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AZALEA nitida. 



Glossy -leaved Azalea or Swamp Honeysuckle. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNU. 



Nat. ord. Rhododendra. Jtasieu gen. 158. Dm* I. Corolla mono- 

 petala. 



AZALEA. Supra vol. I.fol. 120. 



A. nitida, foliosiflora; ramis glabriusculis, foliis parvls oblanceolati* aub- 

 raucronatis coriaceis utrinque glabris supra nitidis: nervo subtds seti- 

 gero, margine revoluto-ciliatis, floribus viscosis: tubo laciniis pauld 

 longiore, calycibus breviasimis, filamentis exsertis. Pursh amer. sept. 1. 

 153. 



Azalea nitida. Sweet hort. sub. lond. 34. 



A hardy shrub, first recorded as a species by Mr. Pursh; 

 who tells us that it grows in deep mossy swamps, on 

 mountains, from New York to Virginia; and flowers about 

 June and July. 



Introduced, according to the Hortus Suburbanus Londi- 

 nensis, in 1812. 



The drawing was taken at the Nursery of Messrs. Col- 

 ville in the King's Road, Chelsea, the only place where we 

 have yet met with it. 



Distinguished at first sight from its congeners by smaller 

 dark green shining leaves. 



Inflorescence leafy; corolla white with a red tinge. 

 Branches smoothish; leaves obversely lanceolate, with a 

 slight end-point, of coriaceous or leathery substance, smooth 

 on both sides, shining at the upper, revolutely fringed at 

 the edge, midrib bristly underneath; flowers viscous; tube 

 a little longer than the segments; calyx very short; fila- 

 ments protruded. 



We have relied upon Mr. Pursh for the description ; as 

 we had no opportunity of taking one while the plant was in 

 flower. 



