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AllBOUETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



TART 111. 



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* 2. K. ANGUSTIFO'LIA L. The narrow-leaved Kalmia. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 561. ; Pursh Fl Amer. Sept., 1. p. 296. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 850. : Lodd. Cut.. 



ed.1836. 



Si/nwuyme. Sheep Laurel, Amer. 

 Engravings. Curt. Bot. Mag., t 331.; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 502.; Catesb. Car., 3. 1. 17. f. 1. ; Trew 



Ehrh., t/38. f. 2. ; and OUT Jig. 960. 



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., iii. p. 850.) 

 Flowers dark red. This shrub is called sheep laurel, 

 because it is considered poisonous to sheep. A shrub, 

 growing from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high ; a native of North 

 America, from Canada to Carolina, in bogs, swamps, 

 and sometimes in dry mountain lands. It was intro- 

 duced in 1736, and flowers from May to July. 



Variety. 



* K. a. 2 ovdla Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., i. p. 296., is a native of New 

 Jersey, on the mountains, with broader leaves and a taller stem. 



t 3. K. GLAU'CA Ait. The glaucous- leaved Kalmia. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., p. 64. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 296. : Don's Mill , 3. p. 850. 

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



Engravings. Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 177. ; Lam. 111., t. 363. ; L'Hrit. Stirp Nov 2 t 9 Lodd Bot 

 Cab., t. 1508. ; Wangh. Act. Soc. BeroL, 8. p. 129. t. 5. ; and our fig. 961. 



Spec. Char.y fyc. Branchlets somewhat 2-edged. 

 Leaves opposite, on short petioles, oblong, smooth 

 glaucous beneath, with revolute edges. Corymbs 

 terminal, compound, bracteate. Pedicels and calyxes 

 glabrous. (Don's Mil/., iii. p. 850.) A very hand- 

 some, upright, small shrub, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, with 

 pale red flowers. According to Nuttall, the flowers 

 are disposed in terminal compound corymbs, each 

 corymb composed of 3 racemose corymbules ; and 

 the pedicels and calyxes are said by him to be clothed 

 with powdery viscid pubescence. A native of the 

 bogs of Canada, and on the borders of the mountain 

 lakes of New York and Pennsylvania, and of the 

 Island of Sitcha It was introduced in 1767, and 

 flowers in April and May. The flower is comparable 

 to a miniature parasol : the corolla to the covering, 

 the stamens to the rays that keep the covering dis- 

 tended, and the style to the handle. 



Variety. 



t- K. g. 2 rosmarinifblia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., i. p. 296. Leaves linear, 

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

 Mr. Pursh discovered this variety in a bog near Albany, and is 

 inclined to think it a distinct species. 



ji 4. K. CUNEA^TA Michx. The \vedge-shaped-lcaved Kalmia. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 257.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 296.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 850. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves scattered, sessile, cuneate-oblong, glandularly pu- 

 bescent beneath, minutely armed at the apex. Corymbs lateral, few-flowered. 

 Branches twiggy. Leaves deciduous. Flowers white, red at the bottom, 

 disposed in sessile, lateral, fastigiate clusters. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 850.) A 

 shrub. 1 2ft. high, a native of Carolina, on the mountains. It was intro- 

 duced in 1820, and flowers in May and June. 



* 5. K. IIIRSU V TA Walt. The hairy Kalmia. 



Identification. Walt. Fl. Carol., 138.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 296. ; Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. 



l>. J.V7. ; Curt. Kot. Mag., t. 138. 

 Si/noni/in,: K. ciliata Barlr. Itin., 18. 

 l-'.n^rai'tn^a. Curt. I>ot. Mag., t. U8. ; anil our Jig. 962. 



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