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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



of the mountain lakes of New York and Pennsylvania, and of the Island 

 of Sitcha. Height 1ft. to 2ft. Introduced in 1767. Flowers pale red; 

 April and May. Capsule brown ; ripe in September. 



Varietii. 



a. K. g. 2 vosmarinifdlia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 296. Leaves linear, 

 more revolute on the margins, and having the under surface green. 



The flower is comparable to a miniature parasol : the corolla to the cover- 

 ing, the stamens to the rays that keep the covering distended, and the stjle to 

 the handle. 



CL 4. K. CUNEA^TA Michx. The wedge-shaped-Zeawcf Kalmia. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 257. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 29G. ; 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 8.W. 

 Engrnvmi;.<s. Our Jig. 1143. from a specimen in the Museum of the Jardin 



des Plantes. 



Sjjec. Char., ^c. Leaves scattered, sessile, cuneate-oblong, 

 glandularly pubescent beneath, minutely armed at the 

 ape.x. Corymbs lateral, few-flowered. Branches twiggy, 

 disposed in sessile, lateral, fastigiate clusters. (Don's 

 Mill.) A small evergreen shrub. Carolina, on raoiin- 

 tains. Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Introduced in 1820. 

 Flowers white, and red at the bottom ; May and 

 June. Capsule brown ; ripe in September. 



hirsuVa Wait. The hairy Kalmia. 



Pursh Sept., I. p. 296.; Michx. Fl. 



1143. K. cuneata. 



3. K. 



Identification. Walt. Fl. Carol., 138 



Bor. Amer., 1. p. 257. 

 Synonyme. K. cili'ita Ba/rir. Itin. 18. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 138. ; and our fig. 1144. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches, leaves, and calyxes very hairy. 

 Leaves opposite and alternate, almost sessile, elliptic. 

 Peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, longer than the 

 leaves. (Don's Mill.) A beautiful little shrub. South 

 Carolina and Georgia, in barren pine woods. Height 

 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1786. Flowers large, red; 

 June to August. Capsule brown ; ripe in October. 



Somewhat difficult to cultivate in British gardens. 



Genus XXIII. 



n-14. K. hirsdU. 



MENZIE^S/J Smith. The Menziesia. Lin. Si/st. Octandria Monogjnia. 



Identification. Smith Icon, ined., 56. ; D. Don in Ed. Phil. Journ., 17. p. 170. 



Derivation. Named in honour of Archibald Menzies, F.L.S., &c., surgeon and naturalist to the 



expedition under Vancouver ; in which he collected many specimens of plants on the north-weet 



coast of America, New Holland, Van Diemen's Land, &c. 



Geti. Char. Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla tubular or globose ; limb very short, 4-: 

 lobed, revolute. Stamens 8, enclosed. Filaments subulate, glabrous. Cells 

 of anthers parallel, connate, mutic at the base, and opening each by an 

 oblique foramen at the apex. Stigma obtuse. Capsule ligneous, 4-celledJ 

 with a septicidal dehiscence. Placentce 4-lobed. Seeds scobiform. (Don's] 

 Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; very small, membra-j 

 nous, glaucous beneath. Flowers in numerous terminal l-flowered fas-: 

 cicled pedicels. Ilndershrubs, deciduous ; natives of North America. 



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