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A biirub 10 — 15 feet high. Leaves sempcrvircnt, 4—6 inches 

 long, and an inch and a half hroad, coriaceous, somewhat 

 cuneate, abruptly acuminate, pale or ferruginous on the under 

 surface ; petioles about an inch in length. Flowers in dense 

 terminal racemes, very large, at first invested with large acu- 

 minate ferruginous bracts ; pedicels viscous-pubescent, erect, 

 an inch and a half long. Calyx very short, witli 5 ovate ob- 

 tuse teeth. Corolla subcampanulate, irregular, rose-colour, 

 5-cleft; segments rounded, spreading. Stamens rather shorter 

 than the corolla, unequal ; yf/awerzrs woolly at the base ; an- 

 thers roundish. Style about as long as the stamens ; stigma 

 capitate. Cafisule oblong, subterete, 5 -celled. Seeds very 

 minute and numerous, compressed, subulate at each extre- 

 mity, attaclied to the 5 wings of the columella, which extend 

 into the ceils of the capsule. 



Hab In cedar swamps, an;l in mountain bogs. Abundant in the 

 cedar swamp near New-Durham, New- Jersey, and in the \>in& 

 barrens. On Long-Island, near Babylon. In the Highlands 

 of New-York, near Fishkill. Barratt. Near West-Point, 

 Douglass. In the vicinity of Boston, and at Cape-Ann, 

 Massachusetts. Bigelow. In Pennsylvania. Muhlen- 

 berg. June — July. 



A highly ornamental evergreen shrub. M i c h a ii x, the 

 younger, remarks, that the northern limits of this plant are the 

 west end of Long-Island, and the River Hudson below the 

 Highlands; but Dr. Bigelow has found it near Boston, and 

 Dr. J. Locke, I believe, still farther north. 



283. RHODORA. L. 

 Calyx 5-tootbed. Corolla 3-pctalled ; p-^fah unequal, 

 slightly united at the base; the upper one thrice 

 broader, and 3-lobed. Stamens and sti/le declinate. 

 Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, opening at die top ; dis- 

 sepiments formed of the inflexed margins of the valves. 

 D. Don, in Edin. Phil Mag. VI. p. 49. Gen. pi. 

 745. Nutt. GVw. I. p. 269. Jiiss.\>.\S9. Lam. 

 7//. t. 364. f. 2. Nat. Ord. Rhododendrace^ Juss. 

 R. canacknsh L. W il I d Spec. U. p. GOZ. Lam. 

 III. I c. Hot. Mag. 744. PHerit. Stirp. 1. p. 141. t. 68. 

 M i c h. Fl. I. p. 259. Pursh Fl.l. p. 298. B i g. Bost. 

 p. 104. 



A shrub about 2 feet high, with erect branches. Leaves alter- 

 nate, oval, very entire, pubescent and glaucous beneath, some- 

 what revolute on the margin. Flowers in terminal umbels or 

 clusters, appearing before the leaves are unfolded. Calyx 

 very minute. Corolla purple or reddish ; superior petals nar- 

 row-lanceolate, obtuse ; inferior ones broader, and 3-lobed rt 



