16 Beautiful Plants growing wild 



both sides, oblong-oval, sometimes heart-shaped, finely and 

 sharply toothed, and have a long" acute point. Calyx with 

 five segments, downy within. Petals five, grass-formed, 

 broadest towards the tip. Blossoms white, growing on ra- 

 cemes, or branching stems, from four to seven flowered. 

 Fruit dark purple, pear-shaped, of the size of a medium 

 cherry ; eatable, resembling the whortleberry in taste, and 

 ripening in June. — Woods, Newton, Brookline, &c. — May. 



Azalea. 



Azalea lapponica L. Rhododendron lapponica Mountain 

 Honeysuckle. A beautiful, low, alpine shrub, resembling 

 the rhododendron. Leaves evergreen, leathery, oblong- 

 oval, standing disorderly, roughened above with small white 

 pits, the under surface paler, and dotted with black. Calyx 

 and flower stems red, covered with light green glands ; seg- 

 ments of the calyx ovate, eyelashed. Corolla deep purple, 

 bell-shaped, with four oblong, obtuse divisions. Flowers 

 large, in terminal, and rather umbel-shaped clusters. — High 

 mountains ; White mountains, N. H. — Blossoms in July. 



Azalea nudiflora L. Naked Azalea. An exceedingly beau- 

 tiful shrub, from two to six feet high; Leaves oblong-lance- 

 formed, nearly smooth, green, of the same color on both 

 sides, having the margin fringed with parallel hairs, and the 

 midrib bristly beneath. Calyx teeth short, somewhat round- 

 ed. Corolla red, with a tube longer than the divisions, and 

 stamens much protruded. Flowers somewhat naked, but 

 not viscous ; arranged in terminal clusters. 



A variety, coccinea, has scarlet flowers, and lanceolate 

 leaves. Another, rutelans, has deep red flowers, and a mi- 

 nute calyx. Another variety, cdrnea^ has pale red flowers, 

 with red bases, and a leafy calyx. Another, alba, has white 

 flowers, and a medium calyx. Another yet, papiliondcea, has 

 red flowers, with the lower divisions white, and calyx white. 

 And another, polydndria, has rose-colored flowers, with from 

 ten to twenty stamens. — Woods and copses ; Worcester, 

 Princeton, Dougas, &c.; perhaps, also, in or near Waltham. 

 — May or June. 



Jizdka viscbsa Wild Honeysuckle, Swamp Pink. A fine 

 flowering shrub, from four to eight feet high, very common 

 among the brush-wood in low land. The small branches and 

 the flower stems are more or less bristly. Leaves crowded^ 

 inverted lance-egg formed, acutely tipped, smooth and green 

 on both sides, eyelashed, hairy on the midrib, and nearly 

 without indentures on the margin. Corollas funnel-shaped, 

 varying in color, but commonly white; hairy and glutinous on 

 the outside. Flowers sweet, spicy-scented, in terminal, um- 

 bel-like corymbs, or flattish topped clusters. — Wet woods. — 

 June, July. 



