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9. R. LAPPONICUM. Wahl. (Azalea Lapponica. Linn.) Lapland Rhodo- 

 dendron. Dwarf; Ivs. elliptical, roughened with excavated punctures ; fls. 

 in terminal, leafy clusters, carnpanulate, limb spreading, 5-lobed ; sta. 5, ex- 

 serted. An erect" shrub 8 10' high, native of the White Mts. ! Branches nume- 

 rous, with a rough bark. Leaves about 5" by 2J", acute, with an obtuse angle, 

 revolute, ferruginous beneath, all fasciculated at the summits of the branches. 

 Flowers 7 9" diam. Peduncle bracted at base. Calyx pubescent. Corolla 

 deep purple, regular, lobes roundish, as broad as the leaves. Style very long, 

 ascending. June, July. 



10. R. ARBOREUM. Smith. St.- arborescent; Ivs. lanceolate, glabrous, with 

 shining white spots beneath ; fls. densely corymbose ; caps, pubescent, 8 10- 

 celled. A most beautiful tree or shrub, from the Himmaleh Mts. Flowers 

 purple, red, white, cinnamon-color, &c. f 



11. R. PONTICUM. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, attenuated to each end, smooth 

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

 col. lobes subacute, very short. From Asia Minor. Flowers large, often 2' 

 diam., purple but in cultivation very variable, f 



12. R. INDICUM. Sweet. (Azalea Indica. Linn.} Branchlets, petioles, veins 

 and sepals strigose, but not glandular ; Ivs. cuneate-lanceolate, ciliate, acumi- 

 nate at each end ; fls. terminal, 1 3 together, on short pedicels. From Java. 

 Flowers scarlet, purple, crimson, flame-color, &c., in cultivation very brilliant, f 



14. LEIOPHYLLUM. Pers. 

 Gr. \eioS) smooth, 0vXXoj>, leaf. 



Calyx 5-parted, equaling the length of the capsule ; pet. 5, ovate- 

 oblong; sta. 10, exserted ; fil. subulate; cells of anthers dehiscing 

 by a lateral cleft ; ovary globose ; sty. filiform ; caps 5-celled, 5-valved, 

 many-seeded. Small, smooth shrubs, with, erect branches. Lvs. alter- 

 nate, entire, oval, coriaceous. Corymbs terminal. Fls. white. 



L. BUXIFOLIUM. Ell. 



St. erect ; Ivs. oval or obovate, subsessile ; caps, glabrous. Pine barrens, 

 N. J. to Car. Shrub 812' high, much branched. Leaves 45" by 2 or 3", 

 very smooth and shining, margin strongly revolute. Flowers numerous and 

 small. May, June. 



15. LEDCTM. 



Calyx minute, 4-toothed ; corolla 5-pefcaied, spreading ; stamens 

 5 10, exserted; anthers opening by 2 terminal pores ; capsule 5- 

 celled, 5-valved, opening at the base. Shrubs. Lvs. alternate, ever- 

 green, entire, ferruginous-tomentose beneath, coriaceous. Fls. in terminal 

 corymbs, white. 



L. PALUSTRE (andL. latifolium. Ait.') Labrador Tea. 



Lvs. elliptic-oblong or oblong-linear ; sta. 5 10, more or less exserted. 

 Mountain bogs, Penn. to Lab and Greenland, White Mts. ! Not uncommon. 

 A shrub 2 3f high, readily known by its leaves, which are smooth above, 

 clothed beneath with a dense, ferruginous down, and strongly revolute or repli- 

 cate at the margin. The petioles and the younger twigs are also covered with 

 down. Leaves 1 2' long, nearly as wide. Corymbs terminal, of about a 

 dozen flowers. Petals 5, white. Pedicels nearly as long as the leaves. Sta- 

 mens 5 10, as long as the petals. Style somewhat declined. July. 

 0. angustifolium. Lvs. narrower, almost linear ; sta. mostly 10. 



16. ERICA. 



Gr. epiKb), to break; in allusion to the brittleness of the branches and stems. 



Calyx 4-cleft ; cor. tubular, globose, ovoid, urceolate, campanulate 

 or hypocrateriform, limb short, 4-lobed ; stam. 8 ; style filiform ; caps. 

 4, rarely 8-celled, 4-valved, loculicidal ; seeds 2 00 in each cell, 



