delicate and very fragrant, in shape.between campanulate 
and infundibuliform : the tube five-angled: the limb of 
five, nearly equal, spreading, large, ovato-oblong, waved 
lobes. Stamens ten, mostly unequal, and one or more 
frequently abortive. Filaments inserted upon the recepta- 
cle, white, much exserted, curved upwards, glandular at the 
base. Anthers of two, oblong, yellow cells, real bya 
pore at the extremity. Germen ovate, obscurely five lobed, 
glabrous at the base, the rest clothed with white upright 
hairs. Style filiform, white, much longer than the stamens, 
and curved upwards. Stigma incrassated, green. : 
This Azaxea is said to have been introduced from China, 
by Mr. Brookes, of the Nursery, Ball’s Pond, in 1819. It1s 
now commonly cultivated in our greenhouses, and is, I be- 
lieve, generally considered to be a white-flowered variety of 
Azatea indica (Bot. Mag. t. 1480.) As such, too, it seems to 
be enumerated by Kmumprer, under the name of JEepoeavA 
Tsutsusi, in his valuable Ameenitates Exotice. a 
But if the two plants be compared, many differences will 
be discovered which have led me to describe the present as 
a species. The A. indica, for example, is a very free grow- 
ing plant, arriving at a height of eight or ten feet, with long, 
twiggy, pendent shoots. The leaves are longer, glossy, 
concave, generally much less hairy, the nerves on the upper 
side not sunk, but rather elevated above the surface. The 
corolla is scentless and of a firmer texture. The calyx is not 
viscid ; it is clothed with long, white, rigid hairs, and the 
segments are always horizontally patent or reflexed: The 
stamens are straight, scarcely shorter than the style. 
A. ledifolia blossoms at the same season with the indica, 
namely, at the latter end of the winter, and in early spring: 
and requires the same treatment. It is not indeed a plant 
which boasts such vivid colours as the common Indian 
Azalea, but it is not less worthy of cultivation on account of 
the extreme delicacy and pure whiteness of the flowers, a? 
their fragrant scent. 
Our drawing was made from a fine individual profusely 
covered with blossoms in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 
February 1829. : 
It is very probable, judging from the habit of the plant 
that the “double rose-coloured var. of AzALea indica, 
Bot. Mag. t. 2509, will prove to be of thesame species with 
the present. 
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Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Front view of an Anther. 3. Back view ot 
4. Calyx. 5. Pistil. 6. Section of the Germen.—More or less magnif@ 
