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Vor. II.] HEATH FAMILY. 561 
2. Rhododendron maximum L. Great Laurel. Rose Bay. (Fig. 2750.) 
Rhododendron maximum I,. Sp. Pl. 392. 1753- 
A tall shrub, or sometimes a tree, with 
maximum height of about 4o° and trunk 
diameter of 1°. Leaves oblong, lanceolate- 
oblong or broadly oblanceolate, dark green 
on both sides, acute or abruptly short-acumi- 
nate at the apex, narrowed to a mostly acute 
base, 4’-7’ long, 1/-2%’ wide, glabrous, 
drooping in winter; petioles stout, 14/-1’ 
long; pedicels glandular, viscid-pubescent, 
1/-2’ long; corolla 114/-2/ broad, about 1’ 
long, rather deeply 5-cleft into oval obtuse 
lobes, rose-color, varying to white, sprinkled 
with yellowish or orange spots within; calyx- 
lobes oblong, obtuse; capsule oblong, puberu- 
lent, 5’/-7’’ high. 
In low woods and along streams, Nova Scotia, 
Ontario and Ohio to Georgia, chiefly along the 
mountains, often forming almost impenetrable 
thickets. Wood hard, strong, light brown; 
weight per cubic foot 39 lbs. June-July. 
3. Rhododendron Catawbiénse 
Michx. Mountain Rose Bay. Catawba 
or Carolina Rhododendron. (Fig. 2751.) 
Rhododendron Catawbiense Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 
I: 258. 1803. 
A shrub, 3°-20° high. Leaves oval or broadly 
oblong, mostly rounded or obtuse at both 
ends, sometimes narrowed at the base, mu- 
cronate, 3/-5’ long, 114/-2’ wide, dark green 
above, pale or glaucous beneath; petioles 
stout, 14/-114’ long, pubescent when young; 
pedicels rather stout, pubescent, becoming 
glabrous; corolla lilac-purple, 114/-2’ long, 
2/-2'4’ broad, 5-lobed, the lobes broad and 
rounded; calyx-lobes triangular-ovate, acute 
or acuminate, short; capsule linear-oblong, 
puberulent, 8’/-10’” high. 
_ Mountain summits, Virginia and West Vir- 
ginia to Georgia. May-June. 
5. MENZIESIA J. E. Smith, Icon. Ined. 3. pl.56. 1791 
Erect branching shrubs, with alternate membranous entire deciduous leaves, and small 
nodding greenish purple slender-pedicelled flowers, in terminal corymbs or umbels, devel- 
oped from scaly buds. Calyx 4-toothed or 4-parted, persistent. Corolla urceolate-cylindric, 
or nearly globose, 4-toothed or 4-lobed. Stamens 8, included; filaments subulate, flattish, 
slightly dilated below; anthers linear-oblong, awnless, attached by their backs to the fila- 
ments, the sacs opening by terminal pores or chinks. Disk obscurely 8-crenate. Ovary 
mostly 4-celled; ovules numerous; style filiform; stigma 4-lobed or 4-toothed. Capsule sub- 
globose or ovoid, 4-celled, septicidally 4-valved, many-seeded. Seeds slender, the testa 
membranous, prolonged at both ends. Parts of the flower rarely in 5’s. [Named in honor 
of Archibald Menzies, surgeon and naturalist, died 1842.] 
About 7 species, natives of North America and Japan. Besides the following, 2 others occur in 
the northwestern parts of North America. 
Filaments glabrous; seeds pointed at each end. 1. M. pilosa. 
Filaments pubescent below; seeds long-appendaged at each end. 2. M, glabella. 
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