( 3239 ) 
AZALEA LEDIFOLIA, var. 8, phenicea. Purpie- 
FLoweErep Fracrant InpIAN AZALEA. _ 
KKK KEKE KEKE EEE 
Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Ruopopenprez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. infundibuliformis limbo 5-fido. 
Stam. receptaculo inserta. Caps. 3—5-locularis, valvis 
dissepimentum formantibus. Sem. nuda. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Azauea ledifolia; floribus ternis, calyce erecto glanduloso- 
-viscido, staminibus sursum curvatis. 
Azatea ledifolia. Bot. Mag. t. 2901. (White-flowered.) 
Aza.ea Indica, var. aliorum. 
Var. 8. phenicea, semiduplex, floribus pheniceis, corolla — 
segmentis tribus superioribus maculatis (Tas. 3239.) — 
The richly-coloured flowers of this plant make a brilliant 
appearance in the greenhouse during the months of Janu-— 
ary and February, and form a striking contrast with the 
more frequent white-blossomed state; but the present is by 
no means so ready a flowerer. That it belongs to the 
same species (and not to the A. Indica) there can, I think, 
be no question ; it possesses all the essential characters, and 
the fragrance is similar, or perhaps more powerful, and 
— to persons who are insensible to that of the whi 
I have already, under t. 2901, suggested that the double 
rose-coloured var. of Azatea Indica, t. 2509, should be re- 
ferred to this species : another var. is that given at. t. 2667 
of the present work. e" 
