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the flowers, which are produced in large terminal 

 clusters, and which are not clammy, appear 

 before the leaves. The common English name 

 for this plant in some parts of the country is 

 the American Honeysuckle, and the flowers are 

 of various shades of red, pink, white, and purple. 

 A. calendulacea, which some botanists make a 

 variety of this species, has much larger flowers, 

 and the leaves pubescent on both surfaces, 

 whereas, in A, nudiflora the leaves are nearly 

 smooth and green, with only a slight fringe of 

 hairs round the margin. There are numerous 

 varieties of A. calendulacea^ the flowers of which 

 are always either yellow, red, orange, or copper- 

 coloured, and it is supposed to be the parent 

 of the beautiful Ghent Azaleas. A. viscosa has 

 the tube of the corolla equal in length to the 

 limb, and rather short stamens ; the flowers of 

 this species are clammy. A. hispidum, which is 

 generally considered a variety of A. viscosa, is 

 still more clammy, and the tube of the corolla 

 is wider and shorter ; other probable varieties 

 are A. nitida, which has shining leaves, and A. 

 glauca, which has glaucous ones, as in both kinds 

 the flowers are very clammy. A. speciosa has 

 large flowers and leaves tapering at both ends. 

 All the species of Azalea have five stamens, but 

 some of the varieties have ten. 



Rhodora canadensis is a little American shrub 



