262 DECAXDU1A M0N0GYN1A 



iho corolla, a little doclincd and clavato, persistent; stigma obtuse. Capsule do- 

 pressed-globose, hirsute. Seeds very small, ot»long, pale straw-color. 



Hub. Shaded, rocky hills; Hrandywine, &c. frequent. Ft. May-June. FY. Sept. 



Obs. The wood of this splendid flowering shrub is very hard, and is often used 

 to make handles for small mechanical implements. The plain possesses medical 

 properties ; and a decoction of the leaves is sometimes used as a wash, for cutane- 

 ous diseases. 



2. K. anoistifolia, 7v. Leaves ternatc, and opposite, linear-elliptic, 

 obtuse, slightly ferruginous beneath ; corymba lateral, verticillate ; 

 flowers small. Beck, Bot. p. 219. 

 N arrow-lea ye d Kalmia. Vulgo — Sheep Laurel. Dwarf Laurel. 



Stem about 2 feci high, slender, s >mowhat branching. Leaves I to 2 inches long, 

 and about half an Inch wide, generally obtuse, sometimes rather acute, on pelloli s 

 1 third to half an Inch long* Flowers In small lateral pubcrulent corymbs, in the 

 axUaof the ternate leaves, and thus appearing verticillate \ pedicels filiform, 1 third 

 to - thirds of an inch long, with 3 unequal lanceolate acuminate bracts at base. 

 Corolla bright deep purple ; tube very short / limb about 1 third of an inch in di- 

 ameter ; lobes broad-ovate, slightly acuminate. [Capsule smooth. TbfT.] 



I lab. Great Valley; VV. Trimble's, and K. Thomas's lands: rare. /'/.June, July. Fr. 



Obe\ This pretty little species was first collected hereby Mr. JoSBPH Jacohn. 

 It Is thought to be poisonous to Sheep, and other stock, when eaten by them. 

 Three other species are enumerated in the U. Slates. 



209. RHODODENDRON. /,. j\*utt. Gen. 383. 

 [Gr. RJiodon^x rose, and Demlron^ a tree* the flowers being in rose-colored clusters.] 



Calyx 5-partcd, persistent. Corolla somewhat funnel-form, or cam- 

 panulate; limb 5-clcft, unequal. Stamens 8 to 10, decimate ; anthers 

 opening by 2 terminal pores. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, opening at 

 summit. 



Shrubs: leaves alternate, entire, deciduous, or sempervlrent J (lowers mostly 

 in terminal corymbose clusters. Nat* Ord. 170. Lindl. EltiCJ 



* Flowers Pentandrous : leaves deciduous. 



1. R. xubiFLourv, Torr. Leaves lance-oblong, and obovatc-lance- 

 olate ; flowers rather naked, slightly viscid ; tube of tbe corolla longer 

 than the lobes ; stamens much exserted. Beck % Hot. p. 220. 

 Azalea nudillora. Marsh. Arbust. />. 15. If Hid. Sp. I. p. 831. Vers. 

 Syiu l.p. 212. Ait. Kerw. I. p. 319. MuhL fatal. p. 20. .Yutt. (Jen. 

 1. p. 135. Sari. Phil. l.p. 1 13, FM. Sk. 1. p. 240. ///>•/. Most, 

 p. 82. Florul. Cestr. p. 26. Lindl Eney.p. 144. Eat. J\lan.p. 48. 

 A. j)ericlymcnoidcs. .Mx. Am. 1. p. 151. Pursh, Am. \.p. 152. 



Naked-flowkuku Kh^dodknduon. Vulgo — Wild Honeysuckle. 



Stem '2 to 1 or f> feet hich, much branched towards the summit; young branches 

 hairy. Leaves % to 3 inches lone, and about an inch wide, crowded at the ex- 

 tremities of the branches, entire, up|>cr surface sprinkled with bristly appressed 

 hairs, which are numerous atonffthi margin, pubescent beneath ; petioles 1 fourth 

 to half an inch lorn;. Flowers in terminal clusters, appearing rather in advance 

 of the leaves ; pedicels about half an inch 1-jnj, hairy, bructeate at base, and em- 



