CHAP. LXIX. ERICA‘CER®. RHODODE/NDRON. 1143 
y 20. R. cANE’sCENS G. Don. (A. (n.) CANE’sCENS Michx.. The canescent Azalea. 
Identification. Don’s Mill., 3. p. 848. 
Synonyme. Azalea canéscens Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 150., Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 116. 
Engraving. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 116. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Leaves obovate-oblong, downy above, and tomentose beneath, 
not bristly on the middle nerve. Flowers not clammy, nearly naked. Tube 
of corolla hardly shorter than the segments. Teeth of calyx very short, 
rounded, obtuse. Stamens hardly exserted. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 848.) A 
native of Lower Carolina, on the banks of rivers; and of Virginia, on the 
mountains of the Cacapoon Springs, near Winchester; where it forms a 
shrub growing 3 ft. or 4ft. high, and producing its rose-coloured flowers in 
May and June. Introduced in 1812, and cultivated in several of the Lon- 
don nurseries. 
#2 21. R. visco‘sum Torr. (A. visco’sa L.) The clammy-flowered Azalea. 
Identification. Torr., |. c.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 847. 
Synonyme. Azalea viscdsa Lin. Sp., 214., Pluk. Alm., 106. t. 161. f.4., Catesb. Car., 1. t. 57. 
Engraving. Our fig. 947. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong-obovate, acute, smooth and green on both 
surfaces, ciliated on the margins, having the midrib bristly. Flowers pro- 
~ duced in terminal clusters, and clammy, leafy, and hairy. Tube 947 
of corolla as long as the segments. Teeth of the calyx short, ’ . 
rounded. Stamens hardly longer than the corolla. There are i 5 


a great many varieties of this species (see Loud. Hort. Brit., p. 7 
66.), varying in the colour of the flowers, and otherwise. @aRK~ 
(Don's Mill., iii. p. 847.) A native of North America, from “™ ‘ 
Canada to Georgia, in swamps and shady woods; where it forms a 
shrub growing from 2 ft. to 4 ft. high, and producing its white sweet- 
scented flowers in July and August. Introduced in 1734, and, like the 
preceding sort, the parent of numerous varieties and hybrids, 
Varieties. 
% R. v. 2 orndtum Swt. Fl.-Gard., 2d s., t. 137., is a hybrid raised from the 
seed of R. viscosum ( rubéscens, fertilised by the pollen of Rhodo- 
déndron pénticum. 
The varieties and hybrids, in Loddiges’s Catalogue for 1836, of A. viscdsa 
are as follows: — 
A. Varieties. 
A.v. 2 alba A. v. 5 penicillata. A. v.8 variegata. 
3 crispa. 6 pre‘cox. 9 vittata. 
4. dealbata. 7 pubéscens, 10 viol oddre. 
B. Hybride altaclerénses. Hybrids raised at High Clere. 
11 amee‘na, 
12 actinata, 
13 aurodre. 
20 eudz'mon, 
21 elprepes. 
22 Govéenia. 
28 ochroleiica. 
29 poikila. 
30 pdntica Howard. 
14 basilissa. 23 Herbertéana, hexapla. 
15 calodendron. 24 imperatrix, 31 pulchélla, 
16 calocéryphe. 25 inclyta. 32 regalis, 
17 Cartidnia. 26 jasminodora, 33 rigens. 
18 chariéssa, 27 lépida. 34 thyrsifldra, 
19 coccinea ndébilis, 
C. Hybride bélgice. Hybrids raised in Belgium. 
35 Agate. 
36 albo pléno. 
87 amabilis. 
38 amarantina. 
39 amcenissima. 
40 ardens. 
41 atro-riibens. 
42 aurantia maxima. 
43 blandina, 
44. calendulacea globdsa. 
insignis. 
nova. 
supérba, 
45 cardon, 
46 coccinea maxima. 
specidsa, 
47 concinna. 
48 coriiscans. 
49 crdcea. 
globdsa. 
50 cruénta. 
51 ctprea. 
alba. 
élegans. 
eximia. 
globdsa. 
rubra. 
spléndens. 
52 decorata. 
53 décus hortdrum, 
54 dulcédo. 
55 elécta. 
maxima, 
rubra. 
56 elegantissima, 
57 exquisita. 
58 Ferréck7z 
59 flamboyante, 
60 falgida, 
61 falva. 
62 gldria mfindi. 
maxima, 
minor, 
63 Guliélmus primus, 
64 hybrida coccifera. 
coccinea, 
nivea. 
65 incarnata maxima. 
rabra. 
66 lepida. 
67 lttea rubictinda, 
68 magnifica, 
69 maritima incarnata. 
70 miniata, 
