TREES AND SHRUBS 



purple, awnless ; Ovary superior, 4-celled, villous and glandular, style simple, 

 stigma dilated ; Fruit a capsule, 4-celled, 4-valved. 



Leaves alternate, oval, shortly petiolate, ciliutc, revolute, bright glossy 

 green above, downy beneath, J-i in. long. 



An evergreen slirub, 1-2 ft.; decumbent; liranchcs erect, slender, glan- 

 dularly hairy ; Bark flaking ; Buds scaly. 



Native of Ireland; found in Connemara and Mayo. Syn. A//dro//ieda 

 Daboccia. 



SHEEP LAUREL, Kahda angustifoUa. 



Gardens, shrubberies. May — luly. Best in cool damp soil, especially of 

 peaty nature. The species are propagated by cuttings of young shoots in 

 pots of sandy peat under bell-glass in shady cold frame, April — August ; 

 seeds in well-drained shallow pans of sandy peat in cold frame, April or 

 October. 



Floxvers purple or rose, in lateral corymbs, usually 3-flowered ; Caly.v 

 gamosepalous, 5-partite, persistent; Corolla gamopetalous, saucer-shaped, 

 5-lobed, tube short, 10 pouches just below limb; Stamens 5, hypogynous, 

 deshiscing by pores; Ovary superior, sub-globose, 5-celled ; style filiform, 

 exserted; stigma capitate; Fruit a capsule, depressed-globose, 5-celled, 5-Iobed, 

 woody, valves crustaceous ; seeds minute. 



Leaves alternate, mostly in twos or threes, oblong, entire, revolute, obtuse, 

 exstipulate, petiolate, light green above, dull, pale or rusty beneath, 12 ins. 

 long, coriaceous. 



An evergreen slirub, 1^-8 ft.; Branches often in threes, ascending, terete; 

 Bark brown, scaly ; Buds minute. 



Introduced from Canada, 1736. Also known as Lambkill. Generic name 

 in honour of Peter Kalm (1715-1709), an eminent botanist of Finland, who 

 became Professor at Abo. 



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