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AZALEA* pontica ; var. sinensis. 

 Chinese Yellow Azalea. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Erice;e. 



AZALEA. — Supra, vol. 2. fol. 120. 



A. -pontica; foliis oblongis basi angustatis subundulatis rugosis subtiis glau- 

 cescentibus pilosis, corymbo terminali capitato, corollse tubo piloso- 

 glanduloso limbo subsequali. r » P u 



A. pontica. Linn. sp. 1669, aliorumque. 



Var. sinensis. 



A. sinensis. Lodd. botanical cabinet, t. 885. 



This fine plant has been received from China, at dif- 

 ferent times both by Messrs. Loddiges of Hackney, and 

 Mr. Wells of Redleaf, with each of whom it has now pro- 

 duced Its flowers. The specimen from which our drawing 

 was taken was communicated by Mr. Wells in April of the 

 present year ; and about the same time we saw a bush in 

 Messrs. Loddiges Greenhouse covered with clusters of 

 blossoms. It IS one of the most shewy plants we know, 

 and is, upon the whole, decidedly superior to the now 

 common Azalea pontica of Asia Minor. Mr. Wells's plant 

 IS not exactly the same as that represented in the Botanical 

 ^^bmet differing from it in being a little more glaucous on 

 the under side of the leaves, and in having the midrib 

 covered beneath with long, scattered hairs. 



That the plant now figured, and those in the possession 

 ot Messrs. Loddiges, were really introduced from China, 

 there is no kind of doubt. But it does not to us appear by 



the *drv rorlV! T '''^"'^ ^^T^^ °^ '^^"^^''^' ^"^' ^^^ derives its name from 

 the dry rocky places m which the species are found. 



