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Heath (Ericacece) 



Stamens, five to seven, twice as long as the tube, 

 downy below the middle. Style, about three times 

 as long as the tube. Blossoms, appearing with or 

 before the leaves. April, May. 



Leaves, reverse egg-shape to reverse lance-shape, downy 

 beneath. Young branchlets, hairy, and often in 

 whorls. 



Fruit, as above. August. 



Found, in woods and wet land from Canada to Florida 

 and Texas ; common, especially southward. 



A crooked-stemmed, much branched shrub, with many 

 varieties in cultivation. 



Var. polydndra has ten to twenty stamens. 



Flame-Colored Azalea. R. calendulaceum, Torr. 



This species differs especially in the following items : 



Flowers, one and one half to one and two thirds inches 

 across, orange, changing to flame-color ; abundant, 

 covering the bush as the leaves are appearing ; not 

 fragrant, not sticky. Corolla, with its tube shorter 

 than the lobes. 



Found, from the mountains of Pennsylvania to Georgia. 

 It has many varieties in cultivation. 



Fig. 84. Rose Bay. Great Laurel. Rhododendron. 



R. maximum, L. 



Flowers, very showy, one to two inches broad, rose color 

 or nearly white, sometimes dotted with yellow, in 

 large clusters of fifteen to twenty blossoms at the 

 ends of the branches. Corolla, bell-shaped, slightly 

 irregular. The ten stamens and the style rarely 

 exserted. Flower-stem, somewhat sticky. July, 

 August. 



