286 EKic'Ac'E.-E. (HEATH FAMILY.) 



flowered, disposed in compound more or less leafy pauicled racemes ; fila- 

 ments hairy. Margins of swamps. May. Shrub 3 -4 high. Leaves 2' 

 long. .Flowers very small. 



9. OXYDENDRUM, DC. SOUK-WOOD, SORREL-TREE. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla ovate, 5-toothed. (Stamens 10: anthers awnless, 

 opening by terminal chinks ; the cells acuminate. Capsule conical, 5-angled, 

 5-celled, many-seeded. Seeds ascending. A small tree, with deciduous ob- 

 long serrulate acuminate leaves, on slender petioles, and white flowers in long 

 and slender 1-sided terminal pauicled racemes. 



1. O. arboreum, DC. Hich woods. April - May. Tree 15-40 

 high.- Leaves 4' - 6' long, sour. Corolla pubescent. 



10. KALMIA, L. LAUREL. 



Calyx 5 parted. Corolla depressed-campanulate or rotate, 5-lobed, with 10 

 cavities at the sides in which the anthers are lodged. Filaments elastic. 

 Style single. Stigma capitate. Capsule globose, 5-celled, 5-valved, many- 

 seeded. Shrubs, with entire alternate opposite or whorled evergreen leaves, 

 and showy white or rose-colored flowers. 



* Flowers in corymbs. 



1. K. latifolia, L. (CALICO-BUSH.) Branches smooth; leaves mostly 

 alternate, petioled, elliptical, acute at each end, green on both sides ; corymbs 

 terminal, viscid ; corolla large, varying from white to deep rose-color. Shady 

 banks, Florida, and northward. May -June. Shrub 4- 10 high. Leaves 

 shining. 



2. K. angUStifolia, L. (SHEEP LAUREL.) Branches smooth ; leaves 

 petioled, opposite or three in a whorl, narrowly oblong, obtuse, pale or glau- 

 cous beneath; corymbs lateral, glandular ; flowers small, deep rose-color. 

 Barren hills, chiefly in the upper districts. April - May. Shrub 2 -3 high. 



3. K. cuneata, Michx. Branches pubescent ; leaves sessile, alternate, 

 wedge-oblong, pubescent beneath, bristle-pointed ; corymbs lateral ; flowers 

 white. Swamps, South and North Carolina, not common. A small shrub. 



* * Flowers solitary, axillary, 



4. K. hirsuta, Walt. (WICKY.) Hirsute; stems low, very leafy ; leaves 

 small (.1' long), oblong or oval, the margins revolute ; calyx lobes leafv ; flow- 

 ers numerous, pale or deep rose-color ; pedicels slender, longer thazi the leaves. 

 Flat pine barrens, Florida and Georgia. June - Sept. Shrub 6' - 1 8' high. 



11. MENZIESIA, Smith. 



Calyx 4-toothed. Corolla ovoid, 4-toothed. Stamens 8, included : anthers 

 awnless, opening by terminal pores. Stigma obtuse. Capsule woody, 4- 

 celled, 4-valved, opening septicidally, many-seeded. Shrubs, with entire 

 alternate membranaceous leaves, and nodding greenish white flowers in ter- 

 minal clusters, appearing with the leaves. 



1. M. globularis, Salisb. Mountains of North Carolina. July. A 

 straggling shrub, 3-6 high. Leaves deciduous, oblong, acute, hairy, glau- 

 cous beneath, glandular-pointed. 



