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on the under surface. Flowers in compact terminal racemes, covered when 

 young with large ferruginous bracteas. Corolla large, irregular. Stamens 

 declining, longer than the corolla. Styles as long as the stamens. The 

 leaves of this species vary considerably in form, some being obtuse and the 

 others acute at the base, the flowers also vary from purple, white, to rose 

 color. ■ ^fountain Laurel. 



T2. Mountains. 4-20 feet. 

 2. R. PuNCTATUM. A small shrub, with straggling branches. Leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate, ferruginous underneath with resinous dots, glabrous above. 

 Flowers in compact terminal racemes. Corolla with oval or ovate, segments, 

 a Httle undulate. 



Pale red. h June — July. 4-6 feet. 



Genus X. EPIG^A. 



Calyx 5-parted, with 3-bracts at the base, large. Corolla 

 hypocrateriform, border 5-parted, spreading, lube villous with- 

 in. Stamens 10. Style 1- Capsule 5-celled. 



1. E. Repens. a very small prostrate shrub, creeping. Leaves cordate, 

 ovate, entire, reticulate, when young slightly fringed, hispid along the midrib. 

 Flowers in axillary racemes; biacts as long as the calyx. Corolla sub-cylin- 

 drical. Trailing Arbutus. Ground Laurel. 

 White, tinged with red, fragrant. Jan. — March. Common in sandy soils. 



Genus XI. LEIOPHYLUM. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted. Petals scarcely united. Stamens 

 10, exserted. Capsule S-celled, opening at the summit. 



1. L. BuxiFOLiUM. A very small shrub, branching, glabrous. Leaves 

 small, oval, lanceolate, entire, glabrous, revolute at the margin. Flowers in 

 small terminal corymbs, with persistent calyx. Sa7id Myrtle. Sleek Leaf. 

 White. 1^. Mountains. 6-8 inches. 



Genus 12. BEJARIA. 



Calyx T-cleft. Corolla 7-petaled. Stamens 14. Style 

 1. Capsule 7-celled, many seeded. 



1. B. Racemosa. A handsome shrub, erect, branching, hispid and gluti- 

 nous. Leaves ov-te-ianceolate, alternate, perennial, entire, glaucous on the 

 under surface. Flowers in long simple racemes. Calyx campanulate with 

 very short segments. Petals obovate, as long as the stamens. Style persis- 

 tent. Capsule globular. 



White. I2 Jtifie — July. Southern Ga. 3-4 feet. 



Genus XIII. AZALEA. 



Calyx small, S-parted. Corolla campanulate, with some- 

 wha- 'inequal segments. Stamens 5-inserted on the recepta- 

 cle- Style 1, straight. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, dehiscing 

 -, the summit. 



1. Calendulacea. a small shrub. Zeares ovate, pubescent on both sides. 

 Flowers in clusters, larce, not viscid, teeth of the calyx oblong. Corolla v^^ith 

 rather a short tube. Flowers vary in color from deep red variegated with 

 yellow, to bright yellow, and rose colored, all of which are often found grow- 

 inof near each oner. 



\l Aprdl — June. Abundant near Culloden. 2-6 ft. 



