FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 



swamps, also on dry hills near the site of exsiccated peat swamps, 

 Cavil I e. A low, straj;i:j;ling shrub, with white flowers in pani- 

 cles, like diminutive blueberry blossoms. June. {Andromeda 

 ligustrina Muhl.) 



CHAM^EDAPHNE M.knch. 



C. calyculata (L.) Moench. Lkather-i.kak. Common. Rare 

 in the Chemung valley. Found in bogs and marshes, where it 

 forms low thickets ofter acres in extent and grows so luxuriantly 

 that other plants are excluded. Stems about two feet high; 

 leaves oblong, nearly evergreen, in autumn turning russet and 

 remaining on the plant until spring; flowers white, urn- 

 shaped, in leafy racemes. Flower-buds of this and the preced- 

 ing species formed in autumn and quite prominent in winter. 

 May. {Cassandra calyculata Don.) 

 KALMIA L. 



K. latifolia L. Mountain Lalrkl. Calico-bi;sh. Spoonwood. 

 Abundant oh rocky hillsides and often on the borders of swamps. 

 Rare in the Chenango valley, and not common in Broome 

 county. Shrub sometimes ten feet high, but usually much 

 lower; leaves thick, shining, evergreen; flowers large, saucer- 

 shaped, angular, pink or white, in terminal cor^^mbs. Re- 

 puted to be poisonous. One of our showiest wildflowers. June. 



K. angustifolia L. Narrow-leaved Lairel. Shkep Laurel. 

 Lamh-kill. Found only in the eastern part of our territory, but 

 there abundant, growing in swamps and bogs. Not noted from 

 Broome county west. A lower shrub than the preceding, with 

 narrower leaves, and much smaller, deep pink flowers, in axil- 

 lary fascicles, on the young shoots. June. 



K. glauca Ait. Glaucous Laikkl. Pale Laurel. Smooth 

 Laurel. Rare. Found in swamps and on boggy shores. But- 

 ler and Goodrich Lakes, Hoy. Churchill Lake, Graves. Bog 

 near Union, Clute. North of Barton, Fenno. The only stations. 

 Stems low; branches two-edged; leaves narrow, white-glaucous 

 beneath, the margins revolute ; flowers middle-sized, lilac-purple. 

 May, June. 



AZALEA L. 



A. nudiflora L. Mayflower. Pink.ster. Swamp Pink. 

 HoNKV.srcKLK. Pink Azalea. Common in woods and 



