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HAB. Mountains. Penn. to Car. June. *?. Shrub 4 feet 

 high. Leaves very hairy when young. Flowers yellowish-brown. 



6. KALMIA. Linn. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corol salver-form ; border on the under 

 side producing 10 cornute protuberances and as many cavi- 

 ties in which the anthers are concealed. Capsule 5-celled, 

 many-seeded ; dissepiments marginal. 



Decandria, Monogynia. 



1. K. glauca Ait. : branches ancipitous ; leaves opposite, subsessile, 

 oblong, smooth, glaucous beneath, revolute on the margin ; corymbs 

 terminal and axillary, bracteate ; peduncles and calyx very smooth. 

 b* rosmarini/olia Pursh: leaves linear, conspicuously revolute, 



nearly green beneath. 



HAB. Sphagnous swamps. N. S. N. to Arc. Amer. June, July. 

 1? . Shrub 12 18 inches high, with opposite, lanceolate leaves. 

 Flowers pale rose coloured, in terminal corymbs or umbels, Var. 

 b. is found in a swamp two miles east of this city. 



Glaucous Kalmia. 



12. K. angustifolia Linn. : leaves scattered or ternate, petiolate, ob- 

 long, obtuse, slightly ferruginous beneath ; corymbs lateral-linear ; pe- 

 duncles and calyx glandular-pubescent. 



HAB. Sandy woods. Can. to Car. June, July. T?. Shrub 

 12 18 inches high. Leaves entire, somewhat glaucous beneath. 

 Flowers deep rose colour, in lateral corymbs, forming a kind of 

 whorl around the stem. Sheep 'Laurel. 



3. K. latifolia Linn. : leaves on long petioles, scattered and ternate, 

 oval,, coriaceous, green on both sides ; corymbs terminal, viscidly pu- 

 bescent. 



HAB. Hills and mountains. N. Y. to Car. June, July. *?. 

 Shrub 4 10 feet high, with large leaves and Jlowers, which are 

 arranged in terminal corymbs. Corol rose coloured. Medici- 

 nal. Big. Med. Bot. i. 133. Mountain Laurel. Calico Bush. 



7. EPIG^A. Linn. 



Calyx large, 5-parted, with 3 bracts at the base. Corol 

 salver-form ; border 5-parted, spreading ; tube villous within. 

 Slamens 10. Capsule 5-celled. Receptacle 5-parted. 



Decandria. Monogynia. 



E. repens Linn. : branches, nerves of the leaves and petioles very 

 hairy. ; leaves on long petioles, cordate-ovate, very entire ; corol sub- 

 cylindrical. 



HAB. Side hills, roots of pines. Can. and" N. S. April. ^>. 

 A small trailing and creeping evergreen. Flowers white, ting- 

 ed with red, very fragrant. Ground Laurel. 



