1140 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART Ill. 
think it ought to be departed from; for, after all, the use of names is 
merely a matter of convenience. Agreeably to our determination not to 
institute any new genus, or to distinguish as species kinds not hitherto 
regarded as such, we have refrained from treating this section as a distinct 
genus; but, after Mr. Don’s name, we have given the name previously ap- 
plied, and then the common English name, leaving them to be adopted by 
the practical gardener, if he should think fit. At the same time, those who 
prefer following Mr. Don have only to pass over the names which we have 
put in parenthesis. We shall adopt the same mode when we come to the group 
which contains the Indian azaleas, which we have treated as half-hardy. 
2 16. R. FLA‘vuM G. Don. (Az. po'ntica L.) The Pontic, or common, Azalea. 
Identification. Don's Mill., 3. p. 847. 
Synonymes. Azalea pontica Lin. Sp., 1669., Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 433. ; AzAlea arbdrea Lin. Sp., ed. 1. 
p. 150., Bu«b. Cent., 5. p. 36. t. 69. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2383.; and our fig. 942. 
Spec. Char. §&c. Flowersleafy, clammy. Leaves ovate, oblong, pilose, ciliated. 
Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens very long. (Don’s Mill, iii. p.847.) There 
are a great number of varieties of this species 
in the gardens, differing principally in the colour | 
of their flowers, and the hue of the leaves. The 
flowers of the species are of a fine bright yellow; 
but those of the varieties are of all shades, from 
yellow to copper, or orange, colour; and they 
are sometimes of a pure white, or of white 
striped with yellow and red. This shrub is de- 
ciduous, and a native of the Levant, of Pontus, 
of Caucasus, Asiatic Turkey, &c. It grows to 
the height of from 4 ft. to 6ft., and flowers in 
May and June. It was introduced in 1793. 
Varieties and Hybrids. As this species seeds freely, and is easily cross-fecun- 
dated with the North American species, an immense number of varieties of it 
have been originated in British and Continental gardens. Plants first began 
to be produced in this way, in the Hammersmith Nursery, about the be- 
ginning of the present century; and they have since been raised every 
where: many hundreds by Mr. Waterer of the Knaphill Nursery; many 
in the Earl of Caernarvon’s gardens at High Clere; and many by the com- 
mercial gardeners and amateurs of Belgium, especially in the neighbourhood 
of Ghent. The High Clere seedlings, and those of Ghent, are, perhaps 
the richest-coloured flowers; but some equally beautiful have been raised 
by Mr. Waterer, Mr. Donald, and others. The varieties and hybrids which 
are considered as belonging to Azalea pontica, which are given in Loddiges’s 
Catalogue for 1836, are the following : — z 

A. p. 2 Alba. A. p. 5 cliprea. A. p. 8 glatica, A. p. 11 pallid 
3 aurantia. 6 flammea 9 ignéscens. . 12 penis 
4 crocata. 7 falgens. 10 ochroletca. 
2% 17. R. NUDIFLO‘RUM Torr. (Aza‘LEa Nupirto’Ra ZL.) The naked-flowered 
Azalea. 
Identification. Torr. Fl. Un. St., 1. p. 140. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 847. 
Synonymes. Azalea nudifldra Lin. Sp., 214.; Azalea periclymendides 
Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1.p.115., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 152. ; 
the American Honeysuckle ; May Flowers, and wild, or upright, 
Honeysuckle, Amer. 
Engraving. Our fig. 943. 
Spec. Char., §c. eaves lanceolate-oblong, nearly 
smooth, and green on both surfaces, ciliated on the 
margins, having the midrib bristly beneath, and 
woolly above. Flowers rather naked, not clammy, 
scarlet, pink, white, striped, variegated, red, purple, 
&c., disposed in terminal clustered racemes, appear- 
ing before the leaves. Tube of corolla longer than 
the divisions. Teeth of calyx short, rather rounded. 

