The Woody Plants of Kentucky. 55 



White Alder (Clethra acuminata) . — 

 Cumberland Mountains (Kearney) ; Wolfe. 



Spotted or Bitter Wintergreen(C7itma/;/u7a maculata). 



Smooth Azalea (Rhododendron viscosum). — 

 Kentucky (DeFriese) ; Rockcastle (Williamson). 



Pinxter Flower (Rhododendron nudiflorum). — 

 Rockcastle. 



Pinxter Flower (Rhododendron canescens). — Greenup County. 



Flame-colored. Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum) . — 

 Adair, Bath, Breathitt, Knott, Leslie, Morgan, Perry, Powell, 

 and other mountain counties. Common. In bloom in early spring. 



Great Laurel (Rhododendron maximum). — A fine shrub or 

 small tree with glossy leaves and clusters of rose-colored flowers. 

 Common in shaded ravines in the mountains. 



Bath, Bell, Estill, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Laurel, Menifee, 

 Perry, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Taylor, Whitley, Wolfe. 



Mountain Laurel (Ealmia latifolia). — A common and beauti- 

 ful shrub in the mountains, but extending westward into Edmon- 

 son, Grayson and western Hardin counties. M'Murtrie credits also 

 K. angusti folia to Kentucky, but no recent collector has observed 

 it here. 



Adair, Bath, Bell, Boyd, Cumberland, Edmonson, Elliott, Es- 

 till, Fleming, Floyd, Harlan, Hart, Knott, Knox, Larue, Laurel, 

 Lawrence, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Menifee, Monroe, Montgomery, 

 Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, 

 Taylor, Trigg, Wolfe. 



Male Berry (Lyonia ligustrina). — 



Cumberland Mountains (Kearney) ; Rockcastle County. 



Sorrel Tree, Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum). — A com- 

 mon tree in the mountains of Kentucky, but occurring in small 

 numbers elsewhere in the State. 





