^ Order 73.— EEICAOE^ 491 



late or fumui-form, segm. wavy. — A haodsome shrub 4 to 6f high, on the highr 

 lands of Car. and Ga. Fls. smaller than iu No. 4, piuk-red. Jn., jl. 

 4 R. mdzimtun L. Lvs. otovaie-oblong, acute, smosih, coriaceous, discolored be- 

 neath, Bubrevolute on the margin, cal. lobes oval-obtuse ; cor. somewhat campanu- 

 late, unequal, pet. roundish. — A splendid flowering shrub, streams and lakes, H. 

 Bng. to the mts. of Car. Stems crooked, 6 to 20f in height. Lvs. very smooth and 

 4 to 1' long, entire, thick and leathery. Corymbs 15 to 20-flowered, in the midst 

 of the evergreen lvs. Scales of the flower-bud near an inch long, abruptly acumi- 

 nate. Cor. pink or rose-colored, varying to white with purple dots, sometimes 

 dotted with yellow, IJ to 2' diam. Jl., Aug. 



5 R. P6ntioum. L, Lvs. oblong-lanceolaie, attenuated to each end, smooth and 

 sca/roely paler beneath ; corymbs short, terminal ; cor. campanulate-rolaie ; caL lobes 

 subacute, very short. — From Asia Minor. Fls. large, ollen 2' diam., purple, but 

 ia cultivation very variable, f 



6 R. arbdreuta Smith. St arborescent; tos. lanceolate, glabrous, with 

 sikery spots beneath; fls. densely corymbed; cor. lobes with crenulate, curlfid 

 margins ; ped. and cal. pubescent. — A most beautiful tree or shrub from Himmaleh 

 Mts. Fls. purple, red, white, cinnamon color, &c. f 



7 R. Indictim Sweet. Branohlets, petioles, veins and sepals strigous but 

 imt glandular ; lvs. cuneate-lanceolate, ciliate, acuminate at each end ; fls. termi- 

 nal, 1 to 3 together, on short pedicels. — Prom Java. Sep. lance-ovate, 5 to 8'' 

 long. Fls. scarlet, purple, crimson, flame-color, &c. In cultivation very bril- 

 liant, -j- (Azalea Indica L.) 



17. RHODO^RA, Dunham. (Gr. fj66ov, a rose ; from tlio color of the 

 fls.) Calyx 5-toothecl, persistent ; cor. adnate to the calyx, deeply 

 divided into 3 segments, upper one much the broadest, 2 — 3 lobed at 

 the apex, in estivation enfolding the 2 lower entire segments; sta. 10, 

 declinate ; fil. uneqiial ; anth. opening by 2 pores ; caps. 5-celled, 5- 

 valved ; cells many-seeded. — Shrub \\ith deciduous, alternate leaves. 

 and pale purple flowers. 



R. Canadensis L. A handsome, flowering shrub, in bogs, mountain or plain, 

 Can. to Penn., frequent. Stems 2 — 3f high, clothed with a smooth, brown bark, 

 each dividing at top into several erect, flowering branches. Each branch, while 

 yet naked of foliage, bears a terminal cluster of 3 — 5 sessile flowers. Corolk 

 1' long, about equaling the deflected stamens and style. Leaves obovate-oblong, 

 downy-canescent beneath. Apr., May. 



18. BEFA'RIA, Mut. (So named by Mutis, in honor of Bejar, a 

 Spanish botanist.) Flowers heptamerous ; calyx T-toothed, campanu- 

 late ; corolla of 7 distinct petals ; stamens 14 ; capsule V-celled, V- 

 valved, many-seeded. — Small shrubs, often viscid-hairy, with alternate, 

 entire lvs. and flowers in dense, racemous panicles. (Bojaria, A. Juss.) 



B. raoemosa Vent. Branches hispid and glutinous ; lvs. ovate-lanceolate, glab- 

 rous; fls. in a terminal, pauioulato raceme. — Sandy margins of swamps and 

 ponds, E. Go, and Fla^, and the adjacent Islands. A handsome evergreen shrub, 

 3 to 4f high. Lvs. very entire, erect, 1 to 2' long. Fls. on slender pedicels, 

 white, tinged with rod, petals oblong-obovate, spreading near 2'. Jn., Ji. 



19. LE'DUM, L. Labr-^dor Tea. (The Gr. name of the Cistus.) 

 Calyx minute, 4-toothed ; corolla 5-petaled, spreading ; stamens 5 — 10, 

 exserted ; anthers opening by 2 terminal pores ; capsule 5-celled, 5- 

 valved ; opening at the base. — Shrubs. Lvs. alternate, evergreen, en- 

 tire, ferruginous-tomontous beneath, coriaceous. Fls. in terminal co- 

 rymbs, white. 



L. paliistre (and L. lalifoiium Ait.) Lvs. cUiptio-oblong or oblong-linear; sta^ 

 D — 10, more or less exserted. — Mountain bogs, Penn. to Lab. and Graenland. 



