200 THE AZALEAS OF NORTH AMERICA 



Rhododendron nudiflorum 17. polyandrum G. Don, Gen. Syst. III. 847 (1834). 

 ? Azalea octandra Michaux, Journal, ed. C. S. Sargent, 91 (in Proc. Am. Philos. 



Soc. (1889)), name only. 



This form is described by Pursh as having short rose-colored flowers with 

 10 to 20 stamens and is said to have been found near Philadelphia. Michaux 

 collected his Azalea octandra in or in the neighborhood of Perry County, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



AZALEA NTTDIFLORA w. PROLIFERA Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. 



Rhododendron nudiflorum . proliferum Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "blush." 

 AZALEA NUDIPLORA aa. PUMILA Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. 



Rhododendron nudiflorum aa. pumilum Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "blush." 

 AZALEA NTJDIFLORA /3/3. PURPURASCENS Sweet, 1. c. 265 (1826), name. Loddiges, 

 I.e. 1142(1838). 



Rhododendron nudiflorum /3j8. purpurascens Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "flesh- 

 colored." 



AZALEA NUDIPLORA 77. PURPUREA Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. Loddiges, 

 I. c. (1838). 



Rhododendron nudiflorum 77. purpureum Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "purple." 

 AZALEA NUDIPLORA n\ RUBERRIMA Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. Loddiges, 

 I c. 1142 (1838). 



Rhododendron nudiflorum ff . ruberrimum Sweet, L c. 344 (1830), "red." 

 AZALEA NUDIPLORA 1777. RUBESCENS, Sweet, L c. 265 (1826), name. 



Rhododendron nudiflorum 1717. rubescens Sweet, L c. 344 (1830), "pink." 

 AZALEA NUDIPLORA XX. RUPA Sweet, L c. 265 (1826), name. Loddiges L c. 

 1142 (1838). 



Rhododendron nudiflorum XX. rufum Sweet, L c. 344 (1830), "red." 



AZALEA NUDIPLORA w. SEMI-DUPLEX Sweet, L c. 265 (1826), name. 



Rhododendron nudiflorum vv semiduplex Sweet, L c. 344 (1830), "white." 

 AZALEA NUDIPLORA /3. RUTILANS Aiton, Hort. Kew. I. 203 (1789). De Can- 

 dolle, Prodr. VII. 717 (1838). 



Azalea rubicunda Dumont de Courset, Bot. Cult. ed. 2, III. 332 (1811), as var. 



of A . nudiflora. 



Azalea periclymenoides /3. rutilans Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 152 (1814). 

 Rhododendron nudiflorum . rutilans Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 343 (1830). G. 



Don, Gen. Syst. III. 847 (1834). 

 Azalea nudiflora rubicunda Loddiges Cat. 1836 apud Loudon, Arb. Brit. II. 



1142 (1838). 



Azalea nudiflora Be. rubicunda Sweet, Hort. Brit. 265 (1826). 

 Rhododendron nudiflorum 66. rubicundum Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 343 (1830). 

 This form is described by Aiton as having deep red flowers with small calyx. 

 Dumont de Courset says that the young branchlets and the leaves are pubescent, 

 the calyx greenish brown and the winter-buds pale yellow in autumn. 

 AZALEA NUDIPLORA SEROTINA Loddiges, I. c. 1142 (1838), name. 

 AZALEA NUDIPLORA . STAMINEA Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. Loddiges, 

 I.e. 1142(1838). 



Rhododendron nudiflorum St. stamineum Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "white." 

 AZALEA NUDIPLORA oo. STELLATA Sweet, I.e. 265 (1826), name. Loddiges, 

 I. c. (1838). 



Rhododendron nudiflorum oo. stellatum Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "white." 



AZALEA NUDIPLORA VARIA Loddiges, I. c. 1142 (1838), name. 



