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ARBORETUM AND FKUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



2. K. ANGL'STiFo^LiA L. The narrow-leaved Kalmia. 

 Lin. Sp., 561. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept, 1. p. S96. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 850. 



Lodd. Bot. Cab.,t. 5C2. ; Catesb. Car., 3. t. 17. f. 1. ; Trew 



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Identificatimi. 



ed. 18.36. 

 Sytumyme. Sheen Laurel, Amer. 

 Ettgravings. Curt. Bot. Mag., L .1.'3l 



Ehrh.. t.;38. f. i ; and oxixjig. 960. 



Spec. Char., c^r. Leaves petiolate, scattered, or 3 in a 

 whorl, oblong, obtuse, rather rusty beneath. Corymbs 

 lateral. Bracteas linear. Peduncles and calyxes clothed 

 with glandular pubescence. (Duties Mi//., iii. p. 850.) 

 Flowers dark red. This shrub is called sheep laurel, 

 because it is considered poisonous to slieep. A shrub, 

 growing from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high ; a native of North 

 America, from Canada to Carolina, in bogs, swamps, 

 and sometimes in dry mountain lands. It was intro- 

 duced in 173G, and flowers from May to July. 



Varieti/. — 1 



• K. a. 2 ovdta Pursh Fl. Amer. ij^ept., i. p. "296., is a native of New 

 Jersey, on the mountains, with broader leaves and a taller stem. 



«. 3. K. GLAU'cA Ait. The glaucous- /caw(/ Kalmia. 



Identification Ait. Hort Kew.,ed. 2,,p.6t. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. £96. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 850. 

 Si/noni/tne. K, /jolif6lia HVin^A. .let. Sue. iSerot., 8. p. 129. t. 5. 



Enerdvini>s. CurL Bot. Mag., t. 177. ; Lam. 111., t. 'iKX ; L'Ht'rit .Stirp. Nov., 2. t. 9. ; Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab., t 1508. ; Wangh. Act. Soc. BcroL, 8. p 129. t. 5. ; and our fig. 961. 



Spec. Cliar., Sfc. Branchlets somewhat 2-edged. 

 Leaves opposite, on short petioles, oblong, smooth 

 glaucous beneath, with revolute edges. Corymbs 

 terminal, compound, bracteate. Pedicels and calyxes 

 glabrous. {Duns Mt//., iii. p. 850.) A very hand- 

 some, upright, small shrub, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. iiigh, with 

 pale red flowers. According to Nuttall, the flowers 

 are dis|)osed in terminal compound corymbs, each 

 corymb composed of 3 racemose corymbulcs ; and 

 the pedicels and calyxes are said by him to be clothed 

 with powdery viscid pubescence. A native of the 

 bogs of Canada, and on the borders of the mountain 

 lakes of New York and Pennsylvania, and of the 

 Island of Sitcha It was introduced in I7G7, and 

 flowers in April and May. The flower is comparable 

 to a miniature parasol : the corolla to the covering, 

 the stamens to the rays that keep the covering dis- 

 tended, and the style to the handle. 



Variety. 



M- A', g. 2 rosmarinifn/ia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., i. p. 296. — Leaves linear, 

 more revolute on the margins, and having the under surface green. 

 Mr. Pursh discovered this variety in a bog near Albany, and is 

 inclined to think it a distinct species. 



j» 4. K. cuneaVa jMic/ix. The wedge-shaped-Zearerf Kalmia. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 257.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 296.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 850. 



Spec. C/iar., Src. Leaves scattered, sessile, cuneate-oblong, glandularly pu- 

 bescent beneath, minutely armed at the apex. Corymbs lateral, few-flowered. 

 Branches twiggy. Leaves deciduous. Flowers white, red at the bottom, 

 disposed in sessile, lateral, fastigiate clusters. {I)on\ AH//., iii. p. 850.) A 

 shrub. 1 — 2 ft. high, a native of Carolina, on the mountains. It was intro- 

 duced in 1820, and flowers in May and June. 



The hairy Kalmia. 



Michx. 1"1. Bor. Amer., 1. 



5. K. hirsu'ta Wa/t. 



Identification. Walt. Fl. Carol., 138.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 296. 



p. 257. ; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 1 >8. 

 Si/nonyme. K. ciliita Bartr. Itin., 18. 

 Engravings. Curt. Bot. Mag., t. lo8. ; and our fig. 9ti2. 



