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AZALEA* nudifldra ; var. thyrsiflora. 



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TTie Highclere Scarlet Azalea. 



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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ordT. Erice^ Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of botany y 



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nudijlora, subnudiflora ; foliis lanceolato-oblongis utrinque glabriusculis 



concoloribus, nervo supr^ lanuginoso subtiis setigero margine ciliatis, 



floribus amplis non viscosis: tubo laciniis longiore, calycis dentibus 



brevibus ovali-subrotundis, staminibus longissim^ exsartis. — Suprd, 

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Var. thyrsiflora. Gowen in litt. 



Mr. Herbert considers this a natural seedling of Azalea 

 coccinea. It was raised at Highclere with the last, and 

 IS one of the most beautiful shrubs we have yet seen ; 

 none of the varieties formerly cultivated can be com- 

 pared with it for the rich thyrses of flowers with which 

 it is covered. It is referred to in the foregoing account. 



J.L. 



See fol. 1366. 



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