PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Azalea. 283 



the continent, except in the south, is a welcome present to Ger- 

 man, Swiss and Swedish botanists. 

 The corolla is rather funnel-shaped, as in Centunculus, and the 

 herbage most like a Lysimachia ; but the essential characters 

 are clear. 



103. AZALEA. Azalea. 



Linn. Gen. 85. Juss. 158. Fl. Br. 231. Lam. t. 1 10./. 1. Gartn. 

 t.63. 



Nat. Ord. Bicornes. Linn. 18. Rhododendra. Juss. 50. 



Cat. inferior, of 1 leaf, in 5 deep, acute, upright segments, 

 coloured, permanent. Cor. of 1 petal, bell-shaped, di- 

 vided halfway into 5 nearly equal segments, whose mar- 

 gins are indexed. Filam, inserted into the receptacle, 

 thread-shaped, unconnected. Anth. roundish, opening by 

 2 terminal pores. Germ, globular, with 5 longitudinal 

 furrows. Style cylindrical, erect, the length of the germen, 

 permanent. Stigma capitate, umbilicated. Caps, roundish, 

 with 5 deep furrows, umbilicated, crowned with the style, 

 of 5 cells, and 5 convex, acute, cloven-pointed valves, 

 whose inflexed edges form the double partitions. Seeds 

 numerous, roundish, dotted, attached to an unconnected, 

 tapering, central column. 



Gaertner found but 2, or more commonly 3, cells to the 

 capsule, never 5. I have found 4 or 5. 



That the American Azalea? of the gardens must constitute 

 a distinct genus, has long been thought. But whatever 

 shall be determined concerning them, the plant before us 

 is the identical Azalea, on which this genus was founded, 

 and which alone, except perhaps A. lapponica, answers 

 to the generic description of its author. 



Shrubby, depressed, evergreen. Leaves smooth, convex, 

 entire. Fl. red, on simple, aggregate, terminal stalks. 



1. A. procumbens. Trailing Azalea. 



Branches spreading and reclining. Leaves opposite, revo- 

 lute, very smooth. 



A. procumbens. Linn. Sp. PL 205. Fl. Lapp. eel. 2. CO. t. 6. f. 2. 



Willd. v. 1.832. Fl. Br. 231. Engl. Bot.v. 13. t.865. Hook. 



Scot. 73. Don H. Br. 134. Fl. Dan. t. 9. Pall. Ross. v. 1. p. 2. 



52. t.70.f.2. 

 A. n, 666. Hall. Hist. v. 1.296. 



