ORDER 73. ERICACEAE 491 



late or funnel-form, segm. wavy. A handsome shrub 4 to 6f high, on the high- 

 lands of Car. and Ga. Fls. smaller than in No. 4, pink-red. Jn., Jl. 

 4 R. maximum L. Lvs. obovate-oblong, acute, smosih, coriaceous, discolored be- 

 neath, subrevolute on the margin, cal. lobes oval-obtuse ; cor. somewhat campanu- 

 late, unequal, pet. roundish. A splendid flowering shrub, streams and lakes. N. 

 Eng. to the nits, of Car. Stems crooked, 6 to 20f in height. Lvs. very smooth and 

 4 to 7' long, entire, thick and leathery. Corymbs 15 to 20-flowered, in the midst 

 of the evergreen Ivs. Scales of the flower-bud near an inch long, abruptly acumi- 

 nate. Cor. pink or rose-colored, varying to white with purple dots, sometimes 

 dotted with yellow, H to 2' diam. Jl., Aug. 



5 R. Ponticum. L, Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, attenuated to each end, smooth and 

 scarcely paler beneath ; corymbs short, terminal ; cor. campanulate-rotate ; caL lobes 

 subacute, very short. From Asia Minor. Fls. large, often 2' diam., purple, but 

 in cultivation very variable, f 



6 R. arboreum Smith. St arborescent; Ivs. lanceolate, glabrous, with, 

 silvery spots beneath; fls. densely corymbed; cor. lobes with crenulate, curled 

 margins ; ped. and cal. pubescent. A most beautiful tree or shrub from Himmaleh 

 Mts. Fls. purple, red, white, cinnamon color, &c. f 



7 R. Indicum Sweet Branchlets, petioles, veins and sepals strigous but 

 not glandular; Ivs. cuneate-lanceolate, ciliate, acuminate at each end; fls. termi- 

 nal, 1 to 3 together, on short pedicels. From Java. Sep. lance-ovate, 5 to 8 ' 

 long. Fls. scarlet, purple, crimson, flame-color, &c. In cultivation very bril- 

 liant, f (Azalea Indica L.) 



17. RHODCTRA, Dunham. (Gr. podov, a rose ; from the color of the 

 fls.) Calyx 5-toothed, persistent ; cor. adnate to the calyx, deeply 

 divided into 3 segments, upper one much the broadest, 2 3 lobed at 

 the apex, in aestivation enfolding the 2 lower entire segments ; sta. 10. 

 declinatc ; fil. unequal ; anth. opening by 2 pores ; caps. 5-celled, 5- 

 valved; cells many-seeded. Shrub with deciduous, alternate leaves, 

 and pale purple flowers. 



R. Canadensis L. A handsome, flowering shrub, in bogs, mountain or plain, 

 Can. to Penn., frequent. Stems 2 3f high, clothed with a smooth, brown bark, 

 each dividing at top into several erect, flowering branches. Each branch^ while 

 yet naked of foliage, bears a terminal cluster of 3 5 sessile flowers. Corolla 

 1' long, about equaling the deflected stamens and style. Leaves obovate-oblong, 

 downy-canescent beneath. Apr., May. 



18. BEFA'RIA, Mnt. (So named by Mutis, in honor of Bejar, a 

 Spanish botanist.) Flowers heptamerous ; calyx 7-toothed, campanu- 

 late; corolla of 7 distinct petals; stamens 14; capsule 7-celled, 7- 

 valved, many-seeded. Small shrubs, often viscid-hairy, with alternate, 

 entire Ivs. and flowers in dense, racemous panicles. (Bejaria, A. Juss.) 



B. racemosa Vent. Branches hispid and glutinous ; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, glab- 

 rous ; fls. in a terminal, paniculate raceme. Sandy margins of swamps and 

 ponds, E. Ga. and Fla., and the adjacent Islands. A handsome evergreen shrub, 

 3 to 4f high. Lvs. very entire, erect, 1 to 2' long. Fls. on slender pedicels, 

 white, tinged with red, petals oblong-obovate, spreading near 2'. Jn., Jl. 



19. LE'DUM, L. LABRADOR TEA. (The Gr. name of the Cistus.) 

 Calyx minute, 4-toothed; corolla 5-petaled, spreading; stamens 5 10, 

 exserted ; anthers opening by 2 terminal pores ; capsule o-celled, 5- 

 valved ; opening at the base. Shrubs. Lvs. alternate, evergreen, en- 

 tire, ferruginous-tomentous beneath, coriaceous. Fls. in terminal co- 

 rymbs, white. 



L. palustre (and L. latifoiium Ait.) Lvs. elliptic-oblong or obloug-linear ; sta. 

 5 10. more or less exserted. Mountain bogs, Penn, to Lab. and Greenland, 



