DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Calyx_ 5-partitus. _Corolla_ hypocrateriformis: limbo subtus
quinquecorni _Caps._ 5-locularis.

_Specific Character._

KALMIA _hirsuta_ foliis ovato-lanceolatis hirsutis sparsis, floribus
racemosis.

[Illustration: No 138]

This new species of Kalmia which we have called _hirsuta,_ the stalk,
leaves, and calyx, being covered with strong hairs, was imported from
Carolina in the Spring of 1790, by Mr. WATSON, Nurseryman at
Islington, with whom several plants of it flowered this present Autumn,
about the middle of September, from one of which our drawing was made.

The plants were brought over with their roots enclosed in balls of the
earth in which they naturally grew, which on being examined appeared of
a blackish colour, and full of glittering particles of sand; similar
indeed to the bog-earth which we find on our moors and heaths; there is
therefore little doubt (for no account accompanied the plants) but this
Kalmia grows on moorish heaths, or in swamps.

In its general appearance it bears some resemblance to the _Andromeda
Daboecii_; from the specimens we have seen its usual height would