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Stamens and style very much exserted. — Mountains of Penn. to Virginia, and 

 southward. June. — Shrab 3°- 10° high, with thickish leaves, and very fra- 

 grant rose-colored blossoms larger than in No. 3. 



2. A. viscdsa, L. (Clammy Azalea. White Swamp-Honeys uc- 

 KLB.) Branchlets bristly, as well as the margins and midrib of the oblong-obo- 

 vate otherwise smooth leaves ; calyx-lobes minute ; corolla clammy, the tube much 

 longer than the lobes ; stamens moderately, the style conspicuously, exseited. — 

 Var. GLAtrcA has the leaves paler and often white-glaucous underneath or both 

 sides, sometimes rough-hauT-. Var. NfiiDA is dwarf, with oblanceolate leaves 

 green both sides. — Swamps, Maine to E. Kentucky, mostly near the coast. 

 June, July. — Shrub 4° - 10° high, very variable, with clammy fragrant flowers, 

 white or tinged with rose-color. 



* * Flowers appearing before or with the haves. 



3. A. nndiflora, L. (Pheple Azalea. Pinxter-flowek.) Branch- 

 lots rather hairy ; leaves obovate or oblong, downy underneath ; calyx very shmi, ; 

 tube of the corolla scarcely longer than the amph lobes, slightly glandular ; stamens 

 and style much exserted. — Swamps, Massachusetts and New York to Virginia, 

 and southward. April, May. — Shrub 2° -6° high, with very showy flowers 

 varying from flesh-color to pink and purple. There are numberless varieties, 

 some of them exhibiting 10 or more stamens. 



4. A. calendulacea, Michx. (Flame-colored Azalea.) Branch- 

 lets and obovate or oblong leaves hairy; calyx-lobes oblong, rather conspicuous; 

 tube of the corolla shorter than the lobes, hairy ; stamens and style much exserted. 

 — Woods, mountains of Penn. to Virginia, Kentucky, and southward. May. — 

 Shrub 3° -10° high, covered just when the leaves appear with a profusion of 

 large orange blossoms, usually turning to flame-color, not fragrant. 



17. RHODODIINDROIV, L. Eose-bat. 



Calyx 5-pa.rted, minute in our species. Corolla bell-shaped or partly funnel- 

 form, sometimes slightly irregular, 5-lobed. Staniens 10 (rarely fewer), com- 

 monly declined : anthers, pods, &c. as in Azalea,. — Shrubs or low trees, with 

 evergreen entire alternate leaves, and large showy flowers in compact terminal 

 corymbs or dusters from large scaly-bracted buds. ('FoboSerSpov, rose-tree ; the 

 ancient name. ) 



1. B. ntdxiiniini, L. (Gbeat Lai;iiel.) Leaves ellipticaMiUmg or 

 lance-oblong, acute, narrowed towards the base, very smooth, with somewhat revo- 

 lute margins ; corolla bell-shaped. — Damp deep woods, sparingly in New Eng- 

 land, New York, and Ohio, but very common along shaded water-courses in the 

 mountains of Penn. and southward. July. — Shrab or tree 6° - 20° high. Leaves 

 4' - 10' long, very thick. Corolla 1' broad, pale rose-color or nearly white, green- 

 ish in the throat on the upper side, and spotted with yellow or reddish. 



2. B, Catai^biense^ Michx. Leaves oval or oblong, rounded at both ends, 

 smooth, pale beneath (3' -5' long); corolla broadly bell-shaped, lilac-purple; 

 pedicels rusty-downy. — High summits of the AUeghanies, Virginia and south- 

 ward. June. — Shrab 3° - 6° high. 



3. K. L.app6nicum, Wahl. (Lapland Kose-bay.) Dwarf, pros. 



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