XLIII. 



#HODODE'NDRON. 



595 



the segments linear, and 4 times longer than the rest. Filaments ex- 

 serted. Branchlets hispid. (Don's Mill.') A deciduous shrub. Carolina 

 and Georgia, on barren sandy hills. Height 3ft. to 4ft. Introduced in 

 1734. Flowers red and white ; May. 



3fe 21. R. (N.) CALENDULA'CEUM Torr. (A. (N.) CALENDULAY-EA Michx.) The 

 Marigold^ozwmi Azalea. 



Identification. Torr. Fl. Un. St., p. 140. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 847. 

 Synonymes. Azalea calendulacea Michx. Fl. for. Amer. 1. p. 156. ; A. 



nudiflbra var. coccinea Ait. Hort. Kew. 319. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 172. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1394. ; Bot. Keg., t. 1454. ; 



and our fig. 1129. 



Spec. Char.) $c. Leaves oblong, pubescent on both sur- 

 faces, but afterwards hairy. Flowers large, not 

 clammy, rather naked. Teeth of calyx oblong. Tube 

 of corolla hairy, shorter than the segments. (Don's 

 Mill.) A deciduous shrub. North America, from 

 Pennsylvania to Carolina. Height 2 ft. to 6 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1806. Flowers yellow, red, orange- 

 coloured, or copper-coloured ; May and June. 



Varieties. 



st R. c. 2 MorteriiSwt. Fl.-Gard. 2d s. 10. A hybrid between R. calen- 



dulaceum and one of the red varieties of R. 



nudiflorum, of which there are two subvarieties; 



one with a flesh-coloured corolla, having the 



upper segment orange-coloured, edged with 



flesh-colour, called R. Morten's carneum ; and 



another, called R. Mortem var. prae'stans, with 



pale copper-coloured flowers, tinged with blush. 

 & R. c. 3 fidgidum Hook. A. c. ftigida Hort. 



Corollas of an orange-red colour, with bright 



green leaves, which spread out beneath the 



c rymbs of flowers, and form a rich back- 

 ground to them. 

 & R. c. 4 lepidum Bot. Reg. t. 1402, and our 



fig. 1130. Raised at High Clere. mo . *. c . Wpidum . 



j* 22. R. CANE'SCENS G. Don. ( A. CANE'SCENS Michx.) The canescent Azalea, 



1129. R. (n.) catendul&ceum. 



Identification. Don's Mill., 3. p. 848. 



MX. Fl. Bor. 1. p. 150., Ph. Sept. 1. 

 Engraving. Lodd. Bot. Cab. 441. ; and oar fig. 2097. in p. 1108. 



Synonymes. Azalea canescens MX. Fl. Bor. 1. p. 150., Ph. Sept. 1. p. 152. ; A. viscbsa pubescens Lod. 



Spec. Char., Sf-c. Leaves obovate-oblong, downy above, and tomentose be* 

 neath, 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.) A deci- 

 duous shrub. Lower Carolina, on the banks of rivers. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. 

 Introduced in 1812. Flowers rose-coloured; May and June. 



& 23, R. VISCO^SUM Torr. (A. viscous A z,.) The clammy- 

 flowered Azalea. 



Identification. Torr. Fl. Un. St., p. 140. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 847. 

 Synonyme. Azalea viscdsa Lin. Sp. 214. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1131. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oblong- obovate, acute, smooth 

 and green on both surfaces, ciliated on the margins, 

 having the midrib bristly. Flowers produced in 

 terminal clusters ; and clammy, leafy, and hairy. 

 Tube of corolla as long as the segments. Teeth of 

 the calyx short, rounded. Stamens hardly longei 

 than the corolla, (Don's Mill.) A deciduous shrub. 



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