ERICACEAE 885 



long ; limb 2.5-3 cm. broad, the lobes rounded, more or less crisped : capsule nearly 1 cm. 

 long. 



In sandy pine lands, western Florida. Spring. 



5. Rhododendron Cuthbertii Small. A branching straggling shrub 1-3.5 m. tall, 

 with resinous-dotted foliage. Leaf-blades elliptic, 3-7 cm. long, acute at both ends, 

 or acuminate at the apex, revolute, somewhat reticulated above, scurfy beneath ; petioles 

 5-10 mm. long, stout : flower-clusters rather dense : pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long : corolla clear 

 rose-colored ; tube narrowly funnelform, 1.5 cm. long, abruptly expanded about the mid- 

 dle ; limb about 3.5 cm. broad, the upper lobe copiously blotched : capsule oblong-ovoid, 

 8-12 mm. long. 



In sandy woods, middle Georgia. Spring. 



7. MENZIESIA J. E. Smith. 



Shrubs, with erect branching stems. Leaves alternate, deciduous : blades membra- 

 nous, entire. Flowers perfect, in terminal clusters. Sepals 4-5. Corolla white, greenish 

 or reddish, globose, campanulate or urn-shaped : lobes 4-5. Stamens 5, 8 or 10, included : 

 filaments flattened, sometimes dilated below: anthers elongated, awnless, opening by terminal 

 pores or chinks. Disk 8-10-lobed. Ovary 4-5-celled, usually 4-celled. Stigma truncate 

 or 4-5-lobed. Ovules numerous in each cavity. Capsule depressed or elongated, septici- 

 dally 4-valved. 



1. Menziesla pilosa (Michx. ) Pers. An asymmetrical shrub 0.5-2 m. tall, with 

 sparingly pubescent foliage. Bark scaly : leaf-blades membranous, elliptic to oval or 

 elliptic-oblanceolate, 1.5-5 cm. long, abruptly glandular-pointed, ciliate, glaucescent be- 

 neath, acute or acuminate at the base, short-petioled : flower-clusters loose : pedicels 1-2.5 

 cm. long, glandular-pubescent : calyx flattish, 2-2.5 mm. broad : sepals pectinate-ciliate : 

 corolla white or pink, ovoid becoming ovoid-campanulate, 6-7 mm. long ; lobes rounded, 

 shorter than the tube : capsules ovoid, 5-6 mm. long, bristly with gland-tipped rigid hairs. 



In mountain woods, Pennsylvania to Georgia and Alabama. Summer. 



8. KALMIA L. 



Evergreen shrubs or trees with glabrous or finely glandular-pubescent foliage. Leaves 

 alternate, opposite or whorled : blades entire, often lustrous, not ciliate. Flowei-s perfect, 

 showy, in terminal or axillary corymbs or umbels, the bracts early deciduous. Sepals 5, 

 leathery, persistent, obtuse or acute. Corolla white or pink, rotate : tube short, with 10 

 sacs : limb 10-keeled, with 5 rounded lobes. Stamens 10 : filaments shorter than the co- 

 rolla, straightening elastically at maturity : anthers awnless, opening by terminal pores at- 

 tached to the filaments near the top. Disk 10-lobed. Ovary 5-celled. Capsule spheroidal, 

 depressed at the apex, septicidally 5-valved. 



Inflorescence lateral : sepals not ciliate. 



Leaves mostly alternate : corolla 1.5 mm. broad : capsules 4-.5 mm. broad. 1. A', cuncata. 



Leaves mostly opposite or whorled : corolla 6-S mm. broad : capsules 3-3.5 mm. 

 broad. 

 Leaf-blades glabrous, at least at maturity : style glabrous. 2. K. angusiifolia. 



Leaf-blades permanently canescent-tomentulose, at least beneath ; style pu- 

 bescent. " 3. K. Carolina. 

 Inflorescence terminal : sepals ciliate. 4. K. latifolia. 



1. Kalmia cuneata Michx. A low branched shrub, with pubescent foliage. Leaves 

 mostly alternate, deciduous : blades spatulate or cuneate, 1.5-5 cm. long, mucronulate, spar- 

 ingly pubescent and pale beneath, deep green and somewhat shining above, sessile : clusters 

 few-flowered : pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long, becoming glabrous : sepals oblong, 3-3.5 mm. long : 

 corolla white or pinkish, about 1.5 cm. broad : capsules spheroidal, 4-5 mm. broad. 



In swamps, eastern North Carolina. Spring. White Wicky. 



2. Kalmia angustifolia L. A branched shrub 2-12 dm. tall, with glabra te foliage. 

 Leaves numerous, persistent ; blades leathery, oblong to lanceolate, 2-6 cm. long, usually 

 obtuse or acutish, slightly revolute, short-petioled : corymbs lateral, few-raany-flowered : 

 pedicels slender, 1-2 cm. long, minutely glandular : calyx glandular : sepals ovate, 1-1.5 

 mm. long : corolla purple to crimson, 6-8 mm. broad : style glabrous : capsules spheroidal, 

 3-3.5 mm. broad, minutely and inconspicuously glandular, on recurved pedicels. 



In various situations, Newfoundland to Hudson Bay, south to Georgia. Summer. Sheep Laurel. 

 Lambkill. Wicky. 



