114 11HODODENDRA. [Cl. 9- 



akin, as Jussieu hints of the former, to his Mdice, 

 Ord. 71. 



Ord. 50. RHODODENDRA. " Calyx divided, per- 

 manent. Corolla attached to it's base" (scarcely so), 

 " either monopetalous and lobed, or so deeply divided 

 as to become almost polypetalous. Stamens definite, 

 distinct, inserted into the Corolla if monopetalous' 

 (very slightly, if at all) ; " if it be polypetalous, into 

 the bottom of the calyx " (rather into the receptacle), 

 Germen superior. Style 1. Stigma single, often ca- 

 pitate. Capsule superior, with many cells and many 

 valves, whose inflexed edges constitute ihe partitions, 

 uniting with the central column. Seeds numerous, 

 minute. Stem shrubby. Leaves alternate, rarely op- 

 posite, mostly revolute when young. 



Sect. 1 . Corolla monopetalous. Kalmia, Rhododen- 

 drum, fig. 190, Azalea; to which is to be added Men- 

 zicsia, Sm. PI. Ic. t. 56". Comp. Fl. Brit. ed. 3. 61. 



Sect. 2. Cor. nearly polypetalous. Rhodora, Ledum, 

 Bcjaria (erroneously printed by Linnaeus Befaria), 

 and Itea. 



It is singular that the able author should have re- 

 marked in Rhodora only, what is the striking mark of 

 his true Rhododendra, the bursting of the Anthers by 

 2 oval pores near the top, without any crest or ap- 

 pendage. Itea wants this character. 



This Order appears to have scarcely any affinity, 

 except perhaps in hardness of wood, to the preceding. 



