XLIII. JBRICA'CE^: AZALEA. 



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1145. M. ferruginea. 



j* 1. M. FERRUGI'NEA Smith. The rusty-jtoiuered Menziesia 



Identification. Smith Icon, ined., 1. p. 56. t. 56. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 264.; 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 850. 



Synoni/me. M. urceola~ris Salisb. Par. Land. No. 44. 

 Engravings. Smith Icon, ined., 1. p. 56. t. 56. ; and our fig. 1145. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Corolla urceolate, with rounded lobes. 

 Leaves and branches hairy. Leaves obovate-lanceolate. 

 (Don's Mill.) A deciduous shrub. North-west coast 

 of America, particularly on the Columbia River, and on the 

 Island of Sitcha. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 

 1811. Flowers rusty colour ; May and June. 



& 2. M. GLOBULA\RIS Salisb. The globular-flowered Menziesia. 



Identification. Salisb. Par. Lond., t. 44. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 264. ; Don's Mill., 



3. p. 850. 

 Synonymcs. M. SmithzY Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. p. 235. ; Azalea pilbsa Lam. 



III. 494. ; M. pilbsa Pen. Ench. 1. p. 420. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 1146. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Corolla globose, with rounded lobes. 

 Leaves and branches hairy. Leaves lanceolate. (Don's 

 Mill.) A deciduous shrub. Virginia and Carolina, on 

 high mountains ; plentiful on the Cacapoore Mountains, 

 near Winchester, in Virginia. Height 3 ft. to 5 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1806. Flowers yellowish brown. 



GENUS XXIV. 



1146. M.globulkris. 



AZA'LEA D. Don. THE AZALEA. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. Phil. Journ. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Synonymes. Azalea procumbens Lin. and many authors ; Loiseleun'a Desf. ; Chamasledon Link 



Enum. l.p. 210. 

 Derivation. From azaleas, dry, or arid ; in reference to the habitation of the plant. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla short, campanulate, 5-cleft. Stamens 

 5, equal, shorter than the corolla. Cells of anthers opening by a terminal 

 pore. Styles straight, enclosed. Capsule 5-celled, with 5-cloven pointed 

 valves, whose inflexed edges form the double partitions. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, evergreen ; small, elliptic, glabrous, 

 with revolute margins. Flowers pedicellate, rising in fascicles from the axils 

 of the upper leaves, small, red. A shrub, evergreen, procumbent, small, gla- 

 brous, with the habit of wild thyme ; native of Europe and North America, 

 on mountains. 



j< 1. A. PROCU'MBENS L. The procumbent Azalea. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 205. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 154. ; Don's 



Mill., 3. p. 851. 

 Synonymes. ChameelSdon procfimbens 



Link Enum. 1. p. 210. ; Loiseleun'a pro- 



cumbens Desf. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 865. ; Bot. Cab., 



t. 762. ; Bot. Misc., 2. p. 64. t. 53. ; and 



our fig. 1147. from Lod. Bot. Cab., and 



fig. 1148. from N. Duham. 



See Gen. Char. 



Spec. Char., $c. 



A procumbent evergreen shrub. 

 Europe, on mountains; plentiful 

 in the Highlands of Scotland, 

 and in the alpine regions of dif- 

 ferent parts of North America. 

 Height 6 in. Flowers small, 

 rose-coloured ; April and May. 



1148 . A . pfoc6mbeBI . 



