300 THE LAPLAND ALPS. 



inclining to one side, longer than the petal, 

 with a globose embryo, and thick stigma. 

 Pericarp membranous, globose, of five cells 

 and five compressed valves, the cells fixed 

 to the column, as in Ledum, bursting at 

 the top. Leaves thick, ovate, evergreen, 

 clustered at the tops of the branches, as in 

 Ledum. Flowers about three, at the ex- 

 tremity of each branch, each on a simple 

 uncoloured stalk. Is this the same genus 

 with Dilleuia {Azalea procAimbens, n°. 3.)? 

 I think not. In that the calyx and flower- 

 stalks are coloured ; two flowers proceed 

 from each bud ; the petal is firm, and cut 

 but half way down ; the calyx is half as 

 long as the petal ; the pistil is erect, shorter 

 than the petal ; the stamens are directed 

 inwards, and not attached to the re- 

 ceptacle. (Notwithstanding these reasons, 

 Linnccus united the two plants together in his 

 Flora Lappofiica, as one genus, under the 

 name oi' Azalea, quoting two synonyms of 

 Tournefort and Bauhin for this n°. 40, 

 which belong to Rliododendrum ferrugi- 



