﻿HEATH 
  FAMILY 
  181 
  

  

  H. 
  KALMIA 
  L. 
  

  

  Erect 
  and 
  branching 
  shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  opposite 
  

   or 
  in 
  threes, 
  entire, 
  leathery, 
  evergreen. 
  Flowers 
  showy, 
  in 
  

   corymbs, 
  or 
  1-3 
  in 
  the 
  axils. 
  Calyx 
  5-parted. 
  Corolla 
  flat- 
  

   bell-shaped 
  or 
  wheel-shaped, 
  5-lobed. 
  Stamens 
  10, 
  the 
  anthers 
  

   placed 
  in 
  pouches 
  in 
  the 
  corolla, 
  filaments 
  straightening 
  elas- 
  

   tically 
  at 
  maturity 
  and 
  so 
  bringing 
  the 
  anthers 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  

   any 
  large 
  insect-visitor. 
  Style 
  long 
  and 
  slender. 
  Capsule 
  glo- 
  

   bose, 
  5-celled, 
  many-seeded. 
  

  

  1. 
  K. 
  latifolia 
  L. 
  CALICO 
  BUSH, 
  MOUNTAIN 
  LAUREL. 
  A 
  shrub, 
  

   4-10 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Branches 
  stout, 
  smooth. 
  Leaves 
  mostly 
  alternate, 
  

   petioled, 
  elliptical 
  or 
  oval, 
  acute 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  smooth 
  and 
  green 
  on 
  

   both 
  sides. 
  Corymbs 
  terminal, 
  compound. 
  Flowers 
  white 
  to 
  rose 
  

   color, 
  showy, 
  1 
  in. 
  broad. 
  Calyx 
  and 
  corolla 
  glandular; 
  pedicels 
  

   long, 
  slender, 
  sticky-glandular, 
  erect 
  in 
  fruit 
  ; 
  calyx 
  and 
  style 
  per- 
  

   sistent. 
  Shady 
  banks 
  on 
  rocky 
  or 
  sandy 
  soil.* 
  

  

  2. 
  K. 
  angustifolia 
  L. 
  SHEEP 
  LAUREL, 
  LAMBKILL. 
  A 
  shrub, 
  1-3 
  ft. 
  

   high, 
  with 
  smooth, 
  nearly 
  erect 
  branches. 
  Leaves 
  petioled, 
  opposite 
  

   or 
  in 
  threes, 
  oblong, 
  obtuse 
  at 
  both 
  ends, 
  dark 
  green 
  above, 
  paler 
  

   beneath. 
  Corymbs 
  lateral, 
  glandular. 
  Flowers 
  purple 
  or 
  crimson, 
  

   ^-^ 
  in. 
  broad. 
  Pedicels 
  slender, 
  recurved 
  in 
  fruit. 
  Calyx 
  downy, 
  per- 
  

   sistent. 
  Style 
  persistent; 
  capsule 
  depressed-globose. 
  On 
  hillsides; 
  

   abundant 
  northward.* 
  

  

  in. 
  LYONIA 
  Nutt. 
  

  

  Shrubs 
  or 
  small 
  trees. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  persistent 
  or 
  fall- 
  

   ing 
  late. 
  Flowers 
  mostly 
  white, 
  in 
  panicles, 
  racemes, 
  or 
  umbels. 
  

   Calyx 
  5-parted 
  ; 
  corolla 
  urn-shaped. 
  Stamens 
  10 
  ; 
  filaments 
  

   hairy, 
  often 
  with 
  teeth 
  or 
  appendages 
  ; 
  anthers 
  oblong 
  or 
  ovoid. 
  

   Capsule 
  globose 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  5-angled. 
  Seeds 
  sawdust-like, 
  

   with 
  a 
  loose 
  outer 
  coat. 
  

  

  B. 
  Fl. 
  species 
  1 
  (Pieris) 
  ; 
  species 
  2 
  (Xolisma). 
  

  

  1. 
  L. 
  mariana 
  D. 
  Don. 
  STAGGERBUSH. 
  A 
  smooth 
  shrub, 
  20-40 
  

   in. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  oval 
  or 
  oblong, 
  smooth 
  above, 
  slightly 
  downy 
  on 
  

   the 
  veins 
  beneath. 
  Flowers 
  nodding, 
  on 
  leafless 
  shoots. 
  Filaments 
  

   with 
  2 
  teeth 
  near 
  the 
  apex. 
  Capsule 
  ovoid-pyramidal, 
  truncate 
  at 
  its 
  

   apex. 
  Low, 
  sandy 
  soil. 
  Foliage 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  poisonous. 
  

  

  2. 
  L. 
  ligustrina 
  DC 
  . 
  MALE 
  BERRY. 
  A 
  minutely 
  downy 
  shrub, 
  1A-10 
  

   ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  varying 
  from 
  obovate 
  to 
  ovate, 
  finely 
  serrate 
  or 
  entire. 
  

   Racemes 
  usually 
  leafless, 
  crowded 
  in 
  terminal 
  panicles. 
  Filaments 
  flat, 
  

   without 
  appendages. 
  Capsule 
  globose. 
  Moist 
  thickets 
  and 
  swamps. 
  

  

  