600 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
of the mountain lakes of New York and Pennsylvania, and of the Island 
of Sitcha. Height 1 ft. to 2ft. Introduced in 1767. Flowers pale red; 
April and May. Capsule brown ; ripe in September. 
Variety. ' 
w K. g. 2 rosmarinifolia Pursh Fl, Amer. Sept. i. p. 296.— Leaves linear, 
more revolute on the margins, and having the under surface green. 
The flower is comparable to a miniature parasol: the corolla to the cover- 
ing, the stamens to the rays that keep the covering distended, and the style to 
the handle. 
« 4. K. cunga‘ra Miche. The wedge-shaped-leaved Kalmia. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 257.; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 296. ; 
Don’s Mill,, 3. p. 850. 
Engravings. .Our fig. 1143. from a specimen in the Museum of the Jardin 
des Plantes. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves scattered, sessile, cuneate-oblong, 
glandularly pubescent beneath, minutely armed at the 
apex. Corymbs lateral, few-flowered. Branches twiggy, 
disposed in sessile, lateral, fastigiate clusters. (Don’s 
Mill.) A small evergreen shrub. Carolina, on moun- 
tains. Height 1ft. to.2 ft. Introduced in 1820. 
Flowers white, and red at the bottom; May and 
andees Reeaden ae June. Capsule brown ; ripe in September. 
w« 5. K. airsu‘va Walt, The hairy Kalmia. 
Identification. Walt. Fl. Carol., 138. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 296.; Michx, Fl. 
Bor. Amer., 1. p. 287. 
Synonyme, K. ciliata Bartr. Itin. 18, 
ingravings. Bot. Mag., t. J38.; and our fig. 1144. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches, leaves, and calyxes very hairy. 
Leaves opposite and alternate, almost sessile, elliptic. 
Peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, longer than the 
leaves. (Don’s Mill.) A beautiful little shrub. South 
Carolina and Georgia, in barren pine woods. Height 
2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1786. Flowers large, red; 
June to August. Capsule brown ; ripe in October. 
Somewhat difficult to cultivate in British gardens. *iuad. HK. hirsuta, 
Genus XXIII. 
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MENZIE‘SI4 Smith, Tue Menztesia. Lin. Syst. Octandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Smith Icon. ined., 56.; D. Don in Ed. Phil. Journ., 17. p. 170. 
Derivation. Named in honour of Arehpale Mente F.L.S., &c., surgeon and naturalist to the 
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Gen. Char, Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla tubular or globose ; limb very short, 4- 
lobed, revolute. Stamens 8, enclosed. Filaments subulate, glabrous. Cells 
of anthers parallel, connate, mutic at the base, and opening each by an 
oblique foramen at the apex. Stigma obtuse. Capsule ligneous, 4-celled, 
with a septicidal dehiscence. Placente 4-lobed. Seeds scobiform. (Don's 
Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; very small, membra- 
nous, glaucous beneath. /owers in numerous terminal 1-flowered fas- 
cicled pedicels. — Undershrubs, deciduous ; natives of North America. 
