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PENTANDRIA lONOGYNIA. AzalcS. 



flame colour, sometimes deep yellow mixed with 

 scarlet, as in Mirabdis Jalapa ; var. |3. bright yellow, 

 resembling A pnn'.ica. It is, without exception, the 

 handsomest shrub in North America. Vid. Bartrams 

 Travels p. 321. 

 I. A. sobnudiflora 5 foliis obovato-oblongis supra pubescen- 

 tibus subtus lomentosis, nervo non setigero, floribus 

 non viscosis, tubo laciniis vix breviore, calycis denti- 

 bns brev SMniis rotundato-obtusis, staminibus vix ex- 

 erlis. — Muh.fi amtr. I. p. 150. 

 On the banks of rivers in Lower Carolina, M'tchaux. 

 On the mountams ot Cacapoon springs near Winches- 

 ter, Virginia. Ip. May, June. v. v. flowers rose- 

 coloured. 

 3. A.subnudiflora ; foliis lanceolato-oblongis utrinque gla- 

 briuscui'is, concoloiibus, nervo supva lanuginoso, sub- 

 tus setigero, margine ciliatis, floribus amplis non 

 vi?cosis, tubo 1 iciniis longiore, calycis dentibus brevi- 

 bus ovali-subrotundis, staminibus longissime exertis. 

 — M'ull.fl. anier. \.p. 151. 

 A. nudiflcra. IViUd. sp pi. 1. p. 831. 

 a. A. floribus corcmeis, iblus ianceolatis. Bot. viag. 180. 

 /3. A. floribus saturate rubris, calycibus minutis. Ait. kew.l. 



p.3ig. 

 y. A. floribus pallide rubicundis, tubobasi rubro, calycibus 



foliaceis. Ait. I. c. 

 J. A. floribus albidis, calycibus mediocribus. Ait. I. c. 

 £. A. floiibus rubicundis: kicmia inflma alba, calycibus 



foliaceis. Ait. I. c. 

 ^. A. floiibus carneis usque ad basin quinquepartitis. 



Ait I. c. 

 Tj. \. floribus roseis brevibus 10 — 20-andris. 



On the side of hills : Canada to Georgia. Var. a. near 

 Savannah, Georgia. Var.*!;. near Philadeiphia, Pen-r 

 sylvania, fj . April-June. v. v. Ti/is beautiful 

 shrub has a great many varieties, besides the above- 

 mentioned, .imong which is one with double flowers ; 

 but the var. ij. is the most remarkable, 'i his variety 

 proves clearly, that Axalea and Rhododciuhou. are one 

 genus, A. procmnlens exclnded, as Rhododendron is 

 frequently found with less than ten, and all the 

 species of /^xfi/ea with more than five stamina. 



nhorescens. 4. A. foliosiflora ; foliis obovatis obtusiusculis utrinque gla- 

 bris subtus glaucis : nervo vix setigero, margine cili^- 



perichjme- 

 noides. 



eoccinea. 

 rutiians. 



alba, 

 papilionacea. 



partita. 



polyandra. 



