DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Kalmia. 
Icon. Bot. mag.175. Wangh. amer. t. 24. f. 50. Catest. 
car. 2. t. 08. 
On the sides of stony hills: Canada to Carolina. h. 
June, July. v.v. A shrub from three to eight feet 
high, very elegant when in flower ; called Laurel or 
in the mountains Ca//ico-bush. The whole of this 
genus are evergreen, | 
360. EPIGJEA. Gen. pl. 748. 
1. E. ramis petiolis nervoque hirsutissimis, foliis cordato- 
ovatis integerrimis, corollis cylindricis.— W illd. sp. 
pl. 2. p. 615. 
Icon. Bot. rep. 102. Lam. illustr. 1. 307. f. 1. Pluk, 
alm. t. 107. f. 1. : 
On shady rocks and in stony woods : Canada to Carolina. 
b.May—July. v.v. A small trailing and creeping 
plant ; flowers white, tinged with red, very fragrant. 
361. RHODODENDRON. Gen. pl. 746. 
1. R. arborescens ; foliis oblongis acutis subtus discoloribus, 
umbellis terminalibus, calycis laciniis ovalibus obtusis, 
corollis campanulatis.— Willd. sp. pl. 2: p. 606. 
æ. R. foliis elliptico-oblongis convexis basi obtusiusculis 
. subtus albicantibus vel ferrugineis, coroll laciniis sub- 
rotundis, stylo staminibus vix longiore, floribus albi- 
R. maximum. Schmidt arb. t. 121. Bot. mag. 951. Lona. 
: Lam. illustr. 364, - z E ae 
B. R. foliis cuneato-lanceolatis planis basi sensim acutis sub- 
tus pallidioribus, corollz laciniis rotandato-oblongis, 
stylo staminibus vix longiore, floribus minoribus 
i : albidis. 
= Y-R. altissimum ; foliis majoribus oblongo-ellipticis pla- 
EC niusculis basi obtusiusculis utrinque viridibus, corollae 
3 
giore, floribus purpurascentibus. 
a. In the mountains, near rivulets and lakes : Canada to 
Carolina. §. In shady cedar-swamps of New Jersey 
and Delaware, y. On the highest mountains of Vir- 
B. July, Aug. y. May, June. v. v. This elegan t 
shrub, Sei iu varieties, grows from four to twenty 
ginia and Carolina, near lakes. h. a. June, July, | 
feet high ; flowers large and in great abundance. The 
. laciniis oblongis obtusis, stylo staminibus paulo lon- 
repens. 
roseum, 
album. 
purpureum. 
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