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of the mountain lakes of New York and Pennsylvania, and of the Island
of Sitcha. Height If t. to 2ft. Introduced in 1767. Flowers pale red;
April and May. Capsule brown ; ripe in September.
Variety.
tt. K. g .2 vosinarinifolia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 296. — Leaves linear,
more revolute on the margins, and having the under surface green.
The flower is comparable to a miniature parasol : tlie corolla to the covering,
tlie stamens to the rays that keep the covering distended, and the style to
the handle.
tt. 4. K. c u n e a . ' t a Michx. The wedge-shaped-/t'ai?e/ Kalmia.
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. n. 257. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 29C. ;
Don’s Mill.,3. p. 8.50. i . h ,
Engravings. Our Jig. 1143. from a specimen in the Museum o fth e Jardin
des Plantes.
Spec. Char., Leaves scattered, sessile, cuneate-oblong,
glandularly pubescent beneath, minutely armed at the
apex. Corymbs lateral, few-flowered. Branches twiggy,
disposed in sessile, lateral, fastigiate clusters. {Don’s
Mill.) A small evergi’een shrub. Carolina, on mountains.
Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Introduced in 1820.
Flowers white, and red at the bottom ; May and
June. Capsule brown ; ripe in September.
111.1. K. cuneùta.
tt. 5. K. h i r s u ' t a Walt. The hairy Kalmia.
Identification. Walt. Fl. Carol., 138. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 296. ; Michx Fl.
Bor. Amer., 1. p. 257. f > i
Synonyme. K. ciliàta Bartr. Itin. IS.
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 138. ; and our fig. 1144.
Spec. Chav., 4c. Branches, leaves, and calyxes very hairy.
Leaves o|)posite and alternate, almost sessile, elliptic.
Peduncles axillary, solitary, l-flo%vered, longer than the
leaves. (Don’s Mill.) A beautiful little shrub. South
Carolina and Georgia, in barren pine woods. Height
2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1786. Flowers large, red ;
June to August. Capsule brown ; ripe in October.
Somewhat difficult to cultivate in British gardens.
1114. K. hirsùla.
G e n u s X X III.
M E N Z IE 'S /J Smith. Tun M e .n z i e s i a . Lm. Syst. OetAndria Monogjnia.
Identification. Smith Icon, ined., 56. ; D. Don in Ed. Phil, .iourn. 17 n I7d
Denvaitan. Named m honour of Archibald Menzies, F .L.S., &c.’ surceon ¿nd mtnrili«! fr, ihn
Gen Char. Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla tubular or globose; limb very short 4-
lobed revolnte Slamcns 8, enclosed. subulate, glabrous. Cells
o anthers parallel, connate, mut.c at the base, and opening each bv an
olffique foramen at the apex. Stigma obtuse. Cap.mle ligneous 4-ce1led
a septicidal dehiscence. P&ccnte 4-lobed. «W s scobiform. (Don's
Leaoes simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; very small, membranous
glaucous beneath. Flowers in numerous terminal I-flowered fascicled
pedicels. —- Underslirubs, deciduous ; natives of North America.
it 1. M. fe b ru g i'n e a Smith. The rnstyflowered Menziesia
Idmrncatim. Smith Icon. Ined., 1. p. 66. t. .66. ; Putsh Sept., 1. p. 264.,
Don’s Mill., 3. p. 8-50.
Smonymc. M. urceolàris Salisb. Par. Lond. No. 44.
Engravings. Smith Icon, ined., 1. p. 56. t. 56. ; and our Jig. 1145.
Spec. Char., 4c. Corolla urceolate, with rounded lobes.
Leaves and branches hairy. Leaves obovate-lanceolate.
{Don's Mill.) A deciduous shrub. North-west coast
of America, particularly on the Columbia River, and on the
Island of Sitcha. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in
1811. Flowers rusty colour ; May and June. ms. m. femiginea.
3É 2. M. g l o b u l a ' b i s Salisb. The ^ohwXav-Jlowered Menziesia.
Identification. Salisb. Par. Lond., t. 44. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 264. ; Don’s Mill.,
Svnonvmes. M. SmitheY Michx. F l.B o r. Amer. p. 235. ; Azàlea pilòsa La?K.
III. 494. ; M. pilòsa Pers. Ench. i. p. 420.
Engraving. O u r /g . 1146.
Spec. Char., 4c. Corolla globose, with rounded lobes.
Leaves and branches hairy. Leaves lanceolate. (Don's
Mill.) A deciduous shmb. Virginia and Carolina, on
high mountains ; plentiful on the Cacapoore Mountains,
near Winchester, in Virginia. Height 3 ft. to 3 ft. In-
1146. M. globullu-is.
Virgini
troduced in 1806. Flowers yellowish brown.
G e n u s XX IV.
AZA'LEA D. Don. T h e A z a l e a . Lin. Syst. Pentándria Monogynia.
rnUmliÀ: "From amlcos. dry, or arid ; in rcforenoe lo tho habitation o tth e plant.
Gen. Char. Calyx S-parted. Corolla short, campanulate, / c ir f t. Stamens
5 equal, shorter than the corolla. Cells of anthers opening by a termina
pore. Styles straight, enclosed. Capsule S-celled, with S-c oven pointed
valves, whose inflexed edges form the double partitions. (Ho« d ilit«.)
Lcaves s i m p l e , o p p o s it e , exstipulate, evergreen ; small, elliptic, glabrous,
with revolute margins. Flowers pedicellate, rising in fascicles from the axils
of the upper leaves, small, r e d .-A shrub, eve/reen, procumbent, small, glabrous,
with the habit of wild thyme ; native of Europe and North Amenca,
on mountains.
^ 1. A. procu'mbens L. The procumbent Azalea.
Identification. Lin. Sp., 205. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 154. ; Don’s
Bot t. 866.1 Bot. Cab
t;.. 762.1./-., : iJtn..Bot. Misc.,nAiog., 2.c. p.1
64. t. 53. ; and
our fig.fil?. 1147.1147- from Lod,Lod.
Bot. Cab., and
from N. Duham.
jig. 1148. Duhai
Spec. Char., 4e. See Gen. Char.
A procumbent evergreen shrul).
Europe, on niountains; plentiful
in the Highlands of Scotland,
and in the alpine regions of different
parts of North America.
Height 6 iu. Flowers small,
rose-coloured ; April and May. 1118. A. proc6niher.â.