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15. A. Mar(ana. a small shrub, sparingly branched. Leave* broad- 

 lanccolatr, ariiif, entire, coriaceous, sour to ilie taste. Flowers in clusters 

 n init ol the old branches; peduncles 1-tlowered. Corolla ovate; 



t. v at the base. 



Wliuc, tinged with red. Yi- May— Aug. Dry sandy soils. 



Genus VII. CYRILLA. 



Cali/x minute, 5 parted. Petals 5, inserted into the calyx. 

 Stamens 5. Style 1. Stigmas 2. Fruit a berry, 2.celled. 

 Seeds solitary. 



1. C. Racemiflora. A large shrub with verticillate branches, which 

 spring from the sununit of the wood oi the preceding year. Leaves alternate, 



c • ' polate, coriaceous, alternate, growing only on the new wood; 



1 y docurrent. Flowers in simple racemes, clustered at thesuni- 



luK oi i:ic branches of the preceding year. Calt/x small Petals scarcely 

 united, inserted into the caly.x. Anthers bifid ai the base, 2-celled. Style 

 short, thick. Stignvis 2, obtuse. 



White. >2- Jii'ie — July. 10-- 1 5 feet. 



Genus VIII. KALMIA. 



Calyx r> parted. Corolla salver tbriii, \vith a border contin- 

 iiing at the base into 10 cornute protubcrences, into the cavi- 

 ties ot' which ihe anthers are concealed. Stamens 10. Style 

 1. Capsule o-celled. 



1 K. Latuolia. a small shrub with irregular crooked branches. 

 Leaves on long petioles, scattered, and by threes, oval, coriaceous, giubrous 

 an i j^recn on both sides, perennial, shining. /"Vourrs in large terminal cor- 

 yaiLRS, pul»escent viscid. Calico fioiver. ley bush. 



2. K. .\.v;i-<T!F«^i.iA. A very small shrub, with creeping root3. Leaves 

 scattered, or ;se, slighily ferruginous underneatlo. Flow- 

 en in lateral < and calyx, glandular, pubescent. 



Red. Ij. April — May. Sandy woods. 1—2 feet. 



3. K. Cc.vEATA. Leaves cuneate, oblong, pubescent underneath, scatter- 

 ed, sliirhly awned at liie ape.x. FlotDers iev"', in lateral cor>mbs. 



\\ tiite with red near the base, l^- June — July. Ksou'thein Car. 1--2 ft. 



4. K. HiRstTTA. A small shrub, with hairy brandies. Leaves alternate^ 

 and opixjsite nearly sessile, lanceolate, acute, hairy. Flowers solitary, on ax- 

 lUarj^ixd uncles, longer than the leaves. 



Red. Tj. May — Sept. In wet sandy pine barrens. 10-18 inches. 



Remarks.— Thf^ Kalmias affird S' -i splendiJ ornaments of the forest. 



The 1>- 1\' 5 iT'" ill f>>i*>ni>us, nevonii innuls, it is said, eai ihem wiih im- 



putll'^ >, i>> such an exloni, <u> io •oiiL'^ their desh i>oi»inou8 tu inaa, it 



boc 1 natPil wiih ihe ["'i»>n .«f " l«av*»s. Thi^ has proved Ih* case 



»* •rufdeei— .ns, when th^ hirJ ia 



c irplyon inailt^frorn 'h«» !"-\rPS, 



Lv- ■ :i '>l •y-ald-heuil, /f/j, ;i:ui ''lu r in . ifeciioiis. - uild 



I- si the system shvjuld L>e injuriously . iiy ih'- • j aU- 



Gents IX RHODODENDRON. 



Calyxes parted. Corolla funnel shaped, with an unequal 

 Kordvr. Stamens declined, 10. Styles 1, Capsule 5-celled. 



1. JX. Maximvm. a large shrub, //•ar*.* oblong, acute, the under sur- 

 face lighter than the upper, coriaceous, thick, perennial, entire, ferruginous 



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