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14. KALMIA, L. American Latrel. 



Calyx 5-parte(l. Corolla between wheel-shaped and bell-sliaped,- 5-lobed, 

 furiiislied with 10 depressions in which the 10 anthers are severally lodged; 

 rthinieuts long and thread-form. Capsule globose, 5-celled, many-seeded. — 

 Evergreen mostly smooth shrubs, with alternate or opposite entire coriaceous 

 leaves, naked buds, and showy tiowers. (Dedicated to Peter Kalm, a pupil of 

 Linnseus, wlio travelled in this country about the middle of the last centui-y, 

 afterwards Pi'ofessor at Abo.) 



§ 1. Flowers in simple or clustered naked urnhel-like cori/mhs ; pedicels from the 

 axils of small and firm foliaceous persistent brads ; calyx smaller than the 

 pod, persistent ; leaves and branches glabrous, or nearlij so. 



1. K. latifolia, L. (Calico-bush. Mountain Laurel. Spoon-wood.) 

 Leaves nwstt ij alternate, bright green both sides, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acute 

 at each end, petioled ; flowers profuse, large and very showy, varying from 

 deep rose-color to nearly white ; corgmbs terminal, many-flowered, clammy- 

 pubescent ; pod depressed, glandular. — Rocky hills and damp soil, Canada 

 and Elaine, chiefly along the mountains to W. Fla., west to Ohio, ^\., and 

 Tenn. Usually a shrub 4 - S'^ ^ligh, but in the mountains from Penn. south- 

 ward forming dense thickets and often tree-like (10-30° high). May, June. 



2. K. angUStifolia, L. (Sheep Laurel. Lambkill. Wickv.) Shrub 

 ;-3° higli ; leaves commonlg opposite or in threes, pale or whitish underneath, 

 light green above, narrowlg oblong, obtuse, petioled ; corgmbs lateral (appearing 

 later than the shoots of the season), slightly glandular, many-flowered; pod 

 depressed, nearly smooth ; pedicels recurved in fruit. — Hillsides, Xewf. to 

 Mich., south to X. Ga. ; common. May, June. The flowers more crimson and 

 two tliirds smaller than in the last. 



3. K. glauca, Ait. (Pale Laurel.) Branchlets 2-edged ; leaves oppo- 

 site, nearlg sessile, oblong, white-glaucous beneath, with revohite margins ; corvml)S 

 terminal, few-flowered, smooth ; bracts large ; flowers ¥ broad, lilac-purple ; 

 pod ovoid, smooth. — Cold peat-hogs and mountains. Xewf. to Penn., Minn., 

 and northward. May, June. — Straggling, about 1° high. 



§ 2. Flowers scattered, solitary in the axils; calyx leaf g, larger than the pod 

 nearly equalling the corolla, deciduous; leaves and branches bristly-hairy. 



4. K. hirsuta, Walt. Branches terete ; leaves oblong or lanceolate (4'' 

 long), becoming glabrous. — Sandy pine-barren swamps, S. E. Va. to Fla 

 May -Sept. — Shrub 1° high; corolla rose-color. 



15. MENZIESIA, Smith. 



Calyx very small and flattish, 4-toothed or 4-lohed. Corolla cylindraceous- 

 urn-shaped and soon bell-shaped, obtusely 4-lobed. Stamens 8, included; an- 

 ther-cells opening at tlie top by an oblique pore. Capsule ovoid, woody, 

 4-celled, 4-valved, many-seeded. Seeds narrow, with a loose coat. — A low 

 shrub ; the straggling branches and the alternate deciduous leaves usually 

 hairy and ciliate with rusty rather cliaff-like bristles. P'lowers small, devel- 

 oped with the leaves, in terminal clusters from scaly buds, greenish-white ant! 

 purplish, nodding. (Xamed for Archibald ^fenzies, who in Vancouver's voy 

 age brought the original species from the Xorthwest Coast.) 



