§S^ DECANDRTA MONOGYNTA. 



ovalihus, obtusis ; corol- | mina! ; seo;ments of 

 lis campanulaiis. Pu 



P- ^97^ I la campanul 



yx 



So. pi. 2. p. C06. M 



A shrub of the largest size, from 4-20 feet high Lfaves large, 

 thick, coriaceous, pereimiaU entire, whitish or ferruginous on the un- 

 der surface. Flowers in a compact, cone*like raceme, covered uka 



I 



oung with large, ovate, acuminate, fen uvjinous biacteas. Comlk 



arge, of an irregular funnul shape, ''^itajiten." declining to one side, 

 longer than the corolla. Germ superior, ."itijle as long as the sta- 



mens. 



Pursh describes three varieties of this beautiful shrub. 

 Var. a. roaeum ; with the corrolla of a pale ruse colour; the segments 



maily round; leaves obtuse at base. 

 b. album; with the corolla smaller, white; segments oblong j 



leaves acute at base. 



«.2>utpureum ; with the corolla purple; se-cments oblong: leaves 



obtuse at base, green on each surface. This last varietj 



grows to a large size, sometimes is found with a stem 19 



inches in diameter. 



This beautiful shrab grows in great profui^ion on the marsiins of 



mountain streams and lakes. It not onlv is not found in the low 



country, but iias never been reared to mj knowledge in gaidens It 



appears to require cool and perennial streams for its nourislunent and 

 BUpftort. 



Flowers June-July. Mountain laurel 



Its leaves are destructive to animals when forced by the severity 

 01 the winter to browse on them. 



2. PlNCI ATUM. 



R. foliis ovari-lanceo- I Leaves oval lanceolate, 



glabrous, witfi resinous 

 noso-punctatis ; umbHlis riots underneath ; umbels 

 terminaibus; corollisin. terminal; corolla funnel 



lundibulitorniibus;capsu. | shaped ; capsules Ion 

 lis elongaiis. i i j i 



Sp.pl 2 p. 607.^ Pursh, Lp.W ' 

 Khododendron minus, Mich. 1. p, 253. 



sometimes acuminTte'^i-f ' '"^'^ '^'^'i^^^^^ tranche- . Leaves oblong, 

 •nd wS^r''^';- '^1°". ^^' ^T^ ^^'"^^" "f ^he long rivers of Carolina 



FlorcrKiel^lS^^^^^ '^ ^'^' '^"^'^'^ branches of tlie Savannah. 



