XLUI ERICA‘CEHR: RHODODE'NDRON. 592 
Synonymes. AzAlea nudifldra Lin. Sp. 214.; Azalea periclymeniides Miche. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. 
p- 115.; the American Honeysuckle ; May Flowers, and wild, or upright, Honeysuckle, Amer. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1121. from a living specimen. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, nearly smooth, and green on both 
surfaces, ciliated on the margins, having the midrib bristly beneatt., and 
woolly above. Flowers rather naked, not clammy, 
scarlet, pink, white, striped, variegated, red, purple, 
&c., disposed in terminal clustered racemes, ap- 
pearing before the leaves. Tube of corolla longer 
than the divisions. Teeth of calyx short, rather 
rounded. Stamens much exserted. (Don’s Mill.) 
A deciduous shrub. Canada to Georgia, on the 
sides of hills. Height 3ft. to 4ft. Introduced 
in 1734. Flowers of various colours; April to 
June. Capsule brown. 
It is the parent of numerous varieties, and, in con- 
junction with the preceding species, of many beautiful 
hybrids. 1121, R.nudiflorun. 
Vurieties and Seedlings. 
2% R. n.1 coccineum D. Don. Azalea n. coccinea Sims Bot. Mag. t. 
180. — Flowers scarlet, and the leaves lanceolate. It is a native 
of Georgia, near Savannah. 
: : 2 R. 2. 2 ritilans D. Don. A. u. ritilans 
: Sent 
Ait. Hort. Kew. p. 319.; A. periclyme- 
néides ratilans Pursk. Fi. Amer, Sept. i. 
p. 152., and our jig. 1122. — The flowers 
are deep red. Calyxes minute. 
% R.u. 3 carneum D.Don. A.n. carnea Ait, 
l. c., Bot. Reg. t. 120.; A. p. carnea 
Pursh \. c.— The corollas are pale red, 
having the tube red at the base, and the 
calyx foliaceous. 
2 R.n.4dlbum D.Don. A. n, alba Ait. 1. 
c.; A. p. Alba Pursh.—The flowers white, 
and the calyx middle-sized. 
& R. x. 5 papilioniceum D. Don. A. p. pa- 
pilionacea Pursh.—Flowers reddish, with 
the lower segment white, and the calyx 
foliaceous. 
% R. n. 6 partitum D. Don. A. p. partita 
‘ Pursh. — The flowers are pale red, 5- 
= ; parted, even to the base. 
Wee eee sates &% R.n. 17 polyéndrum D.Don. A. p. poly- 
andra Pursh |. c.— Flowers of esos 
arose colour, short. Stamens \ a 
10—20. It is fourrd near Phi- Vie] 
ladelphia. : 
Varieties and Hybrids chiefly raised at 
High Clere. 
&% R. nx. 8 Govenianum D. Don 
(Brit. Fl.-Gard., iii, t. 263, ; and 
our fig. 1123.) —The branches 
tomentosely downy. Leaves 
evergreen or deciduous, oblong, 
acute, downy while young, but 
glabrous in the adult state, and 
recurved at the apex. Tube of 
corolla a little shorter than 1125. Ren. Govenianum, 
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