184 DECANDRIA.— MONOGYNIA. 



riaceous, smooth on both side9, shining above 

 nerve bristly beneath ; margin revolute-ciliate ; 

 flowers viscous ; tube a little longer than the seg- 

 ments ; calyx very short ; filaments exserted. 

 HAB. Mountain swamps. Leav. dark green, small: 

 fl. reddish while. 



6. R. irispidum : flowers leafy ; branches straight. 



very hispid ; leaves long-lanceolate, hispid above, 

 smooth beneath, glaucous on both sides ; nerve 

 beneath bristly ; margin ciliate ; flowers very vis- 

 cous ; tube scarcely longer than the segments : 

 teeth of the calyx oblong, round ; filaments ex- 

 serted. 

 HAB, Mountains, near lakes. July — Aug. Shrub 

 10 — 15 ft. high, bluish, upright; fl. wli., bord. 

 and tube red. 



** Flowers campanulate ; stamens 5 — 10. 



7. R. lapponicum : leaves elliptical, roughened with 



excavated punctures. 

 HAB. High mountains. July. A small evergreen 

 shrub ; fl. in term, dust., large purp., 4 cl.; stam. 8. 



8. R. maximum : arborescent ; leaves oblong, acute. 



paler beneath ; umbels terminal ; segments of the 

 calyx oval, obtuse ; corolla campanulate. ' 

 HAB. Cedar swamps and mountain bogs. June — 

 July. Shrub 10 — 15 ft. high; leav. semperv. ; fl. 

 large, rose-col. 



285. RHODORA. Rhododendracecv. 



R. canadensis : 



HAB. Mountain bogs. May. Shrub 2ft. high ; leav. 

 oval; fl. in term, limb., purplish; stam. not exsert. 



28G. EPIG^A. Ground-laurel. Ericeai. 



E. repens : branches, nerves of the leaves, and pe 

 tioles, very hairy ; leaves cordate-ovate, very en 

 tire ; corolla subcylindrical. 



HAB. Rocky woods. April. U . A trailing ever 



green ; fl. dust., reddish wh. 



