172 GAMOPETALOUS EXOGENS 



245. KAL.IU'IA, L. 



[Dedicated to Peter Kalm,a Swedish Botanist.] 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla between rotate and campanulate, 5-lobed, 

 furnished with 10 depressions, in which the 10 obliquely bifid an- 

 thers are severally held until they begin to shed their pollen. Cap- 

 sule depressed-globose, 5-celled, 5-valved; seeds numerous, minute. 

 Evergreen shrubs: leaves entire; flowers in umbel-like corymbs. 



1. EL. latif olia, L. Leaves scattered and ternate, oval-lanceo- 

 late, green on both sides ; corymbs terminal. 



BROAD-LEAVED KALMIA. Common Laurel, Calico-bush. 



Stem 3 or 4 to 8 or 10 feet high, with irregular crooked straggling branches. 

 Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, and about an inch wide ; petioles %to% of an inch in 

 length, flowers rather large, pale red (sometimes white), in spreading corymbs; 

 pedicels about an inch long, viscid-pubescent, with 3 bracts at base. 

 Hob. Shaded, rocky hills; along streams: frequent. Fl. May. Fr. Sept. 



Obs. KALM says the Swedes called this "Spoon tree," because 

 the Indians made spoons from its wood. With great deference to 

 the decision of LINNAEUS, this genus of beautiful Evergreens is the 

 one which, in my humble opinion, ought to have commemorated 

 the merits of JOHN BARiRAM,-r-the Botanical Patriarch of our 

 country. 



2. K. aillistif olia, L. Leaves opposite and ternate, linear- 

 elliptic, paler or slightly russet beneath ; corymbs lateral. 

 NARROW-LEAVED KALMIA. Sheep Laurel. Dwarf Laurel. 



Stems about 2 feet high, slender, somewhat branching. Leaves 1 to 2 inches 

 long, and about half an inch wide ; petioles % to % an inch in length. Flowers 

 small, bright deep crimson, in lateral corymbs, in the axils of the ternate leaves, 

 and thus appearing verticillate ; pedicels filiform, % to % of an inch in length, 

 with 3 unequal bracts at base. 

 Hob. Woods, and thickets ; Great Valley : rare. Fl June. Fr. Octo. 



SUBORDER III. PYROLE V AE. 



Calyx free from the ovary, 5-parted, persistent; petals 5, distinct! or nearly so, 

 concave, deciduous; capsule 3- to 5-celled, loculicidally dehiscent; seed-coat loose, 

 cellular and translucent. Suffruticose humble Evergreens. 



246. PYR'Ol-A, L. 



[Lat. diminutive of Pyrus,thQ pear-tree; from a fancied resemblance in the foliage.] 

 Petals more or less converging, obovate or oblong. Stamens 10 ; 

 filaments subulate, naked ; anthers partly 4-celled, inverted in the 

 bud, opening by 2 pores at the scarcely 2-horned summit. Style 

 long, mostly declined or curved; stigmas 5, often with a distinct 

 ring beneath, or confluent with the ring, and peltate. Capsule de- 

 pressed-globose, 5-celled, 5-valved from the base upward, many- 

 seeded; valves woolly on the edges. Leaves mostly radical; flowers 

 racemose, on a scaly-bracted scape. 



f Style curved; stigmas exserted beyond the ring. 



1. P. rotuiicli folia, L. Leaves orbicular, thick, coriaceous 

 and shining, usually shorter than the margined petiole. 

 ROUND-LEAVED PYROLA. 



