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Kalmia angustifolia, L. (Lambkill, Sheep Laurel.) Common 

 in pastures. 



Kalmia glaiica, Ait. Mr. S. P. FoTvler states that he found this 

 species at Wenham, growing with the Andromeda polifolia; aud Dr. 

 Chas. Pickering collected it, he thought in Gloucester, about 1845, 

 but it has not been seen of late. 



Azalea viseosa, L. (Swamp Pink.) Common in wet places. 

 Var. glauca, with the under sides of the leaves white ; grows near 

 Wenham Pond. 



Azalea nudiflora, L. (Purple Azalea.) Reported from one or 

 two localities, but not represented in the Essex County collection at 

 the Peabody Academy of Science. 



Rhodora Canadensis, X. This beautiful plant is to be found in 

 nearly every part of the county, sometimes growing six feet high. 



Ledum latifolium. Ait. Dr. Chas. Pickering collected this 

 species in the county, about 1824. 



[Moneses unijaora, four species of Pyrola, and the two species 

 of Chimaphila, are found in the county.] 



AQUIFOLIACE^. 



(HOLLY Family.) 



Ilex opaca, Ait. (American Holly.) This plant, so abundant 

 on Cape Cod, is found on Cape Ann in one locality where there are a 

 few trees in an out-of-the-way place, whether introduced by man or 

 by other means, it is not known. Specimens have been communicated 

 from this locality, by Mr. Frank Lufkin, of Pigeon Cove. 



Ilex verticillata, Gray. (Black Alder.) The beautiful scarlet 

 berries of this species make it very attractive in the fall, along road- 

 sides, where it is common. 



Ilex laevigata, Gray. This resembles the last, but is not so 

 abundant. 



Ilex glabra. Gray. (Inkberry.) The fruit of this species is 

 black. It is found in the Wenham and Magnolia swamps. 



Nemopanthes Canadensis, D C. (Mountain Holly.) Found 

 in various moist localities throughout the county, forming at times a 

 tree of considerable size. 



BIGNONIACEJS. 



(BIGXOXIA Family.) 



Tecoma radicans, and the CataJpa bignonioides, natives westward, 

 are always found in cultivation in the older towns. 



