186 THE AZALEAS OF NORTH AMERICA 



hairs; corolla deeply two-lipped, rosy-lilac, the upper lip spotted, slightly villose 

 and short-pilose and sparingly glandular outside, tube funnel-form, 6 to 8 mm. 

 long, sparingly pubescent inside, the two lower lobes separated nearly to the base 

 of the limb, oblong, 2 to 2.5 cm. long and 1 to 1.2 cm. broad, obtuse or obtusish, 

 upper lip as long and about 3 cm. broad, divided to about the middle into 3 ovate 

 lobes; stamens 10, unequal, the longer about two thirds as long as corolla; the fila- 

 ments pilose on the lower fourth; the anthers about 1 mm. long; style finely pilose 

 at base, with green stigma; ovary setosely pilose, eglandular. 



