PLATE XX XL 



1. K ALMI A G LA UCA. 



GLAUCOUS KALMIA. 



This genus contains plants ol" llic hardy evergreen shrubby 

 kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Decaiiclria Monogyniu, and ranks 

 in the natural order of" Bionics. 



The characters arc: that llic calyx is a rivc-))artcd perianthium, 

 small, permanent: segments subovate, acute, rather columnar: the 

 corolla one-j)elalled, salver-funnel-form : tube cylindric, longer than 

 the calyx: border with a flat disk ; the margin uprighl, halt-five-clef't: 

 ten nectariferous hornlels projecting outwardly ti'oni the corolla, and 

 surrounding it where the border of it is upright: the stamina have 

 ten awl-shapcd filaments, ui)right-si)rcading, rather sliurler than the 

 corolla, inserled into the base of the corolla: anthers simple: the 

 pistillum is a roundish germ : style-lhn ad-toi ni, longcM- than the co- 

 rolla: bent down: sligma obtuse: the peril arpium a capsule, sub- 

 globose, depressed, five-celled, (ive-valved, iive-parlite: the seed 

 numerous. 



The species cultivated are: 1. K.lafit'ofla, liroad-leaved Kalmia; 

 2. A", aiigiistifo/ia. Narrow-leaved Kalmia; 3. A', g/aiica. Glaucous 

 Kalmia; 4. A. hivsuta. Hairy Kalmia. 



The fust rises with a branching stalk to the height of len or twelve 

 feet, wilh very stiff leaves, which arc two inches long and one broad, 

 of a lucid green on their up|)er side, but of a pah; green on their 

 under: they have short foot-stalks, and stand without order lound 

 the branches: between these the buds are (brined Ibi' ihe next year's 

 flowers, at the extremity of ihe branches; these butls swell during 



