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nal hoary racemes. Bracts deciduous. (KXijflpa, the ancient Greek name of tlia 

 Alder, which this genus somewhat resembles in foliage.) 



1 . C. ainf folia, L. Leaves wedge-cbovate, sharply serrate, entire towards 

 the base, prominently straight-veined, smooth, green both sides ; racemes upright, 

 panicled ; bracts shorter than the flowers ; filaments smooth. — Wet copses, Maine 

 to Virginia near the coast, and southward. — Shrub 3° -10° high, covered in 

 July and August with handsome fragrant blossoms. — In the South are varieties 

 with the leaves rather scabrous, and pubescent or white-downy beneath. 



2. C acuminata, Michx. Leaves oval or oblong, pointed, thin, finely 

 serrate (5' -7' long), pale beneath; racemes soUtaiy, drooping; bracts longer than 

 the Jhwers ; filaments and pods hairy. — Woods in the AUeghanies, Virginia 

 and southward. July. — A tall shrub or small tree. 



13. PHYIiLiODOCi:, Salisb. Phyllodoce. 



Corolla urn-shaped or bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Stamens 10 ; anthers pointless, 

 shorter than the filaments, opening by terminal pores. Pod 5-celIed, septici- 

 dally 5-valved (as are all the succeeding), many-seeded. — Low alpine Heath- 

 like evergreens, clothed with scattered linear and obtuse rough-margined leaves, 

 riowers usually nodding on solitary or umbelled peduncles at the summit of the 

 branches. ("A mytliological name.") 



1 . !P. taxifdlia, Salisb. Corolla oblong-um-shaped, purplish, smooth ; 

 style included. (Menziesia cjerulea. Smith.) — Alpine summits of the White 

 Mountains, New Hampshire, and Mount Katahdin, Maine (Yo\ing). July. — 

 Shrub 4' -6' high, tufted. (Eu.) 



14. KAliMIA, L. AjUERioAN Laubsl. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla between wheel-shaped and bell-shaped, 5-lobed, 

 furnished with 10 depressions in which the 10 anthers are severally lodged until 

 they begin to shed their pollen : filaments thread-form. Pod globose, 5-celled, 

 many-seeded. — Evergreen mostly smooth shnibs, with alternate or opposite 

 entire coriaceous leaves, and showy flowers. Pedicels bracted. Plower-buds 

 naked. (Dedicated to Peter Kjalm,, a pupil of Linnseus who travelled in this 

 country about the middle of the last century, afterwards Professor at Abo.) 



5 1 . Flovxi's in simple or clustered umbel-li!c£ corgmbs : calgx smaller tlian the pod, 

 persistent ; leaves glabrous. 



1. K. latifoUa, L. (CALioo-BnsH. MonuTAiN Laukel. Spoon- 

 wood.) Leaves mostly alternate, bright green both sides, ovate-lajtceolate or ellipti- 

 cal, tapering to each end, petioled ; corymbs terminal, many-flowered, clammy- 

 pubescent; pod depressed, glandular. — Rocky hills and damp soil, rather 

 common from Maine to Ohio and Kentucky, as a shrub 4° - 8° high ; but in the 

 mountains from Penn. southward forming dense thickets, and often tree-like 

 (10° -20° high). May, June. — Flowers profuse, and very showy, light or deep 

 TOse-color, clammy. 



2. K. angUStifoUa, L. (Sheep Laukel. Lampkili,.) Leaves com- 

 monly opposite or in threes, pale or whitish underneath, liqht green above, narrowly 



