850 
XLVII. KA’LMIA (named by Linnzus in honour of Peter 
Kalm, professor at Abo, in Sweden; author of Travels in America. 
1753). Lin. gen. no. 545. Gertn. fruct. 1. p. 305. t. 63, 
Juss. gen. 158. Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 267. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monoginia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 
salver-shaped ; under side of limb producing 10 cornute pro- 
tuberances, and as many cavities on the upper side, in which the 
anthers lie, or are concealed. Capsule 5-celled, many-seeded ; 
dissepiments marginal.—Evergreen shrubs, with alternate or 
ternately verticillate leaves. Flowers disposed in terminal, race- 
mose, compound corymbs; but in one species the flowers are 
solitary and axillary. Pedicels long, 1-flowered, tribracteate at 
the base ; external bractea originating from the rachis. Buds 
naked. Anthers opening by two oblique truncate pores.—This 
genus is considered poisonous, and is often fatal to cattle. 
1 K. vatiror1a (Lin. spec. 560.) leaves on long petioles, 
scattered, or 3 ina whorl, oval, coriaceous, smooth and green on 
both surfaces ; corymbs terminal, downy, and viscid. h. H 
Native from Canada to Carolina, on the sides of stony hills. 
Curt. bot. mag. 175. Bigel. med. bot. p. 133. Wangh. amer. t. 
25. f. 50.—Catesb. car. 2. t. 98.—Trew. ehrh. t. 38. f. 1.—Pluk. 
mant. t. 379. f.6. A very elegant shrub when in flower: in 
America it is called Zaurel, and on the mountains Calico-bush. 
Flowers red. It is not improbable that the deleterious honey 
in Philadelphia might have been collected by the bees from the 
flowers of the Calico-bush, which in some places pervades, in 
rocky woods and depressed summits of mountains, almost in a 
similar manner with Callina vulgaris of Europe. 
Broad-leaved Kalmia. FI. June, July. Clt. 1734. 
to 10 feet. 
2 K. ancustirouia (Lin. spec. 561.) leaves petiolate, scat- 
tered, or 3 in a whorl, oblong, obtuse, rather rusty beneath ; 
corymbs lateral; bracteas linear ; peduncles and calyxes clothed 
with glandular pubescence. h. H. Native from Canada to 
Carolina, in bogs, swamps, and sometimes in dry mountain lands. 
Curt. bot. mag. 331. Lodd. bot. cab. 502.—Catesb. car. 3. t.17. 
f. 1.—Trew. ehrh. t. 38. f. 2. Flowers dark red. The shrub 
is known by the name of Sheep Laurel in North America, being 
considered very poisonous when fed upon by sheep. ‘There are 
several varieties of this species besides the one mentioned, dif- 
fering in the size of parts, and in the deeper and lighter shade of 
the corolla. See Loud. hort. brit. p. 171. 
Var. B, ovata (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 296.) leaves 
broader; stem taller. h. H. Native of New Jersey, on the 
mountains. 
Narrow-leaved Kalmia. 
1 to 2 feet. 
3 K. crav’ca (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. p. 64.) branchlets 
2-edged or triquetrous; leaves opposite, on short petioles, ob- 
long, smooth, glaucous beneath, with revolute edges ; .corymbs 
terminal, compound, bracteate ; pedicels and: calyxes glabrous. 
Native of bogs in Canada; and on the borders of moun- 
tain lakes of New York and Pennsylvania; and of the Island of 
Sitcba. Curt. bot. mag. 177. Lam. ill. t. 363. Lher. stirp; 
nov. 2. t. 9. Lodd. bot. cab. 1508. K, polifdlia, Wangh. act. 
soc. berol. 8. p. 129. t. 5. A very handsome upright small 
shrub, with pale red flowers. According to Nuttall, the flowers 
are disposed in terminal compound corymbs, each corymb com- 
posed of 3 racemose corymbulets ; and the pedicels and calyxes 
are said by him to be clothed with powdery viscid pubescence. 
‘ar. B, rosmarinifolia (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 296.) 
leaves linear, more revolute on the margins, and having the 
under surface green. h. H. Mr. Pursh discovered this 
variety in a bog near Albany, and is inclined to think it a dis- 
tinct species. 
