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AZALEA NUDIFLORA /3 COCCINEA. 

 Scarlet Azalea. 



Pentandria. Monogynia. 



Class 5, Order 1. 



Li7m. gen. n.2\2. Linn. spec. 214. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 212. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



WAe Azalea pontica. PI. 1/. 



SPECIFIC character. 



Leaves ovate. Corollas hairy. Stamens very long. 



Stem branched. Leaves oblong, smooth, alternate, petioled. 

 The peduncles are axillary, long and naked, supporting a 

 cluster of red flowers, which are tubulous, swelling at their 

 base like those of the Hyacinth, and contracted at their neck ; 

 divided at top into five equal segments, spreading open. The 

 stamens and style project beyond the corolla and stand erect. 

 Although one of the species of this family of shrubs has al- 

 ready appeared in this publication, yet the beautiful and in- 

 teresting variety of them will be sufficient to justify the early 

 representation of another of the genus. Intermixed with the 

 Rhododendron, Kalmai, Ledum, &c., these shrubs appear to 

 the greatest advantage; the diversity of their foliage and bloom. 



