[ 95i ] 

 Rhododendron Maximum. Laurel- 

 Leaved Rhododendron. 



£"/<//} and Order. 

 Djecandria Monogynia. 



Generic Characler. 



Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. fubinfundibuliformis. Slam, dedinata. 

 Cap/. 5-locularis. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



RHODODENDRON maximum ; foliis oblongis glabris fubtus 



difcoloribus margine acuto reflexo; 



umbellis terminalibus congeftis, co- 



rollae laciniis concavis. 

 RHODODENDRON maximum. Sp. PI. 563. Willi. Arb. 



286. Ejufd. Sp. 2. p. 607. Trcw. 



Ehret. p. 32. /. 66. Wangenh. Amer. p. 



63. /. 23. /. 49. Mart. Mill. Dicl. 



n. 9. Michaux Fl. Am. Bor. 1. p. 259. 



Gartn. Frucl. v. 1. ^.304. /. 63. 

 KALMIA foliis lanceolato-ovatis nitidis fubtus ferrugineis, 



corymbis terminalibus. Mill. Ic. t. 



229. 

 CHAMyERHODODENDROS, lauri folio fempervirens, flo- 



ribus bullatis corymbofis. Catejb. Car. 



3. p. 17. /. 17. f. 2. 

 LEDUM Jauro-cerafi folio. Amaru. Acad. 2. p. 201. 



This elegant tree, according to Catesby, adorns the 

 weftern and remote parts of Pennfylvania, always growing in 

 the moft fteril foil, or on the rocky declivities of hills and 

 river banks, in fhady and moifl places. Michaux fays it is 



found 



