DK( VNimi A. IfONOQYNl \. 



.nil, among shrubbery, ewr\ where very common. lj . 

 June, Jul\ 



196 K vi. Ml v. Gen pi W3. (AAi a.) 



Calix 0-parted. Corolla salverform; border 

 on the under Bide producing 10 cornate 

 protuberances, and as mauv cavities in 

 which the uithen arc concealed. Capsule 

 0-celledj many-seeded, dissepiments mar- 

 ginal. — JWtt. 



1. K. leaves on long foot-stalks, scattered and byaimsa, 

 three's, oral) coriaceous, smooth on each side; 

 I 0T] nibs terminal, viscid and pubescent. — Mich. 



Uiurel. Calico-tree or bush. American Laurel. 



Ivy -bush. 



•magnificent shrub is certainly one of the finest orna- 

 - if our woods. In the woods of Jersey, where it seems 

 to at ction, it is often ten or thirteen feet 



high; and when in full Mower, is truly admirable. Common 

 here in woods, and among- shrubbery. Possesses me- 

 dicinal properties. Flowers peach-blossom-red. lj • ^■•Ji 

 June. 



K. branches ancipital, leaves opposite, subses- euuc*. 

 lOe, oblong, smooth, glaucous beneath, margins 

 re volute; corymbs terminal, bracteate, pedun- 

 i les and calicos very smooth. — .-lit. and Pursh. 

 ()«>. branches terete, branchlets mostly trique- 

 trous with tin 1 leaves ternate: leaves petiolate, 



tbovate-oblong obtuse, nearlj flat, scattered 

 and ternate, every when' smooth, glaucous on 

 the under side, at length dependent; corymbs 

 terminal, compound : corymbulets racemose, 

 : Bowers Bubfastigiate, peduncle with 3 

 bra tos at the hasf, disposed in 2 contrary se- 



. puhreralentlj! and viscidlj pubescenl 

 well as tin- calix; segment of the calix ovate 

 acute; flutter salverform, margin crenately 



