48 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLumE 29 
shining above, paler beneath and copiously resinous-dotted; petioles stout but relatively long, 
resinous-dotted and slightly pubescent above; calyx-lobes ovate, often broadly so; corolla rose- 
colored, often mottled, 1.5-2 em. long, broadly funnelform, the tube short; longer filaments 
less than 2.5 cm. long; capsules oblong-ovoid, 8-12 mm. long. 
TYPE Locality: North Carolina. 
DistRiBuTIoNn: Mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, and South Carolina. 
In.ustrations: Bot. Reg. pl. 37. 
6. Rhododendron minus Michx. Jour. Hist. Nat. 1: 412. 1792. 
Rhododendron punctatum Andr. Bot. Repos. pl. 36. 1798. 
Rhododendron Cuthbertit Small, Torreya 2:9. 1902. 
A branching straggling shrub, with resinous-dotted foliage; leaf-blades elliptic or oval, 
3-12 cm. long, acute or somewhat acuminate at both ends, deep-green above, paler and co- 
piously resinous-dotted beneath; petioles stout, but relatively long, resinous and more or less 
pubescent at least when young; calyx-lobes deltoid, often broadly so or rarely deltoid-ovate; 
corolla clear rose-colored, 2.5-3 cm. long, funnelform-campanulate, the tube rather long; 
longer filaments more than 2.5 cm. long; anthers about 2.5 mm. long; capsules oblong or oblong- 
ovoid, 8-12 mm. long. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Banks of the Savannah river near Augusta, Georgia. 
DIsTRIBUTION: Piedmont region and adjacent coastal plain, South Carolina, Georgia, and 
Alabama. . 
ILLusTRatiIons: Andr. Bot. Repos. pl. 36; Vent. Descr. Pl. Cels pl. 15; Bot. Mag. pl. 2285. 
7. Rhododendron Chapmanii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 12: 61. 1876. 
An evergreen shrub 2 m. tall or less, with glandular-dotted foliage and erect rigid branches; 
leaf-blades oblong or oval, 2-5 cm. long, obtuse or retuse at the apex, somewhat lustrous above, 
glandular-dotted beneath, revolute, abruptly narrowed at the base; petioles short, resinous- 
dotted, glabrous; calyx-lobes broadly deltoid or rounded, broader than long; corolla rose- 
colored, 2.5—3 cm. long, funnelform-campanulate, the tube rather short and stout; longer fila- 
ments more than 2.5 em. long; anthers less than 2.5 mm. long; capsules nearly 1 cm. long. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Western Florida. 
DisTRIBUTION: Western Florida. 
8. Rhododendron lapponicum (L,.) Wahl. Fl. Suec. 249. 1824. 
Azalea lapponica L. Sp. Pl. 151. 1753. 
A depressed much-branched shrub mostly less than 2 dm. tall; leaf-blades oblong, elliptic, 
or oval, varying to broadest above or below the middle, 1.5 cm. long or less, obtuse, copiously 
resinous-dotted, slightly paler. beneath than above, short-petioled; clusters 3-6-flowered; 
calyx-lobes ovate to oblong-ovate; corolla purple and somewhat mottled, rotate-campanulate, 
about 1 cm. long; stamens 5-8 or rarely 10, the anthers much-exserted; capsules ovoid or 
oblong-ovoid, 4-5 mm. long. 
Type Locatity: Lapland. 
DIsTRIBUTION: Greenland, Arctic America to Labrador, the alpine regions of New England, 
New York, and Unalaschka; also in northern Europe and Asia. 
Intusrrations: L. Fl. Lapp. ol. 6; Fl. Dan. pl. 966; Bot. Mag. pl. 3106; E.& P. Nat. Pfl. 4}: 
f. 244; Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fi. f. 2749; ed. 2. f. 3221. 
12. BILTIA Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 884. 1903. 
Shrubs with tall irregularly branched stems. Leaves alternate, deciduous; blades rather 
broad, thinnish, glabrous or essentially so when mature except the ciliate margins, nearly 
entire, petioled. Flowers in clusters from few-scaled buds, preceding the leaves and leafy 
shoots. Calyx a mere membranous undulate border. Corolla bright-colored, rotate-cam- 
panulate, irregular, oblique; lobes 5, unequal, broad, the two lower larger than the others, 
the middle one of the three upper-exterior. Stamens 7 or fewer, declined; filaments slender; 
anthers short, oval or globular. Ovary 5-celled, slightly lobed; style elongate, declined, 
enlarged at the apex; stigma obscurely lobed. Capsule narrow, slightly contracted near the 
apex, 5-ridged. 
Type species, Rhododendron Vaseyi A. Gray. 
