200 THE AZALEAS OP NORTH AMERICA 



Rhododendron nvdiflorum rj. -polyandrum G. Don, Gen. Syst. III. 847 (1834). 

 ? Azalea octandra Michaux, Journal, ed. C. S. Sargent, 91 (in Proc. Am. PhUos. 

 Soc. (1889)), name only. 

 This form is described by Pursh as having short rose-colored flowers with 

 10 to 20 stamens and is said to have been found near Philadelphia. Michaux 

 collected his Azalea octandra in or in the neighborhood of Perry County, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Azalea nudiflora a. prolifera Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. 



Rhododendron nvdiflorum us. proliferum Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "blush." 

 Azat.isa nudiflora oa. p minT.A Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. 



Rhododendron nvdiflorum oa. pumilum Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "blush." 

 Azalea nudiflora pp. pubpurascens Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. — Loddiges, 

 I. c. 1142 (1838). 



Rhododendron nvdiflorum pp. purpurascens Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "flesh- 

 colored." 

 Azalea nudiflora -yy pubptjrea Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. — Loddiges, 

 I. c. (1838). 



Rhododendron nvdiflorum yy. purpureum Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "purple." 



Azalea nudiflora ff . ruberrima Sweet, V. c. 265 (1826), name. — Loddiges, 

 I. c. 1142 (1838). 



Rhododendron nvdiflorum ff. ruberrimum Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "red." 

 Azalea nudiflora irq. rubescens, Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. 



Rhododendron nvdiflorum ip). rubescens Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "pink." 

 Azalea nudiflora XX. rufa Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. — Loddiges I. c. 

 1142 (1838). 



Rhododendron nvdiflorum XX. rufum Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "red." 



Azalea nudiflora w. semi-duplex Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. 



Rhododendron nvdiflorum w. semiduplex Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "white." 

 Azalea nudiflora p. rutilans Aiton, Hort. Kew. I. 203 (1789). — De Can- 

 dolle, Prodr. VII. 717 (1838). 



Azalea rubicunda Dumont de Courset, Bot. Cult. ed. 2, III. 332 (1811), as var. 



of A. nudiflora. 

 Azalea periclymenoides p. rutilans Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 152 (1814). 

 Rhododendron nvdiflorum wi. rutilans Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 343 (1830). — G. 



Don, Gen. Syst. HI. 847 (1834). 

 Azalea nudiflora rubicunda Loddiges Cat. 1836 apud Loudon, Arb. Brit. II. 



1142 (1838). 

 Azalea nudiflora 88. rubicunda Sweet, Hort. Brit. 265 (1826). 

 Rhododendron nvdiflorum 88. rubicundum Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 343 (1830). 

 This form is described by Aiton as having deep red flowers with small calyx. 

 Dumont de Courset says that the young branchlets and the leaves are pubescent, 

 the calyx greenish brown and the winter-buds pale yellow in autumn. 



Azalea nudiflora serotina Loddiges, I. c. 1142 (1838), name. 



Azalea nudiflora |J. stamtnea Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. — Loddiges, 

 /. c. 1142 (1838). 



Rhododendron nvdiflorum ff. stamineum Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "white." 

 Azalea nudiflora oo. stellata Sweet, I. c. 265 (1826), name. — Loddiges, 

 /. c. (1838). 



Rhododendron nvdiflorum oo. steUatum Sweet, I. c. 344 (1830), "white." 

 Azalea nudiflora varia Loddiges, I. c. 1142 (1838), name. 



