DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 199 
ground, among shrubbery, every where very common. . 
June, July. 
196. KALMIA. Gen. pi. 743. {Rhododendra.) 
Calix ii-parted. Corolla salverform ; border 
on the under side producing 10 cornute 
protuberances, and as many cavities in 
which the anthers are concealed. Capsule 
5-celled, many-seeded, dissepiments mar- 
ginal. — JSTutt. 
1 . K. leaves on long foot-stalks, scattered and by laiirolia, 
three’s, oval, coriaceous, smooth on each side | 
corymbs terminal, viscid and pubescent. — Miclu 
Laurel. Calico4ree or hush. American Laurel. 
Ivy-hush. 
This magnificent shrub is certainly one of the finest orna- 
ments of our woods. In the woods of Jersey, where it seems 
to attain its greatest perfection, it is often ten or thirteen feet 
I high ; and when in full flower, is truly admirable. Common 
every where in woods, and among shrubbery. Possesses me- 
dicinal properties. Flowers peach-blossom-red. I 2 , May, 
June. 
£ K. branches ancipital, leaves opposite, subses- giauea. 
sile, oblong, smooth, glaucous beneath, margins 
revolute; corymbs terminal, bracteate, pedun- 
cles and calices very smooth. — Ait. and Pursh. 
Obs. branches terete, branchlets mostly trique- 
trous with the leaves ternate : leaves petiolate, 
subovate-oblong obtuse, nearly flat, scattered 
and ternate, every where smooth, glaucous on 
the under side, at length dependent ; corymbs 
terminal, compound ; corymbulets racemose, 
ternate ; flowers subfastigiate, pcdimcie with 3 
bractes at the base, disposed in £ contrary se- 
ries, pulverulently and viscidly pubescent as 
well as the calix ; segment of the calix ovate 
acute I flower salverform, margin crenately 
