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CA. YELLOW AZALEA. 
ific Character and Synonyms. 
pontica foltis nitidis lanceolatis, 
racemis terminalibus. Linn. Sp. Pl.-. 
oe Pall. Fl. Rofs. t. 69: p- 51. 
CHAM ERHODENDROS Pontica maxima 
 flore luteo. “Tourn, C 
* Paris 1704. p. 348. 
AZALE 
Descr. Shrub from two tot 
thickeft part of the: ften 
finger, covered witha ff 0 
Flowers appearing before 
produc bels at tl 
nches, from 
urfe eithoude « cokliderable 
‘fhort peduncles; Calyx very 
nd divided, moft commonly into 
_ five oyato-lanceolate fegments ; Corolla, tube cylindrical, vif- 
cous, graoved, brim divided into five fegments, undulated and 
_ fomewhat wrinkled, ovate, pointed, three turning upwards, 
_ two downwards, of the three uppermoft fegments the middle 
one more intenfely yellow than the others and inclining to 
orange, with which it is fometimes {potted ; Stamina ufually 
five, yellow, proje€ting beyond the corolla, and turning up- 
_ wards near their extremities ; Anthere orange-coloured ; Pol- 
__ ken whitifh and thready ; Germen fomewhat conical, evidently 
hairy, and fomewhat angular; Style yellowifh, filiform, pro- 
ecting beyond. the ftamina, and turning upwards; Stigma 
ming a round green head. 
