DECANDRIA MONOGYNrA. Kalmla. 



Icon. Bol. ving.175. Wang h. amer. t. 24. f. 50. Catesl. 

 car. 2. t. 98. 



On the sides of stony hills : Canada to Carolina. Tj . 

 June, July. v. v. A shrub from three to eight feet 

 high, very elegant when in flower ; called Laurel or 

 in the mountains Callico-hush. The whole of this 

 genus are evergreen. 



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360. EPIGiEA. Gen. pi. 748. 



I.E. ramis petiolis nervoque hirsutissimis, foliis cordato- 

 ovatis integerrimis, coroUis cylindricis. — Willd. sp. 

 pi. 2. p. 615. 

 Icon. Bot. rep. 102. Lam. illustr. t. 367. f. 1. Plult. 



aim. t. 107./. 1. 

 On shady rocks and in stony woods : Canada to Carolina. 

 Tj . May — July, v. v. A small trailing and creeping 

 plant J flowers white, tinged with red, very fragrant. 



epens. 



361. RHODODENDRON. Gen.pl.;46. 



1. R, arborescens ; foliis oblongis acutis subtus discoloribus, maximum. 

 umbellis terminalibus, calycis laciniis ovalibus obtusis, 

 corollis campanulatis. — IVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. QoQ. 



a. R. foliis ellip'^ico-oblongis convexis basi obtusiusculis roseum. 



subtus albicantibus vel ferrugineis, corollae laciniis sub- 

 rotundis, stylo staminibus vix longiore, floribus albi- 

 do-roseis. 

 R. maximum. Schmidt arh. t.\2\. Bot. mag. Q5 1, bona. 

 Lam. illustr. 364. 



/3. R. foliis caneato-lanceolatis planis basi sensim acutis sub- album, 



tus pallidioribus, corollae laciniis rotundato-oblongis, 

 stylo staminibus vix longiore, floribus minoribus 

 albidis. 



y. R. altissimum ; foliis majoribus oblongo-ellipticis pla- purpureum. 

 niusculis basi obtusiusculis utriiique viridibus, corollae 

 laciniis oblongis obtusis, stylo staminibus paulo lon- 

 giore, floribui purpurascentibus. 

 a. In the mountains, near rivulets and lakes : Canada to 

 Carolina. /S. In shady cedar-swamps of New Jersey 

 and Delaware, y. On the highest mountains of Vir- 

 ginia and Carolina, near lakes. I2 . a. June, July. 

 ^. July, Aug. y. May, June. v. v. This elegant 

 shrub, with its varieties, grows from four to twenty 

 feet high ; flowers large and in great abundance. The 



