886 ERICACEAE 
3. Kalmia Carolina Small. Similar to K. angustifolia in habit, but with the foliage, 
especially the younger parts, copiously pubescent. Leaf-blades oval to oblong, 1.5-4.5 em. 
long, obtuse, permanently canescent-tomentulose, at least beneath : sepals oblong-lanceolate : 
corolla 5-7 mm. broad: style finely pubescent: capsules spheroidal, pale-pubescent and 
somewhat glandular. 
In open woods, mountains of North Carolina. Summer. 
4. Kalmia latifólia L. An evergreen asymmetrical shrub or small tree rarely 12 m. 
tall. Bark flaky: leaves dark green; blades leathery, elliptic or oval, usually acute at 
both ends or abruptly acuminate at the apex, lustrous above, short-petioled : corymbs 
often dense, terminal: pedicels slender, 1-3 em. long, glandular-pubescent : calyx glabrous 
or nearly so ; sepals oblong or oblong-ovate, 2 mm. long: corolla white or pink, 2-2.5 cm. 
broad, sticky : capsules spheroidal, 5-7 mm. broad, glandular-viscid, erect. 
In roeky or sandy woods, New Brunswick to Ohio, south to Florida and Louisiana. Summer. 
CALICO-BUSH. LAUREL. SPOONWOOD. Ivy. POISON LAUREL. 
9. KALMIELLA Small. 
Low shrubs, with hirsute foliage. Leaves alternate: blades relatively small. Flowers 
usually solitary on slender pedicels axillary to the leaf-like bracts. Sepals 5, foliaceous, 
acuminate, deciduous. Corolla pink, similar to those of Kalmia, but with acute lobes. 
Stamens 10: anthers attached to the filaments near the middle. Disk prominently lobed. 
Ovary 5-celled. Capsules ovoid, not depressed at the apex. 
1. Kalmiella hirsüta ( Walt.) Small. A much branched shrub 1-6 dm. tall, with 
hirsute foliage. Leaves 5-10 mm. long ; blades oblong, lanceolate or oval-orbicular, acute 
or acutish, more or less strongly revolute, nearly sessile: flowers solitary or several to- 
gether in the axils : pedicels slender, 4-10 mm. long, hirsute : calyx bristly ; sepals oblong- 
lanceolate, 5-7 mm. long, acuminate : corolla rose-purple, 10-15 mm. broad : capsules about 
3 mm. long. [Kalmia hirsuta Walt.] 
In pine lands, Virginia to Florida. Spring and summer. 
10. LEUCÓTHOE D. Don. 
Shrubs, with terete branching stems. Leaves alternate, sometimes persistent : blades 
entire or toothed, the teeth often bristle-pointed. Flowers perfect, in one-sided racemes. 
Calyx subtended by 1 or 2 bracts: sepals 5, more or less elongated. Corolla white, ovoid, 
urn-shaped or cylindric, with 5 erect or spreading lobes. Stamens 10, included : filaments 
adnate to the base of the corolla-tube : anthers often awned at the apex, opening by termi- 
nal pores. Disk 10-lobed. Ovary 5-celled. Stigma entire, or 5-lobed. Ovules numer- 
ous in each cavity. Capsule depressed, loculicidally 5-valved. 
Racemes from the axils of the persistent leaves of the preceding season : anthers awnless. 
Filaments merely scabrous, nearly straight : anthers more or less manifestly bimucronate. 
Twigs puberulent ; sepals imbricated. ois 
Larger sepals ovate: corolla 5-6 mm. long: leaf-blades mainly oblong. 1. L. arlane 
Larger sepals orbicular-ovate : corolla 6-7 mm. long : leaf-blades mainly oval. 2. L. platyphya. 
. Twigs glabrous: sepals not imbricated. Ae rata 
Filaments pubescent, sigmoid-curved above: anthers pointless. 4. L. acumina 
Racemes terminal: leaves deciduous: anthers awned. 
Racemes curved : capsules manifestly lobed. 5 
Racemes straight or nearly so: capsules not lobed. sa. 
Sepals 14-14 as long as the corolla, shorter than the capsules. 6. L. pape mg 
Sepals about 12 as long as the corolla, surpassing the capsules. 7. L. elongata. 
1. Leucothoé axillaris (Lam.) D. Don. An evergreen shrub 1-2 m. tall, with 
puberulent twigs. Leaf-blades leathery, oval, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 4-15 cm. long, 
acute or acuminate, rather remotely serrate, revolute, often sparingly pubescent beneath, 
acute to rounded at the base ; petioles 0.5-1 cm. long: racemes axillary, 2-7 cm. ec 
simple or compound : bracts broadly ovate, 2-3 mm. long, acute: pedicels 1-4 mm. ag 
minutely pubescent : calyx 4-5 mm. broad : sepals ovate, 2 mm. long, acute : corolla white, 
cylindric-ovoid, 5-6 mm. long: capsules spheroidal, 6-7 mm. broad. 
In damp woods and swamps near the coast, Virginia to Florida and Alabama. Spring. 
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2. Leucothoé platyphylla Small. A straggling shrub 0.5-1 m. tall, with sprea 
or drooping branches, the twigs and branches Rach pubescent. Leaf-blades suborbicular to 
oval, broadly oblong or oblong-ovate, 5-8 cm. long, abruptly pointed or slightly acuminate, 
serrulate with very fine spinulose teeth, especially above the middle ; petioles am 2 
mm. long, pubescent: racemes 2-5 cm. long; rachis pubescent like the twigs: pe s 
. L. recurva 
