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which the anthers lie, or are concealed. Capsule 5-celled, many-seeded ; dis- 
sepiments marginal. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, or ternately verticillate, exstipulate, entire, ever- 
green; buds naked. Flowers in terminal, racemose, compound corymbs, but 
in K. hirsuta solitary and axillary. Pedicels long, 1-flowered, tribracteate at 
the base ; external bractea originating from the rachis. Anthers opening by 
two oblique truncate pores. — Undershrubs, evergreen; natives of North 
America; poisonous in all their parts, and often fatal to cattle. 
w 1. K. vativo'tia ZL. The broad-leaved Kalmia. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 560. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 296.; Don’s Miil., 3. p. 850. 
Synonymes. Mountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Calico Flower, 
Engravings. Bot. Mag,, t. 175. ; Schmidt Baum., t. 166, ; and 
our fig. 1140. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Leaves on long petioles, 
scattered or 3 in a whorl, oval, coriaceous, 
smooth, and green on both surfaces. Co- 
rymbs terminal, downy, and viscid. (Don’s 
Mill.) An evergreen glabrous shrub. Ca- 
nada to Carolina, on the sides of stony hills. 
Height 3ft.to 10 ft. Introduced in 1734. 
Flowers white, tinted with pale pink, deli- p 
, cately spotted; June and July 
This shrub, in its native soil, continues flow- 
ering great part of the summer; but it is only 
in particular places where it thrives. These are 
generally rocky, sterile, and near water. Leaves 
of this species are poisonous to cattle and ta 
sheep, but not to deer. 1140. Bi. latifolia. 
a» 2. K. aneustiroLia L. The narrow-leaved Kalmia. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 561.; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 296.3 Don’s Mill, 3. p. 850. 
Synonyme. Sheep Laurel, Amer. 
ngravings. Bot. Mag., t. 331.; Bot. Cab., t. 502. 5 and our fig. 1141. 
i Spec. Char., $c. Leaves petiolate, scattered or 3 in 2 
whorl, oblong, obtuse, rather rusty beneath. Corymbs 
lateral. Bracteas linear. Peduncles and calyxes. 
clothed with glandular pubescence. (Don’s Mill.) A 
low shrub. Canada to Carolina, in bogs, swamps, and 
sometimes in dry mountain lands. Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. 
Introduced in 1736. Flowers dark red; May to 
July. Capsule brown ; ripe in September. 
Variety. CRT 
= K. a. 2 ovdta Pursh Fl. WZ 
Amer. Sept. i. p. 296.— 
A native of New Jersey, ' 
on the mountains, with broader leaves and a 
taller stem than the species. 
114]. K. angustifolia. 
a 8. K. erav’ca Ait, The glaucous-leaved Kalmia. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. p- 64.; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 296. 5 
Don's Milt. 3. Pi folia Wangh. Act. Soc. Berol. 8 p. 129. t. 5, 
Si me. . polifolia Wangh. Act. Soc. , 8 p. 129, t. 5. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 177.3 Bot. Cab., t. 1508. ; and our fig. 1142. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branchlets somewhat 2-edged. Leaves , 
opposite, on short petioles, oblong, smooth, glaucous @& 
beneath, with revolute edges. Corymbs terminal, 
compound, bracteate. Pedicels and calyxes gla- 
brous. (Don’s Mill.) A very handsome, upright, 
small shrub. Canada, in bogs, and on the borders 
aq 4 
1142. K. glatea. 
