288 ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA 



low. Sumter and Choctaw Counties. 



11. Choctaw County. 



13. Mobile (Mohr) and Covington Counties. 



Azalea lutea, L. 



Similar to the preceding, and blooms at the same time, but has 

 orange-colored flowers of slightly different structure. Occasion- 

 ally cultivated for ornament, and eagerly plucked by vandals if 

 seen blooming near a road. A rare species with us. 



2A. Ravines on Sand Mountain, Jackson County (Harbison). 



Azalea prunifolia, Small. 



Differs from all our other Acalcas in having bright red flow- 

 ers, in midsummer. 



Grows in rich woods and ravines, in the eastern division of 

 the southern red hills (region 10 E). Found by the writer in 

 southwestern Georgia in July, 1903, and by Dr. Kugene A. Smith 

 near Baker Hill. Barbour County, in the same month. { It must 

 be rare, for I walked through Baker Hill in July, 1910, without 

 seeing any of it.) 



RHODODENDRON, L. The Rhodode ndroxs. 



Handsome evergreen shrubs, many of them cultivated for or- 

 nament, with numerous horticultural varieties. 



Rhododendron Catawbiense, Mx. 



One of the most gorgeous of all American shrulis, with ])eau- 

 tiful clusters of large pink-purple flowers in early summer. Its 

 praises have been sung by nearly every nature-lover who has vis- 

 ited the southern mountains when it was in bloom. It has been 

 cultivated in Europe for over a hundred years, and many horticul- 

 tural varieties and hybrids have been derived from it. 



Grows on rocky slopes and cliffs, especially near streams, in 

 the eastern part of the plateau region, over 1000 feet above sea- 

 level. Found by Mr. Harbison in Marshall County, and by Prof. 

 Wilson in Jackson. Common for several miles along Little River 

 in DeKalb and Cherokee Counties, particularly above DeSoto 

 Falls. 



R. maximum L., a similar but larger species, is credited to Alabama by 

 Small, but without definite locality. It may grow somewhere in the north- 

 eastern part of the state, for it is found not far away in Georgia. 



