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apex. Tube of the corolla hairy within; flowers with a delicate spicy 
fragrance. It is one of the earliest plants to bloom in the spring, its 
charming white blooms often in close proximity to a belated snow drift. 
March to May. 
10. RHODORA, L. 
A small branching shrub, with alternate leaves (deciduous) and pur: 
ple flowers which grow in a terminal umbel-like cluster. The corolla is 
deeply divided into two parts, the upper part or lip composed of 2, mostly 
3 parts, the lower of two long narrow segments. Calyx small. Stamens 
10. Capsule 5-celled. 
R. canadensis, L. (Fig. 8, pl. 117.) Ruopora. (Rhododendron 
canadensis, BSP.) A handsome shrub, 2 to 3 ft. high, with terminal 
clusters of large flowers. Leaves appearing with or later than the flowers, 
oblong, downy beneath. Bogs and wet hillsides. May. 
11 RHODODENDRON, L. 
Shrubs, with evergreen leaves and large white, pink, or purple flowers. 
Corolla bell-shaped with rather short tube and rounded spreading lobes, 
nearly equal. Calyx small, 5-parted; capsule woody, with 5 to 20 cells 
and numerous seeds. 
1. R. lapponicum, (L.) Wahlenberg. (Fig. 7, pl. 117.) Laptanp 
Rose Bay. A dwarf shrub, with elliptic leaves and purple flowers in a 
spreading terminal cluster. The leaves clustered toward the summit of 
the stems, 4 to ? in. long, nearly half as broad, with brownish scales 
above and below. Flowers purple 2 in. broad. Summits of the higher 
Adirondacks and White Mountains. : 
2. R. maximum, L. (Fig. 5, pl. 114.) American Rose Bay. A 
splendid shrub or small tree, growing in wet places, with evergreen leaves 
which are from 4 to 7 in. long and from 1 to 3 in. wide. Shining above 
and dark green below. Stems crooked and:branching, growing in clusters. 
Flowers in large clusters, white or rose-colored, each 13 to 2 in. long and 
an inch broad at mouth; the lobes rounded and indented. Before the 
blooms are expanded the cluster is enveloped in a covering .of broad 
sticky bracts, an inch or more in length. It is found in a few localities 
in New England, but is more abundant in the middle States. In low 
grounds and along borders of streams. Blooms latter part of June or in 
July. 
12 AZALEA, L. (Rhododendron, L.) 
Erect shrubs, with conspicuous flowers, mostly in terminal clusters. 
Leaves deciduous. Calyx 5-parted; corolla funnel-formed, the lobes spread- 
ing, the tube long and viscid. Stamens 5, exserted from the mouth of the 
flower. Capsule oblong, 5-celled. 
Flowers expanding before leaves. 
Corolla white or pink. 
Leaves gray-downy beneath . . .... . .-. . A. Canescens 
Leaves not downy beneath . . ... . . «. «. « « 4A. mudifiora 
Flowers expanding after the leaves . . . . . «© «© «© «© «© « « A. wscosa 
Flowers yellow Or orange = 63 beh fe ha > ely mesa! in Soe Sone 
Flowers white . . - « « « A, arborescens 
1. A. nudiflora, L. (Fig. 2, pl. 114.) Pryk AZALEA. PINKSTER. 
Branching shrub, 2 to 6 ft. high. Leaves, alternate, narrowly oblong or 
