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glauca. 



rosmarinifo- 

 Jia. 



cuneata. 



angusiifolia. 



ovatp. 



latifolia. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYKIA. Kalmis, 



K. ciliata. bartr. it. 18. 



Icon. Bot.mag. 138. 



In barren pine-woods : South Carolina and Georgia. I? . 

 June - Aug. v. v. A beautiful little shrub, but difficult 

 to cultivate J leaves small, like thyme ; flowers large, 

 red. 



2. K. ramulis ancipitibus, foliis oppositis subsessilibus ob- 



longis laevibus subtus glaucis margine revolutis, corym- 

 bis terminalibus bracteatis, pedunculis calycibusque 

 glaberrimis. — Ait. kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 47. iVilld. sp. 

 pi. 2. p. 601. 



K. polifolia. IVangh. act. soc. lerol. 8, p. 129. t. 5. 



Icon. Bot. viag. 177. Jit. kew. 2. t. 8. Lam. illustr. 363. 

 /3.K. foliis linearibus magis revolutis subtus viridibus. 



In bogs of Canada and on the borders of mountain-lake.s 

 of New York and Pensylvania. Ij . April, May. v. v. 

 An upright, small shrub ; flowers pale red, very hand- 

 some The variety )3. I discovered in a bog near Al- 

 bany, New York, and am inclined to think it a distinct 

 species. 



3. K. foliis sparsis sessilibus cuneato-oblongis subtus pubes- 



centibus apice minutim aristatis, coryrpbis lateralibus 

 paucifloris. Mich.Ji. arner. 1. p. 257. 

 On the mountains of Carolina. Michaux. Tj. +. 

 Flowers white, with red at the bottom. Resembles 

 the following one in some respects, but is distinct } the 

 leaves are like those of Azalea, Mich. 



4. K, foliis ternis petiolatis oblongis obtusis subtus subfer- 



rugineis, corymbis lateralibus, bracteis linearibus, 

 pedunculis calycibusque glanduloso-pubescentibus. — 

 Ait. kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 4?. JVilld. sp. pi 2. p. 6OI, 



Icon. Bot. waor. 331. Catesb. car. 3. t. 17./. 1. Tren) 

 ehret. t. 38 /• 2. 

 /3. K. foliis latioribus subovatis, caule altiore. 



In bogs and swamps, and sometimes in dry mountain 

 lands : Canada to Carolina. /3. New Jersey mountains, 

 Tj . May— July. v. v. A shrub from one to two 

 feet high ; flowers dark red ; known by the name of 

 Sheep Laurel, being considered very poisonous when 

 fed upon by sheep. 

 5. K, foliis longe petiolatis sparsis ternisque ovalibus utrin- 

 que laevigatis et subconcoloribus, corymbis terminali- 

 bus viscido-pubescentibus. — fVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 6OO. 



