =Sheep Laurel, Kalmia angustifolia.= 19b. Branches and twigs with 2 sharp angles =Swamp Laurel, Kalmia polifolia.= 20a. Plants prostrate, or with a few ascending branches only (flowers white or pink) --21. 20b. Plants erect or ascending --23. 21a. Flowers 10-20 mm. long, very fragrant (early spring) =Trailing Arbutus, Epigaea repens.= 21b. Flowers 4-5 mm. long (late spring) --22. 22a. Leaves spatulate, broadest beyond the middle =Bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.= 22b. Leaves oval, broadest at the middle =Snowberry, Chiogenes hispidula.= 23a. Leaves linear, white beneath, their margins strongly revolute (shrub 3-8 dm. high; flowers white, late spring) =Bog Rosemary, Andromeda glaucophylla.= 23b. Leaves oblong, scurfy beneath with rusty scales (bog shrub 4-10 dm. high; flowers white, in spring) =Leatherleaf, Chamaedaphne calyculata.= 23c. Leaves smooth, pubescent, or resinous beneath, but not scurfy nor white --24. 24a. Low shrubs 10-15 cm. high, erect from a creeping rootstock; leaves with the taste of wintergreen (flowers white or pink, summer) =Wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.= 24b. Bushy shrubs 3-8 dm. high; leaves dotted beneath with yellowish resinous dots; ovary 10-celled (flowers greenish-pink, spring) =Huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata.= 24c. Shrubs 1 dm. to 3 m. high; leaves not resinous-dotted beneath; ovary 5-celled (flowers white or greenish-pink, spring or early summer) --25. 25a. Corolla bell-shape, the stamens projecting beyond it (5-15 dm. high) =Deerberry, Vaccinium stamineum.=
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