CHAP. LXIX. ERICA CEE. RHODODE’/NDRON. 1145 
is a native of North America, from New York to Virginia, and is found in 
deep mossy swamps on the mountains. It is a shrub, growing from 2 ft. to 
4 ft. in height, and flowering in June and July. Introduced in 1812, and 
in cultivation in British nurseries. 
% 25, R. specio‘sum G. Don. (A. srecio'sa Willd.) The showy Azalea, 
Identification. Don’s Mill., 3. p. 848. 
Synonymes. Azalea specidsa Willd. Enum., p. 10., Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 116. ; \ =} 5 
A. coccinea Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 624. S 4, | 
Engravings. Bot. Cat., t.624.; Dend. Brit., t.116.; and our jig. 950. : 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches hairy. Leaves lanceolate, ciliated, 
acute at bothends, Calyx pubescent. Corolla silky, with 
obtuse, ciliated, lanceolate, undulated segments. Stamens 
exserted. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 848.) We are strongly 
inclined to think that this, and several other sorts, which, ! 
in conformity with the practice of modern writers, we \ 950 
have treated as species, are only varieties ; in short, it would not surprise 
us, if ultimately it should turn out that there was only one species of Azalea 
indigenous to North America, and one species to Asia, 


% 26. R. ARBORE’SCENS Torr, (A, arsore’scens Pursh.) The arborescent Azalea, 
Identification. Torr.,1.c.; Don’s MilL, 3. p. 847, . 
Synonymes. Azalea arboréscens Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 153.; A. arbdrea Bart. Cat. 
Spec. Char., §c, Leaves obovate, rather obtuse, smooth on both surfaces, 
glaucous beneath, ciliated on the margins, having the midrib almost smooth 
Flowers not clammy, leafy. Tube of corolla longer than the segments. 
Calyx leafy, with the segments oblong and acute. Filaments exserted. 
(Don’s Mill., iii. p. 847.) Pursh, writing of this species, in 1814, says, “ This 
beautiful species has, to my knowledge, not yet been introduced into the 
gardens. I have only seen it in its native place, and in the garden of Mr. 
John Bartram, near Philadelphia, whose father introduced it many years 
ago. It rises from 10 ft. to 15 ft. high; and forms, with its elegant foliage, 
and large, abundant, rose-coloured flowers, the finest ornamental shrub 
I know. The flowers are not so pubescent as those of the other 
species. The scales of the flower buds are large, yellowish brown, and 
surrounded with a fringed white border.” (Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., i. p. 153.) 
Tt was introduced in 1818 ; and there are plants of it at Messrs. Loddiges’s; 
but it is not frequent in collections. 
§ v. Rhodora D. Don. 
Identification. Don’s Mill., 3. p. 848. 
Derivation. From rhodon, a rose ; in reference to the colour of the flowers, 
Sect. Char. Limb of calyx 5-toothed. Corolla bilabiate : upper lip broad- 
est, and 2—3-cleft ; lower one bidentate. Stamens 10. Capsule 5-celled, 
5-valved. Leaves deciduous. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 848.) 
x 27. R. Ruopo’RA G. Don (Ruovdra canave/nsis L.) The Canada Rhodora. 
Identification. Don’s Mill., 3. p, 843. 
Synonyme. Rhoddra canadénsis Lin. Sp., 561., L’Hérit. Stirp. Nov., 1. p. 141. t. 68., Lam. Til., 
t. 564., Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 474. 
Engravings. L’Heérit. Stirp. Nov., 1. t.68.; Lam. Illust., t. 364.; Bot. Mag., t. 474; and our 
fig. 951. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval, quite entire, pubescent and glaucous beneath. 
Flowers in terminal clusters, or racemose umbels; and pale purple, protruded 
before the leaves. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 848.) A native of Canada, New- 
foundland, and on the mountains of New York and Pennsylvania, in bogs. 
A deciduous shrub, growing about 2 ft. high, and flowering in April and 
May. Introduced in 1767, and frequent in collections, where it is highly 
prized for its early flowering and beauty. Plants of this species, in the 
British nurseries, are 1s. each ; at Bollwyller, 3 francs; at New York, ?. 
