Order T3.— ERICACE^ 491 



late or funnel-form, segm. wavy. — A handsome shrub 4 to Gf high, on the high- 

 lands of Car. and Ga. Fls. smaller than in No. 4, pink-red. Jn., Jl. 

 4 R maximum L. Lvs. obovate-oblong, acute, smoslh, coriaceous, discolored be- 

 neath, subrevolute on the margin, cal. lobes oval-obtuse ; cor. somewhat campanu- 

 las, unequal, pet. roundish. — A splendid fioweriug shrub, streams and lakes, N. 

 Eng. to the mts. of Car. Stems crooked, 6 to 20f in height. Lvs. very smooth and 

 4 to 7' long, entire, thick and leathery. Corymbs 15 to 20-flo\vered, in the midst 

 of the evergreen lvs. Scales of the flower-bud near an inch long, abruptly acumi- 

 nate. Cor. pink or rose-colored, varying to white with purple dots, sometimes 

 dotted with yellow, \l to 2' diam. Jl., Aug. 



5 R. Ponticum. L, Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, attenuated to each end, smooth and 

 scarcely paler beneath ; corymbs short, terminal ; cor. campanulate-rotate ; cal. lobes 

 subacute, very short. — From Asia Minor. Fls. large, otteu 2' diam., purple, but 

 in cultivation very variable. f 



6 R. arboreum Smith. St. arborescent; lvs. lanceolate, glabrous, wiOi 

 silvery spots beneath; fls. densely corymbed; cor. lobes with crenulate, curled 

 margins; ped. and cal. pubescent. — A most beautiful tree or shrub from Ilimmaleh 

 Mts. Fls. purple, red, white, cinnamon color, &c. f 



7 R. ludicum Sweet. Branchlets, petioles, veins "find sepals strigous but 

 j/nt glandular; lvs. euneate-lanceolate, ciliate, acuminate at each end; fls. termi- 

 nal, 1 to 3 together, on short pedicels. — From Java. Sep. lance-ovate, 5 to 8'' 

 long. Fls. scarlet, purple, crimson, flame-color, &c. In cultivation very bril- 

 liant. \ (Azalea Indica L.) 



17. RHODG^RA, Dunham. (Gr. podov, a rose; from the color of the 

 fls.) Calyx 5-toothed, persistent ; cor. adnate to the calyx, deeply 

 divided into 3 segments, upper one much the broadest, 2 — 3 lobed at 

 the apex, in aestivation enfolding the 2 lower entire segments; sta. 10. 

 declinate; fil. unequal; anth. opening by 2 pores; caps. 5-celled, 5- 

 valved; cells many-seeded. — Shrub with deciduous, alternate leaves, 

 and pale purple flowers. 



R. Canadensis L. A handsome, flowering shrub, in bogs, mountain or plain, 

 Can. to Penn., frequent. Stems 2 — 3f high, clothed with a smooth, brown bark, 

 each dividing at top into several erect, flowering branches. Each branch, while 

 yet naked of foliage, bears a termiual cluster of 3 — 5 sessile flowers. Corolla 

 1' long, about equaling the deflected stamens aud style. Leaves obovate-oblong, 

 downy-eanescent beneath. Apr., May. 



f 8. BEFA X RIA, Mut. (So named by Mutis, in honor of Bcjar, a 

 Spanish botanist.) Flowers heptamcrous ; calyx 7-taothed, campauu- 

 late; corolla of 7 distinct petals; stamens 14; capsule 7-celled, 7- 

 valved, many-seeded. — Small shrubs, often viscid-haiiy, with alternate, 

 entire lvs. and flowers in dense, racemous panicles. (Bcjaria, A. Juss.) 



B. racemosa Vent. Branches hispid and glutinous; lvs. ovate-lanceolate, glab- 

 rous; fls. in a termiual, paniculate raceme. — Sandy margins of swamps and 

 ponds, E. Ga. and Fla., and the adjacent Islands. A handsome evergreen shrub, 

 3 to 4f high. Lvs. very entire, erect, 1 to 2' long. Fls. on slender pedicels, 

 white, tinged with red, petals oblong-obovate, spreading near 2'. Jn., Jl. 



19. LEDUM, L. Labrador Tea. (The Gr. name of the Cistus.) 

 Calyx minute, 4-toothed; corolla 5-pctaIed, spreading; stamens 5 — 10, 

 e'xserted ; anthers opening by 2 terminal pores ; capsule 5-cclled, 5- 

 valved ; opening at the base. — Shrubs. Lvs. alternate, evergreen, en- 

 tire, ferruginous-tomentous beneath, coriaceous. Fls. in terminal co- 

 rymbs, white. 



Jj. pahlstre (and L. latifolium Ait.) Lvs. elliptic-oblong or oblong-linear; sta. 

 5 — 10, more or less exserted. — Mountain bogs, Penn. to Lab. and Greenland, 



