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Azalea iiybrida enneandra. Hybrid 

 Rhododendron-like Azalea. 



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Class and Order. 



Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-partitus. Cor. inftmdibuliformis aut campanulata, 

 5-fida, inaequalis. Stam. 5, sub pistillo inserta. Caps. 5-lo- 

 cularis. Jussieu. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Azalea hybrida, enneandra ; fioribus racemosis sub decan- 



dris, foliis perennantibus. 

 Rhododendron hybridum, enneandron. Herbert in Trans. 



Horticult. Soc. v. 3. 



For a specimen of this charming" fragrant shrub we are 

 indebted to the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert, who 

 states that it was raised from seeds of a white-flowered 

 Azalea accidentally fecundated by the pollen of a Rhodo- 

 dendron ponticum which stood near it. Which is the more 

 probable as the American Azaleas, Mr. Herbert observes, 

 rarely produce seed with us, from the want of pollen. It is 

 a low shrub, with many slender weak branches, produces 

 abundance of flowers during the summer months, which are 

 very fragrant. Leaves evergreen, a little variegated with 

 yellow. Rhododendron hybridum glaucum of Mr. Herbert 

 figured in the Botanical Register No. 193, the product of 

 an Azalea fecundated by the pollen of Rhododendron 

 maximum, differs from our plant in having glaucous leaves, 

 and an erect, more arborescent stem. We have received 

 specimens under the name of Rhod. azaleoides, supposed 

 to be mule products of Azalea ami Rhododendron from 



Messrs. 



