HEATH FAMILY. 653 



MEXICO, JAPAN, EUROPE. 



Allegheiiian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, Ontario ; New England west to 

 Michigan, south to Virginia, and along the mountains to Georgia, Texas, and 

 Arkansas; also in Oregon. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Shady woods. Cullman County, 800 feet. Flowers 

 white. May, rare and local, under coniferous and amentaceous trees. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Sueciae, Germaniae, Angliae, Canadae sylvis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ERICACEAE. Heath Family. 



AZALEA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 150. 1753. 



About 40 species, Himalayan India, China. North America, 6; chiefly Appa- 

 lachian. 



Azalea arborescens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 152. 1816. SWEET-SCENTED AZALEA. 



Rhododendron arborescens Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. U. S. 425. 1824. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 320. Chap. Fl. 265. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 40. 



Carolinian area. Southern Pennsylvania, Virginia, and along the mountains to 

 Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rocky banks of streams. Dekalb County, Men- 

 tone, 1,800 feet. Clay County, Talladega Mountain, 2,200 feet. Cullrnan County, 

 800 feet. Flowers white with purple stamens, fragrant. Not infrequent, particu- 

 larly on rocky banks of water courses on the Warrior table- land. Shrub 6 to 12 feet 

 high. 



Type locality: "On rivulets, near the Blue Mountains: Pensylvania." 



Economic uses : Ornamental. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Azalea viscosa L. Sp. PL 1 : 151. 1753. CLAMMY AZALEA. SWAMP HONEYSUCKLE. 



Rhododendron viscosum Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. U. S. 424. 1824. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 241. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 320. Chap. Fl. 265. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1:40. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England, along the coast to 

 Florida, west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Swampy banks of streams. Cullman 

 County, 800 feet. Clarke, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers white, fragrant; 

 June, July. Frequent. Shrub 15 feet high. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Azalea viscosa glauca (Lam.) Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 151. 1803. 



CINNAMON HONEYSUCKLE. 



Azalea glauca Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1 : 493, 1. 110, f. 2. 1793. 



Ell. Sk.'l :241. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 320. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 :41. 



Carolinian area. West Virginia along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rocky banks of brooks. Clay County, waterfall 

 near Pulpit Rock, 2,200 feet. Lee County, Auburn (Earle & Underwood). Flowers 

 white, May ; 3 to 5 feet high. 



Type locality: "Ex America sept." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Azalea midiflora L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1 : 214. 1762. 



PURPLE AZALEA. COMMON HONEYSUCKLE. 



Rhododendron nudiflorum Torr. Fl. N. &.Mid. U. S. 424. 1824. 



Ell. Sk. 1:240. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 320. Chap. Fl. 265. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 253. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 41. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New England west to northern Ohio, south- 

 western Missouri, Arkansas, south to the Gulf from Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA : Over the State. From the Coast plain to the mountains. Damp copses 

 and woods. Flowers white, pale pink, or orange; April, May. Shrub 2 to 6 feet high. 

 Varies greatly in habit of growth, inflorescence, and color of flowers. On the table- 

 lands and in the mountains forms of lower ane more compact growth, the flowers 

 in dense clusters, snowy white (var. alba Pursh) or incarnate, prevail. In the lower 

 country forms of taller growth, the flowers in looser clusters, pale pink to rose-pink, 

 are prevalent. In the coast region (Mobile County, Springhill) forms with flame 

 or deep orange colored flowers are met with (var. rntilans Pursh). 



Economic uses : The flowers of all the above species are rich in honey, which is 



