82 Class V. Order I. 



VERBASCUM BLATTARIA. .L. jWo//t Mullein. 



Leaves clasping, oblong, glabrous, serrate ; pe- 

 duncles one flowered, solitary. 



Two or three feet high. Leaves smooth, oblong, obovate, 

 doubly serrate, the radical ones somewhat lyrate. Flowers in a 

 long, terminal raceme, pedunculated, yellow or white, marked 

 with purple. Stamens covered with purple hairs. Road sides, 

 not common. Annual. 



80. AZALEA. 



AZALEA NUDIFLOIIA. L. Naked Jlzalea. 



Flowers naked ; leaves lanceolate-oval, pubescent, 



the nerve hairy ; corolla hairy ; stamens much longer 



than the tube. 



An exceedingly beautiful shrub with rose coloured flowers. I 

 have never seen it wild very near to Boston, but have observed 

 it in woods in Worcester, Princeton, Douglas, &c. Several va- 

 rieties occur in the length and colour of the flowers. June. 



AZALEA VISCOSA. jL. W-ild Honeysuckle, Swamp Pink. 



Leaves with a rough margin ; corollas viscid, hai- 

 ry : stamens but little longer than the corolla. L. 



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A fine flowering shrub, very common among the brushwood 

 in low land. The small branches and peduncles are commonly 

 more or less bristly. Leaves crowded, lance-obovate, nearly en- 

 tire, ciliated, h,;iry on the midrib and margin. Flowers in ter- 

 minal, umbel-like corymbs. Corollas funnel shaped, varying in 

 colour, but commonly white, hairy and glutinous on the outside. 

 June, July. 



Several varieties occur in the colour of the leaves, parts < f 

 the flower and small branches. The leaves are sometimes quite 

 glaucous. 



AZALEA PROCUMBENS. L. Procumbent Azalea. 



Leafy flowered ; stems diffusely procumbent ; 

 leaves opposite, elliptical, glabrous, re volute at the 

 margin ; corollas campanulate, glabrous ; filaments 

 equal included. 



