﻿Notes 
  on 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs 
  of 
  eastern 
  North 
  America 
  

  

  W. 
  W. 
  Ashe 
  

  

  Prunus 
  allegheniensis 
  Porter, 
  Bot. 
  Gaz. 
  2: 
  85. 
  1877 
  

  

  The 
  southern 
  limit 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  recent 
  pubhca- 
  

   tion* 
  in 
  which 
  its 
  distribution 
  is 
  considered 
  is 
  given 
  as 
  central 
  

   Pennsylvania, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  originally 
  discovered. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  

   found 
  to 
  be 
  locally 
  abundant 
  along 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Blue 
  Ridge 
  In 
  

   Rockbridge 
  County, 
  Virginia; 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Shenan- 
  

  

  + 
  

  

  doah 
  Mountain 
  in 
  Rockingham 
  County, 
  Virginia; 
  and 
  in 
  Highland 
  

   and 
  Pendleton 
  Counties, 
  West 
  Virginia. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  locally 
  used 
  

   and 
  highly 
  prized 
  for 
  making 
  a 
  bright-colored 
  and 
  tart 
  jelly. 
  

  

  In 
  1916 
  I 
  collected 
  near 
  Georgetown, 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  and 
  growing 
  plants 
  of 
  an 
  Azalea 
  which 
  was 
  published 
  under 
  

   the 
  n^Lxne 
  A 
  . 
  atlant'ica 
  Ashe.f 
  The 
  flowers 
  of 
  this 
  were 
  described 
  as 
  

   pale 
  rose-purple 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  really 
  white 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  becoming 
  

   purplish 
  as 
  they 
  wilt, 
  the 
  description 
  having 
  been 
  drawn 
  from 
  

   wilted 
  specimens. 
  A 
  careful 
  study 
  of 
  additional 
  material 
  and 
  of 
  

   cultivated 
  plants 
  seems 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  closely 
  related 
  

   species, 
  the 
  one, 
  A. 
  atlanticayVilth 
  white 
  flowers 
  which 
  change 
  

   to 
  pale 
  rose 
  as 
  they 
  wilt, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  with 
  rose-purple 
  flowers. 
  

   The 
  latter 
  is 
  apparently 
  undescribed 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  as: 
  

  

  Azalea 
  neglecta 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  A 
  stoloniferous 
  shrub 
  forming 
  small 
  patches, 
  the 
  branches 
  

   1-3 
  dm. 
  high. 
  The 
  fragrant 
  flowers 
  in 
  compact 
  clusters 
  of 
  four 
  

   to 
  ten, 
  the 
  corolla 
  pale 
  rose-colored 
  with 
  a 
  reddish 
  or 
  purplish 
  

   pubescent 
  tube; 
  lobes 
  acuminate 
  and 
  very 
  slightly 
  viscid 
  on 
  the 
  

   back 
  are 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  or 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  slender 
  tube 
  ; 
  stamens 
  five, 
  

   long-exserted, 
  about 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  lobes, 
  style 
  4-5 
  cm. 
  long. 
  

   Twigs 
  when 
  young 
  sparingly 
  pubescent 
  with 
  short 
  spreading 
  

   hairs, 
  becoming 
  gray 
  and 
  glabrous 
  the 
  second 
  season. 
  Leaves 
  

   4-6 
  cm. 
  long, 
  narrowly 
  obovate, 
  mucronate 
  and 
  abruptly 
  acute 
  

   at 
  apex, 
  cuneate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  dark 
  green 
  above, 
  pale 
  and 
  glauces- 
  

   cent 
  beneath, 
  pubescent 
  on 
  the 
  midrib 
  and 
  ciliate 
  on 
  the 
  margins. 
  

  

  ^ 
  i-^ 
  ^ 
  

  

  * 
  Britton, 
  N. 
  L. 
  North 
  American 
  Trees, 
  page 
  48Q. 
  Xcw 
  York. 
  

   t 
  Bull. 
  Charleston 
  Mus. 
  13: 
  26. 
  1917- 
  

  

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