CLASS V. ORDER I. 85 



Verbascuai blattaria. L. Moth Mullein. 



Leaves clasping, oblong, glabrous, serrate: pedun- 

 cles one flowered, solitary. 



Two or three feet high. Leaves smooth, oblong, obovate, 

 doubly serrate, the radical ones somewhat lyrate. Flowers ia a 

 long, terminal raceme, pedunculated, yellow or white, marked 

 with purple. Stamens covered with purple hairs. — Road sides, 

 not common. — Annual. 



93. AZALEA. 

 Azalea nudiflora, L. Naked Azalea. 



Flowers naked ; leaves lanceolate-oval, pubescent, 

 the nerve hairy ; corolla hairy ; stamens much longer 

 than the tube. 

 Syn. Rhododendron nudiflorum. Tor. 



An exceedingly beautiful shrub with rose colored leaves. I 

 have never seen it wild very near to Boston, but have observed 

 it in woods in "Worcester, Princeton, Douglas, &c. Several va- 

 rieties occur in the length and color of the flowers. — June. 



Azalea viscosa. L. Wild Honeysuckle, Swamp Pink. 



Leaves with a rough margin ; corollas viscid, hairy; 

 stamens but little longer than the corolla. L. 

 Syn. Rhododendron ^^scosuM. Tor. 



A fine flowering shrub, very common among the brushwood 

 in low land. The small branches and peduncles are commonly 

 more or less bristly. Leaves crowded, lance-obovate, nearly en- 

 tire, ciliated, hairy on the midrib and margin. Flowers in ter- 

 minal, umbel-like corymbs. Corollas funnel shaped, varying in 

 color, but commonly white, hairy and glutinous on the outside. 

 — June, July. 



Several varieties occur in the color of the leaves, parts of the 

 flow'er and small branches. The leaves are sometimes quite 

 glaucous. 



Azalea procumbens. L. Procumbent Azalea. 



Leafy flowered ; stems difl'usely procumbent ; leaves 



