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4. frondosu? Ph. Every part of the plant densely and 

 puiverulenily villous: leaves oblong-, or oblong-obovate, 

 partly obtuse, under side furfuraceously villous, ofien ferl 

 ruginous, coriaceous and opaque, deciduous, prominently 

 veined benealh, margin revolute, entire, and scabrous; 

 panicle terminal, frondose? "corolla globose, hispid (pul 

 bescent?) anthers awned." Ph. I can scarcely entertain a 

 doubt of the anthers being avvnless in this species as well 

 as in the preceding, although I am not certain whether this 

 plant be that which he has described. Capsule roundish, 

 pubescent, pentangular in consequence of the applicatioii 

 of tlie 5 narrow accessary valvules, which are, however, 

 much less conspicuous than in the sempervirent species; 

 seeds subulate, longiuidi rally imbricated. 



Were not this group of species so perfectly natural and 

 easy to distinguish from the genuine Andromedas, it might 

 have been retained as a subgeneric section of that genus, 

 notwithstanding the singular structure of the capsule. , 



382. KALMIA. L, (Calico-bush, American Lau- 

 rel.) 



Calix 5-parted. Corolla salverform; border 

 on the under side producing 10 cornute protu- 

 berances, and as many cavities in which the 

 anthers are concealed. Capsule 5 -celled, many- 

 seeded, dissepiments marginal. 



Shrubs with alternate or ternately verticillated and 

 sempervirent leaves, (except, K. cuneata in which they 

 are deciduoifs;) flowers in terminal racemose compound- 

 ed corymbs, in one species solitary and axillary; pedun- 

 cles long, 1-flowered, tribracteate at the base,' external 

 bracte originating from the racl.is; buds naked; (anthers 

 opening by 2 oblique truncate pores.) 



Species. 1. K. latifoUa. Canada to Georgia. 2 an- 

 gusiifolia. 3. glauca. Obs. Branches terete, branchlets 

 mostly triquetrous with the leaves ternate: leaves petio- 

 late, subovate-oblong obtuse, nearly flat, scattered and 

 ternate, every where smooth, glaucous on the under side, 

 at lengih dependent; corymbs terminal, compound; co- 

 rymbulets racemose, ternate; flowers subfastigiate, pedun- 

 cle with 3 bractes at the base, disposed in 2 contrary series, 

 puiverulenily and viscidly pubescent as well as the calixj 

 segment of the calix ovate acute; flower salverform, mar- 

 gin crenatel} lobed; anthers opening by 2 oblique trun- 

 cate pores; stigma truncate entire. 4:. cvneafa. Obs- Stem 



