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glauca , 
rosmarinifo- 
lia. 
cuneata. 
angustifolia. 
ovata. 
latifolia , 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. KaliniS. 
K. ciliata. Bartr. it. 18. 
Icon. Bot.mag. 138. 
In barren pine-woods : South Carolina and Georgia. I? • 
June - Aug. v.v. A beautiful little shrub, but difficult 
to cultivate ; leaves small, like thyme ; flowers large, 
red. 
2. K. ramulis ancipitibus, foliis oppositis subsessilibus ob- 
longis laevibus subtus glaucis margine revolutis, corym- 
bis terminalibus bracteatis, pedunculis calycibusque 
glaberrimis. — Ait . kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 4J. iVilld. sp. 
pl. 2. p. 601 . 
K. polifolia. Wangh. act. soc. lerol. 8. p. 120. t. 5. 
Icon. Bot. mag. 177 4it. kew. 2. t. S. Lam. illustr. 363. 
/3. K. foliis linearibus magis revolutis subtus viridibus. 
In bogs of Canada and on the borders of mountain-lakes 
of New York and Pensylvania. Tj • April, May. v. v. 
An upright, small shrub ; dowers pale red, very hand- 
some. The variety /3. I discovered in a bog near Al- 
bany, New York, and am inclined to think it a distinct 
species. 
3. K. foliis sparsis sessilibus cuneato-oblongis subtus pubes- 
centibus apice minutim aristatis, corymbis lateralibus 
paucifloris. Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. 25 j. 
On the mountains of Carolina. Michaux. Tj . 
Flowers white, with red at the bottom. Resembles 
the following one in some respects, but is distinct j the 
leaves are like those of Azalea, Mick. 
4. K. foliis ternis petiolatis oblongis obtusis subtus subfer- 
rugineis, corymbis lateralibus, bracteis linearibus, 
pedunculis calycibusque glanduloso-pubescentibus. — 
Ait. kew. ed. 2 v. 3. p. 47- Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 601. 
Icon. Bot.mag. 331. Catesh. car,3>. t. IJ.f. J. Trew 
ehret. t. 38 jf. 2. 
/3. K. foliis latioribus subovatis, caule altiore. 
In bogs and swamps, and sometimes in dry mountain 
lands : Canada to Carolina. /3. New Jersey mountains. 
Ij . May— July, v , v. A shrub from one to two 
feet high j flowers dark red , known by the name of 
Sheep Laurel, being considered very poisonous when 
fed upon by sheep. 
5. K. foliis longe petiolatis sparsis ternisque ovalibus utrin- 
que laevigatis et subconcoloribus, corymbis terminali- 
bus viscido-pubescentibus. — Willd . sp. pl, 2. />.600 . 
