141 IIHODODENDRA. [CI. 9. 



akin, as Jussieu hints of the former, to his Melice, 

 Ord.71. 



Ord. 50. Rhododendra. " Calyx divided, per- 

 manent. Corolla attached to it's base" (scarcely so), 

 " either monopetalous andlobed, or so deeply divided 

 as to become almost polypetalous. Stamens definite, 

 distinct, inserted into the Corolla if monopetalous" 

 (very slightly, if at all); " if it be polypetalous, into 

 the bottom of the calyx" (rather into the receptacle). 

 Germen superior. Style 1. Stigma single, often ca- 

 pitate. Capsule superior, with many cells and many 

 valves, whose inflexed edges constitute the partitions, 

 uniting with the central column. Seeds numerous, 

 minute. Stem shrubby. Leaves alternate, rarely op- 

 posite, mostly revolute when young. 



Sect. 1 . Corolla monopetalous. Kalmia, Rhododen- 

 drum, fig. 190, Azalea; to which is to be added 'Men- 

 ziesia, Sm. PI. Ic. t. 56. Comp. Fl. Brit. ed. 4. 70. 



Sect. 2. Cor. nearly polypetalous. Rhodora, Ledum, 

 Bejaria (erroneously printed by Linnaeus Be/aria), 

 and Itea. 



It is singular that the able author should have re- 

 marked in Rhodora only, what is the striking mark 

 of his true Rhododendra, the bursting of the Anthers 

 by 2 oval pores near the top, without any crest or 

 appendage. Itea wants this character. 



This Order appears to have scarcely any affinity, 

 except perhaps in hardness of wood, to the preceding. 



