(b) W. Desboissii : like last, but flowers much deeper rose. 
(c) W. candida: like rosea, but flowers cream-white. 
(d) W. Abel Carriere : like rosea, but flowers bright rose. 
(e) W. Eva Ratke;: like rosea, but flowers a clear, brilliant 
crimson. 
(f) W. Lavallei ; hybrid; like vosea, but flowers dark reddish 
purple ; straggling. 
(g) W. amabilis + leaf wrinkled, rather large. Flower red or 
white, broadening suddenly from base, 3-clustered. 
49. Chinese Azalea. (A. mollis.) 
LEAF: 2'-3', simple, alternate, entire, elliptical, hairy (as also 
branches). FLOWER: m. yellow (corolla broad-bell-shaped, 5- 
lobed, stamens 5), clustered ; May; 2°-3°. 
50. Silver-leaved Oleaster. (Elzagnus argentea.) 
LEAF: 1'-2', simple, alternate, entire, oval, silvery on both 
sides. FLOWER: yellowish, fragrant, perianth bell-shaped, 
lobes spreading, stamens and pistil in each, mostly ; stamens as 
many as perianth-lobes ; June-August ; fruit red ; young branches 
beset with brown scales; 6°-18°. Western States ; sometimes a 
bree, 
51. Buffalo-berry. (Shepherdia argentea.) 
Like the last, but leaf oblong, narrowed at base ; flowers mostly 
staminate and pistillate, stamens twice as many as lobes. 
52. Smoke-tree. (Rhus cotinus.) 
LEAF: 14'-3', simple, alternate, entire, broad-oval to round- 
ish, smooth, thickish, quite long-stemmed. FLOWER: p. yel- 
lowish, small (petals and stamens 5), in panicles, abundant ; 
June ; 4°-10°. Europe. The lengthened flower-stems are later 
much branched and hairy, giving a cloudy effect, whence the 
name; shrub or lowtree. (PI. III.) 
53. Kerria. Corchorus. (K. japonica.) 
LEAF: 2'-3', simple, alternate, serrate, lance-ovate, thin. 
FLOWER: p. yellow, handsome (petals 5, many stamens), in 
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