Azalea, foliis ovato-oblongis, pilofis, alternis; 
~ feet, and that the flowers are of 
— are indebted for this fine plant. 
7 _ Many other forts, the next year. 
| PLATE XVI. 
AZALEA PONTICA. 
Yellow Pontic Azalea. 
Ctass ¥.. ORDER LI. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. : _ 
Caryx. Perianthium monophyllum, quinque- EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf with five divi- 
partitum, acutum, erectum, parvum, per- fions, fharp pointed, upright, fmall, and 
fiftens. : permanent. e: h 
Corotzta. Monopetala, campanulata, limbus Biossom. One petal, bell-fhaped, margin five- 
-quinquefidus: laciniarum lateribus in- cleft: fegments with the edges bent in- 
flexis. . wards. 
Sramina. Filamenta quinque, filiformia, recep- Cuives. Threads five, thread-thaped, fixed to 
taculo inferta, libera. Antherz fimplices. the receptacle, and loofe. Tips fimple. 
Pistittum. Germen oyatum. Stylus filifor- PoinTaL, Seed-bud egg-fhaped. Shaft thread- | 
mis, longitudine corolla, perfiftens. Stigma fhaped, the length of the bloffom, perma- 
obtufum. : nent. Summit blunt. — Be 
Pericarpium. Capfula ovata, quinquelocularis, Seep-vessEL. Capfule egg-fhaped, with five 
quinquevalvis. cells, and five valves. Z 
Semin plurima, comprefia. Seeps many, and flat. 
- Oss. Figura petali in aliis infundibuliformis, in Oss. The fhape of the petal in fome is funnel- 
_aliis campaniformis eft; ftamina in quibuf- fhaped, in others bell-fhaped; the chives 
dam declinata longiffima. fome are bent downward, and very long. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. ; j 
Azalea, with oblong egg-fhaped leaves, hairy, 
and alternate; flowers very large, and ye 
low; chives very long, and bent downward. 
floribus ampliffimis, luteis ; ftaminibus lon- 
giffimis, declinatis, 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
__ 1. The Empalement, (natural fize.) 
2. The Chives as they appear within the bloffom. 
3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit. 
4. A Capfule cut horizontally, expofing the number of its cells. 
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_ America has furnifhed our gardens with an extenfive variety of beautiful fhrubs; amongft them, the ; 
Azaleas hold a diftinguifhed place; fome for the beauty, others for the fragrance, of their bloffoms: 
the prefent fpecies far furpaffes all of them for both. It is a native of the coaft of the Black Sea, oF ae 
Pontus Euxinus, through the whole of its extent, on the Afiatic fide, from the city of Trebifonde; 
from whence its trivial name. That a plant of fuch extreme beauty, and fweetnefs, fhould fo long 
have been a ftranger to our European gardens, though known to, and defcribed by, fo many botanical 
a feem matter of wonder; but ftill it is an uncontefted fa&t. Monf. Tournefort, in afl 
Voyage to the Levant, has given an ample defcription of it, under the title of Chamerhododendros : 
Pontica maxima, mefpili folio, flore luteo; where he fays, it grows to the height of feven or eight 
‘ a moft exquifite flavour. Dr. P. Pallas, in his Flora Roffica, has ike-®, : 
wife figured, and defcribed it, under the | 
from a dried fpecimen, as the brilliancy 
name it here bears; but apparently his drawing was - é 
- of the flower is by no means preferved ; but it is a as he j 
, his voyage to the Crimea and countries adjacent, in "ae 
procured the feeds of this, amongft many other valuable and rare plants; parcels of moft of which Ee 
were fent by him to Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith; by whom plants were raifed of it, = f 
ane | , It is a deciduous fhrub, extremely hardy, and blows early’ ya 
‘pring; — = other Azaleas, by layers and feeds; grows beft in peat earth, with a _ 
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