168 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 
Il. 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-parted. 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. Sueer LAurex. 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, recurved in fruit. Calyx downy, persistent. 
Style persistent ; capsule depressed-globose. On hillsides; abundant 
northward.* 
2. K. latifolia, L. Carico Busan, Mountain Laure. 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 corolla glandular; pedicels long, 
slender, sticky-glandular, erect in fruit; calyx and style persistent. 
Shady banks on rocky or sandy soil.* 
Ill. 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. Witp 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. SraccEr-Busu. 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 
