Okdbb 13.— BRICACEjE. 48g 



many-seeded. — Beautifal shrubs, natives of N. America. Lvs. entire, 

 evergreen, coriaceous. FIs. in racemous corymbs, ■white and rod. 



* Flowers in terminal corymbs. Lts tliiclc, mostly acute Nos. 1, 2 



* Flowers in lateral corymbs. Leaves obtuse ; Nos. 8, 4 



* Flowers solitary, axillary. Calyx elongated, deciduous No. 5 



1 K. latifolia L. Calico Bush. Spoon- wood. Los. odternaie and temate, oval- 

 lanceolate, acute at each eud, smooth and green on both sides; corymbs terminal, 

 viscidh/ pubescent. — A profusely flowering shrub, sometimes attaining the height 

 of a smaJl tree. It is found in all the Atlantic States from Maine to Fla., and W. 

 to Ohio and Ky. in woods. "Wood crooked, fine-grained and compact. Leaves 

 2 — 3' long, smooth and shining, acute at each end and entire. Flowers in splen- 

 did corymbs, white or variously tinged with red, abundant. Corolla with a 

 spreading limb 9 — 10" diam. and a 5-lobed margin. The leaves arc narcotic and 

 poisonous to some animals. May, Jn. 



2 K. glauca Ait. Swamp Laurel. Branches anoipitous ; lvs. opposite, subsessile, 

 lanceolate, polished, glaucous beneath, revolute at the margin ; corymbs terminal, 

 the pcdnmcies cmd bracts smooth. — ^A delicate shrub, 2f high, found in swamps, etc., 

 Penn., Ky., N. Eng., N. to Arc. Am. Stem slender, the branches distinctly 

 2-edged by an elevated ridge extending from the base of each opposite leaf to 

 the next node below. Lvs. smooth and shining, white underneath, and 1' in 

 length. Ms. 8 — 10 in each<8orymb. Corolla about ^' diam., pale purple. June. 



/3. ROSMAEiNiFOLiA. Leaves linear, more revolute, green beneath. 



3 K. angustifolia L. Sheep-poisok Los. temate and opposite, ellipticai-lance- 

 olate, petiolate, obtuse at each end, smooth ; corymbs lateral ; bracts linear-lance- 

 olate. — Shrab 2 — 4f in height, in marshes and by ponds. Can. to Car. "W". to Ky. 

 Leaves" with rounded ends entire, smooth, 1 — 2' long, and J as wide, on short 

 petioles. ■ Flowers deep purple, in small, axillary fascicles apparently whorled, 

 about half as large in No. 1. Bracts minute, about 3 at the base of each pedi- 

 cel Jn. — Said to be poisonous to cattle. 



4 K. ouneata Mx. Los. scattered, sessile, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, glan- 

 dular-pubescent beneath ; fls., in sessile, lateral clusters of 4 to 6. — Mts. of N". Car. 

 (Michaux), in swamps, S. Car., near Georgetown (Elliot), near Camden (Nnttall). 

 Shrubs about as large as No. 3. Lvs. about 1' long. Pedicels 1' long, filiform, 

 with minute bractlets. Cor. white, red in the center. Jn., Jl. 



5 K. hirai^ta "Walt. Yery slender, branched, hairy; lvs. scattered, sometimes 

 opposite, ovate, lanceolate, or linear-oblong, acute, sessile ; pedicels aa long as the 

 leaves ; cal. segm. lance-linear, nearly equaling the corolla Hmb. — ^Barrens, S. 

 Oar. to Fla., abundant in wet places. Sts. terete, about If high. Lvs. small (4 

 to 6" long), edges mostly revolute. Fls. rose-colored, about 1" broad. May — Jn, 



7. EPIG>E^A, L. Trailing Akbutus. May Flowee. (Gr. em, 

 upon, yij, the earth ; from its prostrate habit.) Calyx large, 6-parted, 

 with 3 bracts at base ; corolla hypocrateriform, tube villous within, 

 limb 5-parted, spreading; stamens 10; anthers dehiscent by 2 longii 

 tudinal openings; capsule 5-celled, 5-valved. — SufFruticous trailing. 

 Lvs. evergreen, cordate, ovate, entire, alternate. 



B. Tep6us L. Lvs. cordate-ovate, entire; cor. tube cylindrical. — If Woods, New- 

 foundland to Ky. *and Penn. This little shrubby plant grows flat upon the 

 ground, 10 — 15' in length, covered with a hairy pubescence in all its parts. Lvs. 

 2 — 2J' by IJ', roundish at the end and abruptly tipped with a very short point. 

 Fls. very fragrant, white or tinged with various shades of red, in small axillary '■ 

 dusters. Calyx green. The tube of the corolla hairy within, longer than the 

 calyx, the border in 5, rounded, spreading segments. Apr., May. 



8. ARCTOSTAPH'YLOS, Adans. Beak-berry. (Gr. apsrof, a bear, 

 aratpvXri, a cluster of grapes ; that is Bear-berry.) Calyx 5-parted, 

 persistent ; corolla ovoid, diaphanous at the base, limb with 5 small, 

 recurved segments ; anthers 10, with 2 long, reflexed awns, opening by 



