


ADJACENT TO HORTICULTURAL HALL. * gy 
* Calluna vulgaris, Sa/isbury. (Lrica vulgaris, Linnaeus.) This, the 
ical Scotch Heather, may now be regarded as a native of this continent. 
lyx more conspicuous than the corolla; stamens 8, each with a pair of de- 
flexed, horn-like appendages on the back; a low evergreen shrub, with small, 
crowded leaves; the rose-colored or whitish flowers crowded on and usually 
terminating the branches. 

Cassandra. Lraruer-Lear. Calyx free from the ovary; corolla a cy- 
lindrical 5-toothed cup; pod when ripe splitting into 2 layers, of which the 
inner is in Io pieces; anthers opening upwardly by tubular beaks. 
Cassandra calyculata, Don; is a much-branched, low, native shrub, with 
oblong leathery leaves; common about our colder bogs. 
Clethra. WuiTe ALDER, SWEET PeppeR-BusH. Calyx free from the 
ovary; corolla of 5 separate oblong petals; style slender and 3-cleft; shrubs 
or small trees with deciduous leaves; flowers white hoary and terminating 
the branches. 
* Clethra acuminata, Afichaux. Thin oblong leaves finely serrate; 
clusters of flowers drooping. Small tree in the mountains from Virginia 
southward. 
Clethra alnifolia, Ziz2@us. Obovate leaves entire towards the base but 
sharply toothed towards the apex; clusters of flowers upright. Shrub along 
the coast and inland from Maine south. Flowers attractive and fragrant. 
Epigea. Grounp LAUREL, TRAILING ARBUTUS, MAY-FLOWER. Calyx 
free from the ovary; anthers 10, opening lengthwise. Our only species— 
repens, Limneus—is a creeping woody plant, with thick, roughish, oval leaves 
and very fragrant rose-colored or white flowers, appearing early in spring. 
Kalmia. AMERICAN LAUREL. Calyx free from the ovary; short, broad 
corolla more or less distinctly 5-lobed, with 10 pockets, into which the anthers 
of the recurved stamens are placed. Evergreen shrubs, with thick leaves, 
usually conspicuous and sometimes poisonous flowers and leaves. 
Kalmia angustifolia, Limneus. LLAMBKILL, SHEEP LAUREL, WICKY. 
Leaves narrowly oval, opposite or in threes, paler on the under than on the 
upper surface; the crimson-purple flowers 4 to ¥% inch in diameter; fruiting 
pedicels recurved. <A native shrub, 4 feet high, or under. 
Kalmia glauca, Aiton. Native of the colder Northern bogs; 1 to 2 feet 
high; leaves oblong or linear, margins revolute, whitish beneath; flowers 
purple- or lilac-colored, less than % inch across. 
Kalmia latifolia, Zinmeus. LAUREL, CALICO-BUsH. A common native 
of our mountains and hill-sides; fram 2 to 10 feet high; leaves lance-ovate, 
thick, shining, spotted often with brown; flowers 4 to 3¢ of an inch in 
diameter, white, rose-colored, or crimson, somewhat clammy. 
K. pumila and K. rubra appear to be mere garden forms which were 
invoiced to the Park. 
