HEATH FAMILY 181 
Il. KALMIA L. 
Erect and branching shrubs. Leaves alternate, opposite 
or in threes, entire, leathery, evergreen. Flowers showy, in 
corymbs, or 1-3 in the axils. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla flat- 
bell-shaped or wheel-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 10, the anthers 
placed in pouches in the corolla, filaments straightening elas- 
tically at maturity and so bringing the anthers in contact with 
any large insect-visitor. Style long and slender. Capsule glo- 
bose, 5-celled, many-seeded. 
1. K. latifolia L. Carico Busn, Mountain Lavret. A shrub, 
4-10 ft. high. Branches stout, smooth. Leaves mostly alternate, 
petioled, elliptical or oval, acute at each end, smooth and green on 
both sides. Corymbs terminal, compound. Flowers white to rose 
color, showy, 1 in. broad. Calyx and corolla glandular; pedicels 
long, slender, sticky-glandular, erect in fruit; calyx and style per- 
sistent. Shady banks on rocky or sandy soil.* 
2. K. angustifolia L. Sueep LAvreL, LAMBKILL. A shrub, 1-8 ft. 
high, with smooth, nearly erect branches. Leaves petioled, opposite 
or in threes, oblong, obtuse at both ends, dark green above, paler 
beneath. Corymbs lateral, glandular. Flowers purple or crimson, 
4-1 in. broad. Pedicels slender, recurved in fruit. Calyx downy, per- 
sistent. Style persistent; capsule depressed-globose. On hillsides; 
abundant northward.* 
I. LYONIA Nutt. 
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, persistent or fall- 
ing late. Flowers mostly white, in panicles, racemes, or umbels. 
Calyx 5-parted; corolla urn-shaped. Stamens 10; filaments 
hairy, often with teeth or appendages ; anthers oblong or ovoid. 
Capsule globose or nearly so, 5-angled. Seeds sawdust-like, 
with a loose outer coat. 
B. Fl. species 1 (Pieris); species 2 (Xolisma). 
1. L. mariana D. Don. StaccerRBusH. A smooth shrub, 20-40 
in. high. Leaves oval or oblong, smooth above, slightly downy on 
the veins beneath. Flowers nodding, on leafless shoots. Filaments 
with 2 teeth near the apex. Capsule ovoid-pyramidal, truncate at its 
apex. Low, sandy soil. Foliage said to be poisonous. 
2. L. ligustrina DC. Mate Berry. A minutely downy shrub, 13-10 
ft. high. Leaves varying from obovate to ovate, finely serrate or entire. 
Racemes usually leafless, crowded in terminal panicles. Filaments flat, 
without appendages. Capsule globose. Moist thickets and swamps. 