Glaucous-leaved Kalmia. Fl, April, May. Clt.1767. Shrub 
1 to 2 feet. 
ERICACEZ. XLVII. KALMIA. 
Shrub 3 
Fl. May, July. Clt. 1736. Shrub 
XLVIII. MENZIESIA. 
XLIX. AZALEA. 
4 K. cunea‘ra (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 257.) leaves scat- 
tered, sessile, cuneate-oblong, glandularly pubescent beneath, 
minutely awned at the apex; corymbs lateral, few-flowered. 
h. H. Native of Carolina, on the mountains. Branches 
twiggy. Leaves deciduous. Flowers white, red at the bottom, 
disposed in sessile, lateral, fastigiate clusters. 
Cuneate-leaved Kalmia. Fl. May, June. 
1 to 2 feet. 
5 K. uirsu'ra (Walt. fl. carol. 138. Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. 
p. 257. Curt. bot. mag. 138.) branches, leaves, and calyxes very 
hairy ; leaves opposite and alternate, almost sessile, elliptic; 
peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, longer than the leaves. 
h. H. Native of South Carolina and Georgia, in barren pine- 
Clt. 1820. Shrub 
woods. K. ciliata, Bartr. itin. 18. A beautiful little shrub, 
but difficult to cultivate. Leaves small, like thyme. Flowers 
large, red. 
Hairy Kalmia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1786. Shrub 2 to 3 
feet. 
Cult. Handsome shrubs when in blossom. They grow best 
in peat soil, and are increased either by layers or by seeds. 
When raised by seeds, they are reared and otherwise treated 
in the manner recommended for Rhododéndron, which see, 
p. 848. 
XLVIII. MENZIE'SIA (named in honour of Archibald Men- 
zies, F.L.S. &c. surgeon and naturalist to the expedition under 
Vancouver, in which voyage he collected many specimens of 
plants on the north-west coast of America, New Holland, Van 
Diemen’s Land, &c.). Smith, icon. ined. 56. Nutt. gen. amer. 
1. p. 251. D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 160. 
Lin. syst. Octéndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla 
tubular or globose: limb very short, 4-lobed, revolute. Sta- 
mens 8, inclosed ; filaments subulate, glabrous; cells of anthers 
parallel, connate, mutic at the base, and opening each by an ob- 
lique foramen at the apex. Stigma obtuse. Capsule ligneous, 
4-celled, with a septicidal dehiscence. Placenta 4-lobed. Seeds 
scobiform.—Deciduous shrubs, natives of North America. 
Leaves membranous, glaucous beneath. Pedicels numerous, 
terminal, 1-flowered, fascicled. 
1 M. rerrucinea (Smith, icon. ined. 1. p. 56. t. 56.) corolla 
urceolate, with rounded lobes ; leaves and branches hairy. R. 
H. Native of the north-west coast of America, particularly on 
the Columbia River ; and of the Island of Sitcha. Lam. ill. t. 
285. M. urceolaris, Salisb. par. lond. no. 44. Leaves obovate- 
lanceolate. Flowers of a rust-colour. 
Rusty-flowered Menziesia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1811. Shrub 
3 to 4 feet. 
2 M. crosura‘ris (Salisb. par lond. 44.) corolla globose, 
with rounded lobes; leaves and branches hairy. h. H. Na- 
tive of Virginia and Carolina, on high mountains; plentiful on 
the Cacapoon Mountains, near Winchester, Virginia. M. Smi- 
thii, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p, 235. Azalea pildsa, Lam. ill. 
494. M. pilosa, Pers. ench. 1. p. 420. Leaves lanceolate. 
Flowers yellowish brown. 
Globular-flowered Menziesia. 
Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 
3 M.? rririora (Bert. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 202.) corolla 
oblong, with pointed lobes ; leaves and branches glabrous. R- 
S. Native of Jamaica, on the mountains. M.? elata, D. Don, 
Fl. May, June. Cit. 1806. 
mss. Andrómeda octaéndra, Swartz. prod. p. 73. fl. ind. ecc. 2. 
p. 840. Leaves spatulate, oblong. Peduncles aggregate, re- 
flexed. 
Three-flowered Menziesia. Shrub tall. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Azalea, p. 851. 
XLIX. AZA‘'LEA (from afadeoc, azaleos, dry, arid; habita- 
