ERICACEAE 995 
seine Willd. Shrub 0.5-2 m. tall, the twigs o leaf- 
blades obovate to elliptic, 3-6 cm. long, fin ely pubescent beneath and pin 
or less te on the midrib: alyx-lobes broadly ovate ES » elliptic, 0.5-3 m 
long, long- | corolla sree or i ght -red; tube 2- long; upper lo be 
with an orange e blotch: capsule 2-3 cm. long, narrowly pos oid to elliptic-ovoid, 
strigose.—W oods and sandhills, Piedmont and adj. provinces, Ga. and S. C.—Spr. 
3. A. austrina Small. Shrub mostly 3 m. tall or less, the twigs sparingly 
strigose and softly center and usually glandular: leaf- blades oval, obovate, 
elliptic, or ss ae -spatulate, 2.5-9 em. long, rather firm in age, finely pubescent, 
ually per ently so: i ae deltoid to Para eae ee DA acute, 
Bn. ‘ciliate: RUM yellow and orange; tube 1.8-2 cm. long, finely glandu- 
lar-pubescent; lobes broad, acute or abruptly short acuminaie: capsule narrowly 
eylindrie ellipsoid, slightly na E upward, 2-2.5 em. long, n glandular- 
a scent.—Woods and stream-banks, in moderately acid sandy soils, N W Fla. 
—The flowers are slightly fragra 
4. A.nudiflora L. Shrub 3 m. tall or less, the twigs finely pubescent and m 
ate 
or less strigose: leaf-blades elliptie to obov or elliptie-obovate, 3-10 e 
long, thick an in age, stri on o r the veins beneath, or re 
except the margins: calyx-lobes ovate to half-orbicular, copiously ciliate: corolla 
pink (or p-p r carmin ay wit m ual gland-tipped hairs in 
udiflora ee tu lon lose strigose; lobes rather 
broad, shorter than tube: Jen ellipsoid, often a so or d 
narrowed upward, e or hirsute-strigose.— ou don WER. NEY- 
Wood 
SUCKLE. EARLY-AZALEA.)— Woods and low grounds, various provinces, UN. C. 
to Tenn., Ohio and Mass.—Spr.—The flowers are RS pur ant. 
5. A. canescens Michx. Shrub up to 5 m. tall the twigs mi inutely soft- 
pubescent and u m also strigose: leaf- nara eae d -oblanceolate, 
owly a firm ity 
ion 
tose-canescent beneath, (or glabrous, except the margins an the midrib in 
A. canescens subglabra): ealyx-lobes deltoid i poles or half-orbieular, usually 
iliate: eo p r rarely some- 
es 
So i than the tube: capsule cylindric-ellipsoid, narrowed upward, 
ong, canescent and hirsute.—Stream-banks, in rather acid sandy soil, 
Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, Fla. to Tex., Ark., Tenn., and N. C.—Spr.— 
The flowers are slightly fragrant. 
6. A. candida Small. Shrub 2 m. tall or less, the twigs tomentulose n often 
somewhat glandular: leaf-blades di obovate-oblanceolate, cuneate, or 
maturity, 1-7 long, thi 
bescent : e 
glaucous and white- or pale-tomentose mtem and sometimes retieulate-veiny: 
calyx-lobes o. ciliate, obtuse: corolla r a narrow, gradually 
narrowed e: 2—9.5 em. long, canescent, ved.—Hammocks, Coastal 
Plain, N Fla. to S Ga.—Spr.—The flowers are ‘lightly fragrant. 
7. A. prinophylla Small. Shrub up to 5 tall, the twigs finely loose- 
pubescent and somewhat strigose: leaf "blades. oval or elliptie, varying to 
E. U. S.) not 
Michx.]—Woods and rocky banks, various provinces N of Coastal Plain, Tenn. 
to Ark., Vt., aa Va.—Spr.—The flowers are very fragra 
