THE ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE. 

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AZALEA MADAME GLONER. 



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iter*, to th» rteril 



ERICACEAE. 

 M to the starved appearance i 



according ■ 



undibuliformis v. 



llae inserta ejusdem laciniis numero aequalia (5) v. 



, loculis apice poro obliquo dehiscentibus. Ovarium 



Capsula globosa v. oblonga, quinque-decenilocularis, 



•iraa , testa laxa , reticulata scobiformia. 



nli in Indiae terra continenti et insulis spontanei, in 



nnis phtriniis hyhridio multiplkatae; foliis alternis, 



i-oscis, purpureis v. albis. 



setis strigosis adpressis eglandulosis onustis 

 pedicellatis, calycis lobis oblongo lanceolatis 

 ens. — Be. Prodromus. 



riety named in compliment to M rs Prosper Gloner, 

 ;hter of M. J. Linden. E. A. 



iludes Rhododendron, to which genus all the Azaleas, 

 ption of the alpine A. procumbeus , are usually referred, 

 opoa which the two genera were originally founded 

 connected by intermediate species. But the names have 

 m use to admit of any change in horticultural works. 



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IMPERIALLY (P). 



Blightly branched stem, having an ashy gray bark, streaked 

 with reddish brown on the older parts, and clothed with a 

 short dense rufous pubescence passing to a pearl gray on 

 the young shoots. Leaves alternate glabrous, blade convolute 

 in bud, obscurely triangular at the base; petiole thick and 

 short (about 8 lines) furfuraceous cylindrical, flattened above 

 decurrent at the base in two faint lines down the stem ; blade 

 spreading ovate-lanceolate narrowed from two thirds of its 

 length to the base, shortly acuminate at the apex, with 

 a flat surface in the centre and wavy at the margin, 

 where it is furnisned with long prickly teeth , some of which 

 are directed upwards and others deflected, between unequal 

 rounded sinuses; texture of the blade coriaceous strongly 

 veined and very tough; midrib triangular raised above and 

 paler than the beautiful polished green of the blade, roun- 

 ded and very prominent below; secondary nerves pinnate 

 raised on the upper surface towards the midrib only, the 

 remainder immersed, but very prominent below, given off 

 at almost regular intervals of 4 to 8 lines 

 The carriage of the foliage is very majestic, the separate 



! J^ bemg Upwards of * yard in length by 10 inches in 

 2 th; young vigorous plants, from 5 to 6 feet high, pro- 



| «■«• a very grand effect when clothed with leaves io the 



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su c eZ beaUtiful Pknt ' 0f * ch * Un*» ** 



cylindrical simple or ' obliged I to ThenT^ ^ ^^ Seedlin S s ' we sha11 feel 



of the 



