XLIII. i^RICA CEiE : AZA LEA. 



601 



1. M. ferrugi'nea Smith. 



The ruaty -Jlotvered Menziesia 

 ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 264. ; 



Idenlification. 6mitli Icon, ined., 1. p. 56. t. .56 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 8.i0. , 



Si/)ion,i/ie. M. urceolaris Sali'sb. 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 ijranches hairy. Leaves obovate-lanceolate. 

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

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

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

 ! ISU. Flowers rusty colour ; May and June, 1145. m. fermginea. 



' ^ 2. M. GLOBULA^Ris Salisb. The ^ohuXsr-flowered Menziesia. 



{identification. Salisb. Par. Lend., t. 44. ; Pursh Sept, 1. p. 264. : Don's Mill., 



! 3. p. 850. 



[Synonymes. M. Smith// Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. p. 235. ; Azalea pilbsa Lam. 



/W.494. ; M. pilosa Pers. Ench. 1. p. 420. 

 \Engraving. Our ^^.1146. 



!.S/jec. Char., Sfc. Corolla globose, with rounded lobes. 



1 Leaves and branches hairy. Leaves lanceolate. {DoiCs 

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

 high moimtains ; plentiful on the Cacapoore Mountains, 

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

 troduced in 1806. Flowers yellowish brown. 



1146. AI. globul^is. 



Genus XXIV. 



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\ AZA'LEA D. Don. The Azalea. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



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



Synonymes. Azalea procumbens Jj7t. and many authors ; Loiseleur/ii Desf. ; ChamaeUdon Link 



I Enum. 1. p. 210. 



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



ffen. Char. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla short, campanulate, 5-cleft. Stamenn 



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



on mountains. 



\ ^ 1. A. procu'mbens L. The procumbent Azalea. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 205.; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., I. p. 154. ; Don's 

 Mill., 3. p. 851. 



Synonymes. Chamseledon procumbens 

 Link Enum. \. p. 210. ; LoiseleiiriVi pro- 

 cumbens Dcsf. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 8G5. ; Bot. Cab., 

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

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

 fig. 1148. from N. Duham. 



Spec. Char., Sfc, See Gen. Char. 

 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. piocombeni- 





