654 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
said to be possessed of narcotic qualities like the honey from other members of the 
same family, the effects of which, however, have in this section never been observed. 
Ornamental. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginiae siccis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
RHODODENDRON L. Sp. P1.1:392. 1753. 
About 100 species, frigid to temperate regions, Europe, India, China. North 
America, 7. 
Rhododendron catawbiense Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 258. 1803. 
CATAWBA RHODODENDRON. Rose Bay. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,321. Chap. Fl. 266. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:42. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Mountains of southwestern Virginia, 2,500 
feet; North Carolina, 6,000 feet; eastern Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Mounttain region. Rocky damp banks of streams. Dekalb County, 
Lookout Mountain, banks of Little River, 1,800 feet. Jackson County, Pisgah 
(M. C. Wilson). Six to 8 feet high; flowers lilac-purple. 
Economic uses: Ornamental. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in montibus excelsis Carolinae septentrionalis juxta originem 
amnis Catawba.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
KALMIA L. Sp. P1.1:391. 1753. 
Six species, Atlantic North America. West Indies, 1. 
Kalmia latifolia L. Sp. P1.1:391. 1753. 
CaLico BusH. POISON Ivy or THE SOUTHERN STATES. 
Ell. Sk.1:481. Gray, Man. ed.6,319. Chap. Fl. 264. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 
38. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 5:13, t. 236, 237. 
Alleghenian to Louisianan area. New England and New York to northern Ohio, 
from West Virginia south to the Gulf and from western Florida to Louisiana, Arkan- 
sas, and North Carolina, 4,400 feet altitude. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Rocky woodlands, gravelly exposed or shaded banks, 
siliceous soil. Flowers white, April,May. Common. Shrub or small tree. 
Economic uses: The leaves, known as ‘‘poison ivy,” are used medicinally. They 
are deleterious to cattle. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Marilandia, Virginia, Pensylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Kalmia hirsuta Walt. Fl. Car. 138, 1788. WICKY. 
Ell. Sk.1:482. Gray, Man. ed. 6,319. Chap. Fl. 264. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1:39. 
Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to western Florida and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low sandy pine barrens. Flowers rose-pink,May. Not 
rare. Low shrub 6 to 15 inches high. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
LEUCOTHOE Don, Edinb. New Phil. Journ.17:159. 1834. 
About 35 species, shrubs, chiefly American. Japan. North America, 6; mostly 
Atlantic. 
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) Don, Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 17: 159. 1834. 
Downy FETTER-BUSH. 
Andromeda axillaris Lam. Eneyel.1:157. 1783. 
Ell. Sk. 1:487,in part. Gray, Man. ed.6,317. Chap. Fl.261. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 
2, pt. 1:34. 
"Lonisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Wet borders of rivulets, swampy 
thickets and woods in the pine barrens. Flowers white, April. Common. Shrub 
2 to 3 feet high. 
Type locality: ‘Cette plante croit dans l’Amérique septentrionale.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray, Man. ed. 2, 252. 1856. RACEMOSE FETTER-BUSH. 
Andromeda racemosa L. Sp. Pl. 1: 394. 1753. 
E]l. Sk, 1:492, Gray, Man. ed. 6, 317, Chap. Fl. 262. Gray, Syn. Fl,N. A. 2:35, 
