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A. fro7idosu? Ph. Every part of the plant densely and 

 pulverulenily villous: leaves oblong-, or oblong-obovate, 

 partly obtuse, under side furfuraceously villous, often fer- 

 ruginous. Coriaceous and opaque, deciduous, prominently 

 veined beneaih, margin revolute, entire, and scabrous; 

 panicle terminal, frondose? "corolla globose, hispid (pu- 

 bescent?) antliers awned." Pn. 1 can scarcely entertain a 

 doubt of tije antheis being awnless in this species as well 

 as in llie preceding-, ultnough I am not certain whether this 

 plant be that which he lias described. Capsule roundish, 

 pubescent, pentangular in consequence of the application 

 of tlie 5 narrow accessary valvules, which are, however, 

 much less conspicuous than in the sempervirent species; 

 seeds subulate, iongiuidirally imbricated. 



Were not this group of species so perfectly natural and 

 easy to distinguish from the genuine Andvomedas, it might 

 have been retained as asubgeneric section of that genus, 

 notwithstanding the singular structure of the capsule. 



382. KALMIA. X. (Calico-bush, American Lau- 

 rel.) 



Calix 5-parted. Corolla salverform; border 

 on the under side producing 10 cornute protu- 

 berances, and as many cavities in which the 

 anthers are concealed. Capsule 5-celled, many- 

 seeded, dissepiments marginal. 



Shrubs with alternate or ternately verticillated and 

 sempervirent leaves, (except, K. cuneata in which they 

 are deciduous;) flowers in terminal racemose compound- 

 ed corymbs, in one species solitary and axillary; pedun- 

 cles long, 1 -flowered, tribracteate at the base, external 

 bracte originating from the rac'.is; buds naked; (anthers 

 opening by 2 oblique truncate pores.) 



Sp£Cies. 1. K. latifolia. Canada to Georgia. 2. on- 

 gusdfolia. 3. glanca. Obs. Branches terete, branchlets 

 mostly triquetrous with the leaves ternate: leaves petio- 

 late, subovate-oblong obtuse, nearly flat, scattered and 

 ternate, every where smooth, glaucous on the underside, 

 at length dependent; corymbs terminal, compound; co- 

 rymbulets racemose, ternate; flowers subfastigiate, pedun- 

 cle with 3 bractes at the base, disposed in 2 contrary series, 

 pulverulenily and viscid ly pubescent as well as the calix; 

 segment of the calix ovate acute; flower salverform, mar- 

 gin crenateh lobed; anthers opening by 2 oblique trun- 

 cate pores; stigma truncate entire. A. cuTieata. Obs. Stem 



