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Kalmia latifolia, or mountain laurel, was named for Finnish-Swedish naturalist Peter Kalm.
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a dense hedgelike growth of Kalmia latifolia, there were no other lights in the hollow; so that the dinner-table had the effect of standing in a cave; for where the gleam of the candles ended, the surrounding darkness appeared solid like a wall.
It, and Other Stories Gouverneur Morris 1914
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