Tas. 5064. 
AZALEA ovata. 
Ovate-leaved Chinese Azalea. 
Nat. Ord. Ertcem.—Pentanpria Monoaynta. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4726.) 
AZALEA ovata ; glaberrima, foliis coriaceis petiolatis ovatis ovato-subcordatisve 
acutis emarginatisve, pedunculis glanduloso-hispidis unifloris ex axillis su- 
premis, floribus 5-andris, sepalis ovatis membranaceis glabris subciliatis, 
corolla rotata ad basin fere 5-partita, laciniis obovatis oblongisve obtusis, 
filamentis infra medium pilosis, ovario glanduloso. 
Var. a; floribus pallide purpureis. (Taz. Nostr. 5064.) 
Var. 8; floribus pallide roseis. 
AZALEA ovata. Lindl. in Hort. Soc. Journ. v. 1. p. 149. Fortune in Hort. Soc. 
Journ. v. 2. p. 126, #. 2. 
Var. y; floribus albis. 
AZALEA myrtifolia. Champion in Hook. Bot. Mag. sub t. 4609. Benth. Flor. 
Hongkong. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4. p. 298. 
A very pretty little shrub, introduced from Northern China © . 
by Mr. Fortune, and first described by Dr. Lindley, from both a 
white- and pale-pink-flowered variety, in 1844. Our specimens 
were received from the garden of the Horticultural Society, in 
June, 1858. The same species was afterwards found in Hong- | 
kong by the late Captain Champion, and, from differing in some 
points from Lindley’s description, he named it 4. myrtifolia. 
Descr. A half-hardy shrub or small tree, with few smal 
shining green leaves towards the tips of the short branches, and 
axillary, solitary, peduncled flowers. Zeaves about an inch long, 
- ovate or ovate-cordate, acuminate or emarginate, glabrous. Pe- 
duncles short, glanduloso-pubescent. Calya-lobes membranous, 
oblong, blunt, subciliated. FVowers pale-purple, upper lobe of 
corolla speckled with dark-purple. Corolla rotate, with broad 
lobes. Stamens five, with filaments hairy below the middle. 
Ovary glandular, five-celled.—/. D. H. 
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Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Calyx and pistil. 3. Ovary. 4. Transverse section of a: 
ditto :-—all magnified. 
_ AUGUST lst, 1858. 
