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nal hoary racemes. Bracts deciduous. (KX^pa, the ancient Greek name of thu 

 Alder, which this genus somewhat resembles in foliage.) 



1. C. illiiifolm, L. Leaves wedge-obovate, sharply serrate, entire towards 

 the base, prominently straight-veined, smooth, green both sides ; racemes ujiright, 

 panicled; bracts shorter than the flowers; filaments smooth. Wet copses, Maine 

 to Virginia near the coast, and southward. Shrub 3 -10 high, covered in 

 July and August with handsome fragrant blossoms. In the South are varieties 

 with the leaves rather scabrous, and pubescent or white-downy beneath. 



2. C. ac'lliiiiiiatii, Michx. Leaves oval or oblong, pointed, thin, finely 

 serrate (5' -7' long), pale beneath; racemes solitary, drooping ; bracts longer than 

 the flowers ; filaments and pods hairy. Woods in the Alleghanics, Virginia 

 and southward. July. A tall shrub or small tree. 



13. P1IYJL.L.6DOCE, Salisb. PHYLLODOCE. 



Corolla urn-shaped or bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Stamens 10 : anthers pointless, 

 shorter than the filaments, opening by terminal pores. Pod 5-celled, septici- 

 dally 5-valved (as are all the succetding), many-seeded. Low alpine Heath- 

 like evergreens, clothed with scattered linear and obtuse rough-margined leaves. 

 Flowers usually nodding on solitary or umbelled peduncles at the summit of the 

 branches. (" A mythological name.") 



1. P. taxifolia, Salisb. Corolla oblong-urn-shaped, purplish, smooth; 

 style included. (Menziesia cserulea, Smith.) Alpine summits of the White 

 Mountains, New Hampshire, and Mount Katahdin, Maine (Young). July 

 Shrub 4' - 6' high, tufted. (Eu. ) 



14. K. A L. Ml A, L. AMERICAN LAUREL. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla between wheel-shaped and bell-shaped, 5-lobed, 

 furnished with 10 depressions in which the 10 anthers are severally lodged until 

 they begin to shed their pollen : filaments thread-form. Pod globose, 5-celled, 

 many-seeded. Evergreen mostly smooth shrubs, with alternate or opposite 

 entire coriaceous leaves, and showy flowers. Pedicels bracted. Flower-buds 

 naked. (Dedicated to Peter Kalm, a pupil of Linnaeus who travelled in this 

 country about the middle of the last century, afterwards Professor at Abo.) 



1 . Flowers in simple or clustered umbel-like corymbs : calyx smaller than the pod, 

 persistent : leaves glabrous. 



1. K. I at i folia, L. (CALICO-BUSH. MOUNTAIN LAUREL. SPOON- 

 WOOD.) Leaves mostly alternate, bright green both sides, ovate-lanceolate or ellipti- 

 cal, tapering to each end, petioled ; corymbs terminal, many-flowered, clammy- 

 pubescent; pod depressed, glandular. Eocky hills and damp soil, rather 

 common from Maine to Ohio and Kentucky, as a shrub 4 - 8 high ; but in the 

 mountains from Penn. southward forming dense thickets, and often tree-like 

 (10 - 20 high). May, June. Flowers profuse, and very showy, light or deep 

 rose-color, clammy. 



2. K.. angustifolia, L. (SHEEP LAUREL. LAMBKILL.) Leaves oom- 

 monly opposite or in threes, pale or whitish underneath, Uyht green above, narrowly 



