Ordbr 13.— ERICACBjB 491 



late or funneUform, segm. wavy. — A handsome shrub 4 to 6f high, on the high- 

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

 4 R. m^zimum L. I/os. dbovate-dblong, acute, smosth, coriaceous, discolored be- 

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

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

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

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

 of the evergreen Ivs. 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, 1^ to 2' diam. J)., Aug. 



5 R. Ponticum. L, I/os. oilong-lanceolaie, attenuated to each end,, smooth and 

 scarcely paler beneath ; corymbs short, terminal ; cor. campanulate^otate ; cal. lobes 

 subacute, very short. — From Asia Minor. Hs. large, often 2' diam., purple, but 

 in cultivation very variable, f 



6 R. arboreum Smith. St. arborescent; hs. lanceolate, glahrous, with 

 silvery spots ieneath ; fls. densely corymbed ; cor. lobes with crenulale, curled 

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

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



7 R. Indioum. Sweet. Branchlets, petioles, veins and sepals strigous but 

 not glandular ; Ivs. cuneate-lanceolate, ciliate, acuminate at each end ; fls. termi- 

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

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

 liant, f (Azalea Indioa L.) 



17. RHODO^RA, Duntam, (Gr. podov, a rose ; from the color of the 

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

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

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

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

 valved ; cells many-seoded. — Shrub with deciduous, alternate leaves, 

 and pale purple flowers. 



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

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

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

 yet naked of foliage, bears a terminal i?luster of 3 — 5 sessile flowers. Corolla 

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

 downy-oanescent beneath. Apr., May. 



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

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

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

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

 entire Ivs. and flowers in dense, racemous panicles. (Bejaria, A. Juss.) 



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

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

 ponds, E. G-a. 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 red, petals oblong-obovate, spreading near 2'. Jn., Jl. 



19. LE'DUffl, L. Labrador Tea. (The Gr. name of the Cistus.) 

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

 cxserted ; anthers opening by 2 terminal pores ; capsule 6-colled, 5- 

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

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

 rymbs, white. 



L. palristre (and L. latifolium Ait.) Lvs. elliptic-oblong or oblong-linear ; sta. 

 5 — 10, more or less exserted. — Mountain bogs, Penn. to Lab. and Greenland. 



