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which the anthers lie, or are concealed. Capsule 5-celled, many-seeded ; dis- 

 sepiments marginal. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, or ternately verticillate, exstipulate, entire, ever- 

 green ; buds naked. Flowers in terminal, racemose, compound corymbs, but 

 in K. hirsute solitary and axillary. Pedicels long, 1-flowered, tribracteate at 

 the base ; external bractea originating from the rachis. Anthers opening by 

 two oblique truncate pores. Undershrubs, evergreen; natives of North 

 America; poisonous in all their parts, and often fatal to cattle. 



* 1. K. LATIFO'LIA L. The broad-leaved Kalmia. 



t., 1. p. 296. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 850. 

 ush, Calico Flower, 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 560. ; Pursh Si 

 Synunymes. Mountain Laurel, Calico 



Amer. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 175. ; Schmidt Baum., t. 1(J6. ; and 



our Jig. 1140. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves on long petioles, 

 scattered or 3 in a whorl, oval, coriaceous, 

 smooth, and green on both surfaces. Co- 

 rymbs terminal, downy, and viscid. (Don's 

 Mill.) An evergreen glabrous shrub. Ca- 

 nada to Carolina, on the sides of stony hills. 

 Height 3ft. to 10ft. Introduced in 1734. 

 Flowers white, tinted with pale pink, deli- 

 cately spotted ; June and July 



This shrub, in its native soil, continues flow- 

 ering great part of the summer; but it is only 

 in particular places where it thrives. These are 

 generally rocky, sterile, and near water. Leaves 

 of this species are poisonous to cattle and 

 sheep, but not to deer. mo. K.iatif6iia. 



u. 2. K. ANGUSTiFoYiA L. The narrow-leaved Kalmia. 



Identification Lin. Sp., 561. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 296. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 850. 



Synonyme. Sheep Laurel, Amer. 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 331. ; Bot. Cab., t. 502. ; and our fig. 1141. 



Spec. Char., %c. Leaves petiolate, scattered or 3 in a 

 whorl, oblong, obtuse, rather rusty beneath. Corymbs 

 lateral. Bracteas linear. Peduncles and calyxes 

 clothed with glandular pubescence. (Don's Mill.) A 

 low shrub. Canada to Carolina, in bogs, swamps, and 

 sometimes in dry mountain lands. Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. 

 Introduced in 1736. Flowers dark red ; May to 

 July. Capsule brown ; ripe in September. 



Variety. 



a. K. a. 2 ovdta Pursh Fl. 

 Amer. Sept. i. p. 296. 

 A native of New Jersey, 

 on the mountains, with broader leaves and a 

 taller stem than the species. 



ja 3. K. GLAU'CA Ait. The glaucous-leaved Kalmia. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. p. 64. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 296. ; 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 850. 



Synonyme. K. olif61ia Wangh. Act. Soc. Berol. 8. p. 129. t. 5. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 177- ; Bot. Cab., t. 1508. ; and our fig. 1142. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branchlets somewhat 2-edged. Leaves 

 opposite, on short petioles, oblong, smooth, glaucous 

 beneath, with revolute edges. Corymbs terminal, 

 compound, bracteate. Pedicels and calyxes ^gla- 

 brous. (Don's Mill.) A very handsome, upright, 

 small shrub. Canada, in bogs, and on the borders 



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