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AZALEA 
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i ich ‘i bular,’ and divided into five fegments at 
E flower confifts of a fingle petal, whichis long, tu » and sit 
ie edge: the fruitis a fingle capfule, of a round figure, containing five cells; and the cup is 
i ip vi ivided i fegments. 
i, coloured, formed of one piece, and divided into five g i 3 
ee are this among the pentandria monogynia; each flower having five threads, and the 
ftyle from the rudiment of the fruit being fingle. 
Authors have been perplexed where to put the feveral plants belonging to this genus: fome have 
called them ciffus’s;. but the difference is very obvious, as- will be feen when we treat of ciftus, that 
genus being of another clafs. 
t..Procumbent Azalea. 
Azalea procumbens. 
© The root-is.long and fpreading, divided into 
many parts, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. 
The fhoots’ aré numerous, and fpread every 
way-upon the ground into a very large and thick 
tuft. 
“The ftalks: are’ woody, and covered with a 
darle coloured: rind; tough, thin, and four or 
five inches long, fometimes much more. 
The leaves are very numerous and very {mall : 
they are of a'dark green, and they ftand in pairs : 
they are oblong, flender, and fharp-pointed. 
The flowers grow at the tops of the branches, 
two, three, or more. together: they are large, 
andof .a beautiful red. 
' The feed-veffel is large, and contains many 
feeds. f 
It is a native of the mountains of Germany, 
ahd flowers in July. — : 
C. Bauhine calls it Chamaciftus ferpyllifolia flo- 
ribus coccineis. Others, Cyftus ferpyllifolia: but the 
leaves-are narrower than to be properly expreffed 
by that name. oleae 
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Nong Ui, eeieS 
2, Clammy Azalea:. 
Azalea vifcofa. 
The root is woody and {preading. 
The fhoots are numerous and tough, woody, 
and covered with a grey rind. } en07 
The leaves are frequent, of a pale green, and 
pinnated : each confifts of three or mote pairs of 
large, oval pinnz, with an odd leaf much larger 
than either at the end: they are hairy and not 
ferrated. 
The flowers ftand in little clufters at the tops 
of the branches, eight or ten together : they are 
long, flender, and very beautiful; and have a 
fragrant fmell: they are hairy on the outfide, 
and clammy to the touch. 
The feed-veffel is fmall, but contains numerous 
feeds. 
It is a native of Virginia, where it is common 
in the woods: J 
Plukenet calls it Ci/tus Virginiana flore et odore 
periclymeni. 
Thefe plants have no known virtues. 
Ix, 
LEADWORT 
PL UM B.A G..O. 
HE flower confifts of a fingle petal, which is tubular in the lowe 
than near the bottom, and divided into five fegments at the edge. 
The fruit is a fingle capfule, of a rade and imperfeé& form, 
formed of one piece, and is pentangular, 
the rim. 
‘Linneus places this among the pentandria monogynia; 
from the'rudiment of the capfule being fingle. 
1. Common Leadwort. 
Plumbago vulgaris. 
The root is long, large, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The firft leaves rife in a thick, fmall tuft, and 
are of a deep green, broad, fomewhat oval in 
fhape, and without footttalks. 
The ftalks rife in the centre of the tuft, and 
are round, firm, upright, very much branched, 
and two feet high: they are ufually of a deep 
purplifh colour, often blackith. 
rough on the furface, and divided into five fe 
T part, narrower toward the necle 
containing only one feed: the cup is 
gments at 
the flower having five threads, and the ftyle 
The leaves ftand irregularly on them, and re- 
femble thofe at the root: they are oblong, broad 
and oval toward the end, but with a bastb ond 
long bafe: they have no footftalks, but enclofe 
the main ftalk at the bottom, 
From the bofom of every leaf rifes a branch 
and on the tops of thefe ftand the flowers : they 
are numerous, moderately large, and purple: 
they are paler at firft, and grow of a deeper 
colour as they open, and decline into ared as 
they fade, 
The feed-veffel is a thin fkin, or little more, 
enclofing 
