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AZALEA* pontica ; var. sinensis. 
Chinese Yellow Azalea. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. ERICEE. 
AZALEA. — Supra, vol. 2. fol. 120. 
A. pontica ; foliis oblongis basi angustatis subundulatis rugosis subtüs glau- 
cescentibus pilosis, corymbo terminali capitato, corollee, tubo. piloso» 
glanduloso limbo subeequali. 
A. pontica. Linn. sp. 1669, aliorumque. 
Var. sinensis, 
A. sinensis. Lodd. botanical cabinet, t. 885. 
This fine plant has been received from China, at dif- 
ferent times, both by Messrs. Loddiges of Hackney, and 
Mr. Wells of Redleaf, with each of whom it has now pro- 
duced its lowers. The specimen from which our drawing 
was taken was communicated by Mr. Wells in April of the 
present year; and about the same time we saw a bush in 
Messrs. Loddiges Greenhouse covered with clusters of 
blossoms. It is one of the most shewy plants we know, 
and is, upon the whole, decidedly superior to the now 
common iden pontica of Asia Minor. Mr. Wells's plant 
is not exactly the same as that represented in the Botanical 
Cabinet, differing from it in being a little more glaucous on 
the under side of the leaves, and in having the midrib 
covered beneath with long, scattered hairs. | 
That the plant now figured, and those in the possession 
of Messrs. Loddiges, were really introduced from China, 
there is no kind of doubt. But it does not to us appear by 
tata. 
mani — cri 
* Azalea is a slight alteration of 402266, arid, and derives its name from 
the dry rocky places in which the species are found. 
