xLiii. i:RicA^CEiE : ka'lm/^. 



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

 sepiments marginal. (Don's 2Itl/.) 



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

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

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

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

 two oblique truncate pores. Undershrubs, evergi-een; natives of North 

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



ii 1. K. latifo'lia L. The broad-leaved Kalmia. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 560. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 296. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 850. 

 : Synonymes. Mountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Calico Flower, 



Amer. 

 ; Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 175. ; Schmidt Baum., t. 166. ; and 

 1 ourjffg. 1140. 



; Spec, Char., S/'c. Leaves on long petioles, 

 I scattered or 3 in a whorl, oval, coriaceous, 

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

 ' Flowers white, tinted with pale pink, deli- 

 i 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. luo. K.iatifMia. 



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



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



'.Synonyme. Sheep Laurel, Amer. 



ti.ngramngs. Bot. Mag., t. 331. ; Bot. Cab., t. 502. ; and our Jig. 1141. 



\>VS Spec. Char., 4'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. 



Variett/. 



a. A", a. 2 ovdta Pursh Fl. 

 Amer. Sept. i. p. 296. 

 j "" K.angustroiia. A uative of New Jcrscy, 



I on the mountains, with broader leaves and a 



! taller stem than the species. 



, j 3. K. GLAu'cA Ait. The Raucous-leaved Kalmia. 



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

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



ynonyme. K. polifolia Wangh. Act. Soc. Berol. 8. p. 129. t. 5. 



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



^"^pec. Char., Sfc. Branchlets somewhat 2-edged. Leaves 

 ' opposite, on short petioles, oblong, smooth, glaucous 

 : beneath, with revolute edges. Corymbs terminal, 

 I compound, bracteate. Pedicels and calyxes gla- 

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

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



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1142. K.gla&ca. 



