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AZALEA PONTICA. 

 Yellow Azalea. 



Pentandria. Monogynia. 



Class 5, Order 1. 



Azalea : A^aXso;, dry ; from its growing in a dry soil. 



Linn. gen. n. 212. Linn. spec. 16G9. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cat. Perianth five-parted^ acute, erect, small, coloured, permanent. 

 Cor. monopetalous, bell-shaped, semiquinquefid ; the sides of the 

 divisions bent in. Stam. Filaments five, filiform, inserted into the 

 receptacle, free. Anthers simple. Fist. Germ roundish. Style 

 filiform, the length of the corolla, permanent. Stigma obtuse. 

 Per. Capsule roundish, five-celled, five-valved. Seeds many, 

 roundish. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves shining, lanceolate, smooth on both sides ; racemes terminal. 



Stems branching, woody, rising to the height of from six to 

 eight feet in tliis country. Leaves green, tinged with brown 

 on tlieir upper surface, oblong, and alteinate. The flowers 

 are yellow, in clusters, at the extremity of the branches ; co- 

 rolla tubed, opening at the top into five segments ; the stamens 

 and pistil projecting beyond the corolla. Anthers simple, with 

 pollen of a rich brown. Style filiform, extending beyond the 

 stamens. Stigma obtuse, green. 



This splendid family of shrubs is of modern introduction 

 into the gardens of this country. The beauty not only of the 



