XLII. ERICA‘CEH: AZA‘LEA. 601 
= 1, M. Ferruai’nga Smith. The rusty-ffowered Menziesia 
Identification. Smith Icon. ined., 1. p. 56. t.56.; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 264.5 
Don’s Mill., 3. p. 850. 
Synonyme. M. uvceolaris Salish, Par. Lond. No. 44. 
ngravings. Smith Icon. ined., 1. p. 56. t.56.; and our jig. 1145. 
Spec. Char., &c. Corolla urceolate, with rounded lobes. 
Leaves and branches hairy. Leaves obovate-lanceolate. 
(Don's Alill.) A deciduous shrub. North-west coast 
of America, particularly on the Columbia River, and on the 
Island of Sitcha. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 
1811. Flowers rusty colour ; May and June. 1145, M, ferruginea. 
= 2, M, eLosura'‘ris Salish, The globular-fowered Menziesia. 
Idenit/ieation- Salisb. Par. Lond., t. 44.; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 264. ; Don’s Mill., 
+ p. 850. 
Synonymes, M. SmithiZ Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. p. 235.; Azalea pildsa Lam. 
Ill. 494. ; M. pildsa Pers. Ench. 1. p. 420. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1146. 
Spec. Char., §c. Corolla globose, with rounded lobes. 
Leaves and branches hairy. Leaves lanceolate. (Don’s 
Mill.) A deciduous shrub. Virginia and Carolina, on 
high mountains ; plentiful on the Cacapoore Mountains, 
near Winchester, in Virginia. Height 3ft. to 5ft. In- 
troduced in 1806. Flowers yellowish brown. 1146. m2. globularis- 
Genus XXIV. 
AZALEA D. Don. Tae AzatEa. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. Phil. Journ. ; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 830. 
res Azalea procimbens Lin. and many authors ; ‘Loiseleirra Desf.; Chamelédon Link 
Enum. 1. p. 210. hetae 
Derivation. Prom azaleos, dry, or arid ; in reference to the habitation of the plant. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla short, campanulate, 5-cleft. Stamens 
5, equal, shorter than the corolla. Cells of anthers opening by a terminal 
ore. Styles straight, enclosed. Capsule 5-celled, with 5-cloven pointed 
valves, whose inflexed edges form the double partitions. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, evergreen ; small, elliptic, glabrous, 
with revolute margins. Flowers pedicellate, rising in fascicles from the axils 
of the upper leaves, small, red.—A shrub, evergreen, procumbent, small, gla- 
brous, with the habit of wild thyme ; native of Europe and North America, 
on mountains. 
x 1. A. pRocu’sBENS L. The procumbent Azalea. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 205.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 154, ; Don’s 
om. * Guamseradon procambens 
ye Daten 1. p.210.; Loiseletréa pro- 
cambens Desf. 
Breravings Sap Pobre omy aud 
our fig. 1147. from Lod, Bot. Cab., and 
fig. 1148. from N. Dubam. 
Spec. Char.,§c. See Gen. Char. 
A procumbent evergreen shrub. 
Europe, on mountains; plentiful 
in the Highlands of Scotland, 
and in the alpine regions of dif- 
ferent parts of North America. 
Height 6in. Flowers small, 
rose-coloured ; April and May. —1sas._a. procombens. 
1147, A. prooambens. 
