Rhododendron ERICACEAE Kalmia 



south: Eastville (No). Fernald & Long, 5405, 12 Oct. 1935 (P); near 

 Kendall Grove (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5406, 15 Oct. 1935 (P). 

 May. 



Var. glandiferum (Porter) Rehder. 



Infrequent, New Castle and Cecil Counties. 

 R. canescens (Mx.) G. Don. {Azalea canescens Mx,) 



Infrequent, New Castle and Cecil Counties; one collection from 

 Sussex County: Millsboro, S. Brown, 21 Sept. 1907 (A). May, 

 June. 



R. atlanticum (Ashe) Rehder. {Azalea atlantica Ashe.) See Wilson 

 & Rehder: Monograph of Azaleas; Publ. Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, No. 9 (1921). 

 Frequent in sandy woods or open sandy ground of the Coastal 

 Plain; known from Cecil, New Castle, Kent (Del.), Caroline, Talbot, 

 Sussex and Somerset Counties. Fls. from about 10 May to 3 June. 

 A southern species, reaching the northern limit of its range near 

 the Fall Line. 



R. maximum L. Great Laurel. 



Rare: reported by Miss Mary R. de Vou to have been found at 

 Egg Hill (Ce), % mi. s. of Pleasant Hill, 28 June 1913; about 2 mi. 

 e. of Conowingo (Ce), Frank Morton Jones. No specimens seen. 



Kalmia L. Laurel. 

 K. angustifolia L. Sheep Laurel. 



Infrequent, in sandy soil of the Coastal Plain in Cecil and New 

 Castle Counties, chiefly near the Fall Line ; occasional farther south : 

 Frankford (S), Commons, 18 June 1875 (A); Bethel (S), R. R. Tat- 

 nall, 1403, 30 May 1932 (T). Fls. late May, early June, and excep- 

 tionally to early November. 



K. latifolia L. Mountain Laurel. 



Frequent in the Piedmont and northern part of the Coastal 

 Plain; occasional southward to Talbot and Sussex Counties: 4 mi. 

 n. w. of Easton (Ta), Earle, 810, 11 April 1936 (P); Selbyville (S), 

 W. R. Haden in 1927 (UD). Late May, June. 



Var. laevipes Fern., in Rhodora 42, 53. 1940. 



Rare, in dry woods of central Cecil County : near North East, 

 Long, 54428, 30 May 1940 (A); s. w. of Charlestown, Long, 

 54341, 26 May 1940 (A). 



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