XLIII. ERIQA^CEJE ! flHODODE'NDRON. 



Synonymes. Azalea nudiflbra Lin. Sp. 214. ; Azalea joericlymenoldes Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1 



p. 115. ; the American Honeysuckle ; May Flowers, and wild, or upright, Honeysuckle, Amer. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1121. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, nearly smooth, and green on both 

 surfaces, ciliated on the margins, having the midrib bristly beneatL, and 

 woolly above. Flowers rather naked, not clammy, 

 scarlet, pink, white, striped, variegated, red, purple, 

 &c., disposed in terminal clustered racemes, ap- 

 pearing before the leaves. Tube of corolla longer 

 than the divisions. Teeth of calyx short, rather 

 rounded. Stamens much exserted. (Dorfs Mill.) 

 A deciduous shrub. Canada to Georgia, on the 

 sides of hills. Height 3ft. to 4ft. Introduced 

 in 1734. Flowers of various colours ; April to 

 June. Capsule brown. 



It is the parent of numerous varieties, and, in con- 

 junction with the preceding species, of many beautiful 

 hybrids. 1121> R . nudm6rum . 



Varieties and Seedlings. 



& R. ra. 1 coccineum D. Don. Azalea n. coccinea Sims Bet. Mag. t 

 180. Flowers scarlet, and the leaves lanceolate. It is a native 

 of Georgia, near Savannah. 



& R. n. 2 rutilans D. Don. A. n. rutilans 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. p. 319. ; A. periclyme- 

 noides rutilans Pursh. Fl. Amer. Sept. \. 

 p. 152., and our Jig. 1122. The flowers 

 are deep red. Calyxes minute. 

 & R. w. 3 carneum D. Don. A. n. carnea Ait. 

 1. c., Sot. Reg. t. 120. ; A. p. car.nea 

 Pursh 1. c. The corollas are pale red, 

 having the tube red at the base, and the 

 calyx foliaceous. 



t R. n. 4 album D. Don. A. n. alba Ait. 1. 

 c. ; A. p. alba Pursh. The flowers white, 

 and the calyx middle-sized. 

 R. n. 5 papilionaceum D. Don. A. p. pa- 

 pilionacea Pursh. Flowers reddish, with 

 the lower segment white, and the calyx 

 foliaceous. 



R n. 6 partltum D. Don. A. p. partita 

 Pursh. The flowers are pale red, 5- 

 parted, even to the base. 

 R. n. 7 polydndrum D. Don. A. p. poly- 

 andra Pursh 1. c. Flowers o'' 

 a rose colour, short. Stamens 

 10 20. It is found near Phi- 

 ladelphia. 



Varieties and Hybrids chiefly raised at 

 High Clere. 



3fe R. n. 8 Govenianum D. Don 

 (Brit. Fl.-Gard., iii. t. 263. ; and 

 our Jig. 1 1 23.) The branches 

 tomentosely downy. Leaves 

 evergreen or deciduous, oblong, 

 acute, downy while young, but 

 glabrous in the adult state, and 

 recurved at the apex. Tube of 

 corolla a little shorter than 



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R. n. rutilana. 



