HEATH FAMILY. 653 
MEXIco, JAPAN, EUROPE. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, Ontario; New England west to 
Michigan, south to Virginia, and along the mountains to Georgia, Texas, and 
Arkansas; also in Oregon. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shady woods. Cullman County, 800 feet. Flowers 
white. May, rare and local, under coniferous and amentaceous trees. Perennial. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Sueciae, Germaniae, Angliae, Canadae sylvis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ERICACEAE, Heath Family. 
AZALEA L. Sp. Pl.1: 150. 1753. 
i shone 40 species, Himalayan India, China. North America, 6; chiefly Appa- 
achian. 
Azalea arborescens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1:152. 1816. SWEET-SCENTED AZALKA,. 
Rhododendron arborescens Torr. Fl. N.& Mid. U.S. 425. 1824. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 320. Chap. Fl. 265. Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A. 2, pt.1: 40. 
é Carolinian area. Southern Pennsylvania, Virginia, and along the mountains to 
eorgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rocky banks of streams. Dekalb County, Men- 
tone, 1,800 feet. Clay County, Talladega Mountain, 2,200 feet. Cullman County, 
800 feet. Flowers white with purple stamens, fragrant. Not infrequent, particu- 
larly on rocky banks of water courses on the Warrior table-land. Shrub 6 to 12 feet 
high. 
Type locality: ‘‘On rivulets, near the Blue Mountains: Pensylvania.” 
Economic uses: Ornamental. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Azalea viscosa L. Sp. Pl.1:151. 1753. CLtammy AzaLea. Swamp HONEYSUCKLE. 
Rhododendron viscosum Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. U.S. 424. 1824. 
Ell. Sk. 1:241. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 320. Chap. Fl. 265. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1:40. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England, along the coast to 
Florida, west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Swampy banks of streams. Cullman 
County, 800 feet. Clarke, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers white, fragrant; 
June, July. Frequent. Shrub 15 feet high. - 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Azalea viscosa glauca (Lam.) Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:151. 1803. 
CINNAMON HONEYSUCKLE. 
Azalea glauca Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 493, t. 220, f.2. 1793. 
Ell. Sk.1:241. Gray, Man. ed. 6,320. Gray, Syn. FI.N. A. 2, pt. 1:41. 
Carolinian area. West Virginia along the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rocky banks of brooks. Clay County, waterfall 
near Pulpit Rock, 2,200 feet. Lee County, Auburn (£arle §- Underwood). Flowers 
white, May; 3 to 5 feet high. 
Type locality: ‘‘Ex America sept.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Azalea nudiflora L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2,1:214. 1762. 
PuRPLE AZALEA. COMMON HONEYSUCKLE, 
Rhododendron nudiflorum Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. U.S. 424. 1824. 
Ell. Sk.1:240. Gray, Man. ed. 6,320. Chap. Fl. 265. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2.253. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 41. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New England west to northern Ohio, south- 
western Missouri, Arkansas, south to the Gulf from Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. From the Coast plain to the mountains. Damp copses 
and woods. Flowers white, pale pink, or orange; April, May. Shrub2 to6 feet high. 
Varies greatly in habit of growth, inflorescence, and color of flowers. On the table- 
Jands and in the mountains forms of lower ant. more compact growth, the flowers 
in dense clusters, snowy white (var. alba Pursh) or incarnate, prevail. In the lower 
country forms of taller growth, the flowers in looser clusters, pale pink to rose-pink, 
are prevalent. In the coast region (Mobile County, Springhill) forms with flame 
or deep orange-colored flowers are met with (var. rutilans Pursh). 
Economic uses; The flowers of all the above species are rich in honey, which is 
