422 DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. kalmia, 



281. KALMIA. L. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla hypocrateriform ; border 

 on the under side producing 10 cornute protuberances, 

 in which the anthers are concealed. Capsule S-celled, 

 many- seeded ; dissepiments marginal. Gen. pi. 743. 

 JVutt. Gen. I. p. 267. Juss. p. 158. Lam. III. 

 t. 363., Nat. Ord. RHODODENDRACEiE Juss. 



American Laurel. — -Calico-bush. 



1. K. latifolia L, : leaves on long petioles, scattered and 

 ternate, coriaceous, green on both sides; corjmbs terminal, 

 viscidly pubescent. Will d. Spec. U. \). 600. Bot. Mas. 

 175. Mich. Fl. I. p. 253. Mich. f.Arb. III. 147. t. 5 

 Pnr<sh Fl. I. p. 296. B i g. Bost. p. 103. Ejusd. Med. 

 BoM. p. .t. 13. Elliott S/cc I. ip.ASl. W aU, Car. 

 p. 13B. Wang. Amer. 64. t. 24. f. 50. Andromeda foliis 

 ovatis, corollis corymboois, &;c. Gron. Virg. 160,. Ga- 

 te s b. Car. II. t. 90. 



A shrub 4 — 15 feet high, with very crooked irregular branches j 

 ivood hard and dense. Leaves sempervirent, 2 — 3 inches 

 lon^, very smooth and shining, acute at each extremity ; the 

 U'der surface nearly of the same colour with the upper, 

 Flowers large, in terminal corymbs; fiediceis an inch long,tri- 

 bracteate at the base. Teeth of the ccilyjr acute. Corolla 

 rose-colour, with a very short tube, and a large spreading bor- 

 der. .Stamens declinaie 5 the anM<?rs lodged in the depressions 

 of the corolla, but at length liberated elastically at different 

 times. S^y/e filiform, persistent ; sr/^;«a capitate. Ca/isule 

 depressed-glob'jse. Seeds very minute, much compressed, at° 

 tached to the central receptacle, 



Hab. On rocky hills and on mountains; common. June — July/ 

 Mic haux, the younger, remarks, that the west end of 

 Long-Island, and the vicinity of Poughkeepsie, New-York, 

 are the northern limits of this plant. Dr. Big-eloiv, how- 

 ever, found it in great quantities at Cape- Ann, Massachusetts. 

 It also occurs on the Hudson as far north as the Catskill 

 Mountains, where it sometimes attains the height of 20 feet. 



2, K. angustifolla L. : leaves ternate, petiolate, obtuse, 

 slightly ferruginous beneath; corymbs linear; peduncles and 

 calyx glandular-pubescent. W il I d. Spec. IL p. 601. Bot, 

 Mag. 331. M i c h. FL I. p. 257. P.ursh FL I. p. 296, 

 Big. Bost. p. 103. Elliott Sk. I. p. 482. Wang. 

 Amer. p. 65. t. 24, f. 51. K. ^Inuca Ku 1 1. Gen. I. p. 267 ? 

 Andromeda, Cold. XovcbolOO.. Gates b. Car. III. L 



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