168 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 



II. KALMIA, L. 



Erect and branching shrubs. Leaves alternate, opposite 

 or in threes, entire, leathery, evergreen. Flowers showy, in 

 corymbs or 1-3 in the axils. Calyx 5-parte(l. Corolla flat- 

 bell-shaped or wheel-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 10, the anthers 

 placed in pouches in the corolla, filaments straightening elas- 

 tically at maturity and so bringing the anthers in contact with 

 any large insect-visitor. Style long and slender. Capsule 

 globose, 5-celled, many-seeded. 



1. K. angustifolia, L. Sheep Laurel. A shrub, 1-3 ft. high, 

 with smooth, nearly erect branches. Leaves petioled, opposite or in 

 threes, oblong, obtuse at both ends, dark green above, paler beneath. 

 Corymbs lateral, glandular. Flowers purple or crimson, ^-^ in 

 broad ; pedicels slender, recmwed in fruit. Calyx downy, persistent. 

 Style persistent ; capsule depressed-globose. On hillsides ; abundant 

 northward.* 



2. K. latifolia, L. Calico Bush, Mountain Laurel. A shrub, 

 4-10 ft. high. Branches stout, smooth. Leaves mostly alternate, 

 petioled, elliptical or oval, acute at each end, smooth and green on 

 both sides. Corymbs terminal, compound. Flowers white to rose- 

 color, showy, 1 in. broad. Calyx and coroUa glandular; pedicels long, 

 slender, sticky-glandular, erect in fruit ; calyx and style persistent. 

 Shady banks on rocky or sandy soil.* 



m. ANDROMEDA, L. 



A small shrub, with scaly buds. Leaves alternate. 

 Flowers in nearly terminal umbels, white or pink. Sepals 4. 

 Corolla hypogynous, globose, with a 5-cleft, reflexed limb. 

 Stamens 10, hypogynous, not projecting beyond the corolla; 

 filaments bearded. Ovary 5-celled ; style simple ; stigma 

 obtuse or enlarged. Capsule somewhat globose, 5-valved. 

 Seeds small, smooth and hard. 



1. A. polifolia, L. Wild Rosemary. Stems long, rooting at 

 the base, with somewhat erect, twiggy, smooth branches, 6-18 in. 

 high. Leaves elliptical-lanceolate, smooth and shining, thick and 

 evergreen. Flowers small, purplish. "Wet bogs, common N. 



2. A. Mariana, L. Stagger-bush. Usually smooth, 2-4 ft. high. 

 Leaves moderately thin and deciduous, oblong or oval, 1-3 in. long. 

 Flowers rather small, white or pinkish, nodding, in racemes on the 



