MENZIESIA— KALMIA 89 



beyond the limits of the coniferous forests. Flowers usually in June, fruit 

 ripe in August. 



The leaves are said to have been used as tea by the Indians. 



Menziesia J. E. S m i t h 1791 

 (Named for Archibald Menzies) 



Shrubs, leaves thin, entire, deciduous ;. buds very scaly; flowers small, 

 in terminal clusters opening with the leaves, calyx small, of four united 

 sepals, corolla bell-shaped of four united petals, stamens 8 included, 

 anthers appendaged opening by terminal pores, pistil compound, 4-parted, 

 style thread-like, stigma 4-lobed ; fruit a 4-celled capsule, septicidal, many 

 seeded. 



A small genus of about seven species of North America and Japan. 



Menziesia glabella A. Gray 1878 



Bark grayish brown, shreddy; leaves obovate, petioled, entire, light 

 green above, pale and glaucous below, finely and sparsely rough hairy, 

 tips obtuse wedge-shaped, very slightly bristle tipped, base narrowly 

 wedge-shaped, 3-7 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, flowers in a terminal sessile 

 umbel, pedicels thread-like, about 3 cm. long, flowers about 7 mm. long, 

 calyx barely lobed, ciliate, corolla brownish ; seeds thread-like ; foliage with 

 a skunk-like odor : glabella, somewhat smooth. 



British Columbia to Oregon and Montana. Reported from Minnesota 

 Point, Duluth. It possibly occurs in the northeastern corner of Minne- 

 sota but there are no specimens in the herbarium of the University. Flow- 

 ers in May. 



Kalmia L i 11 n e 1753 American Laurel 

 (Named for Peter Kalm) 



Erect shrubs, sometimes very dwarf, leaves entire, leathery, evergreen ; 

 buds naked; sepals 5, united at base, corolla flat, wheel-shaped, of five 

 united petals furnished with ten small pouches in which the anthers are 

 situated in the bud and in the newly-opened flower, stamens 10, anthers 

 without appendages opening by terminal pores, pistil 5-parted, ovary 

 superior, style thread-like, stigma slightly enlarged ; fruit a five-celled 

 capsule, septicidal, many-seeded : seeds small, round. 



A genus of six species of North America and Cuba. None of the 

 other species reach as far west as Minnesota. 



