ERICACEAE. 699 



to oblanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, short-petioled, narrowed at the base, glabrous or 

 with a few scattered hairs above, ciliolate, green on both sides; flowers white, fra- 

 grant; pedicels glandular; corolla 3.5-5 cm. long, the limb 2.5-5 cm - broad, more 

 or less 2-lipped, much shorter than the slender, very viscid, densely glandular tube; 

 capsule 10-14 mm. high, glandular-bristly. In swamps, Me. to Ohio, Fla. and 

 Tex. June-July. 



Azalea visc6sa hispida (Pursh) Britton. Pedicels bristly-hispid; flowers, at least the 

 limb, pink; leaves glaucescent beneath ; shrub 2-5 m. high. Borders of ponds, Shawan- 

 gunk Mts. to Penn. and Montauk Point, N. Y. 



Azalea visc6sa glauca Michx. Leaves white-glaucous beneath, 2.5-5 cm. l° n g» shrub 

 3-18 dm. high. Mass. to Ya. 



Azalea visedsa nitida (Pursh.) Britton. Leaves about 2.5 cm. long, bright green on 

 both sides ; low shrub. Mass. to Va. 



3. RHODORA L. 



A shrub, with oval or oblong short-petioled alternate leaves. Flowers umbel- 

 late or short-corymbose, short-pedicelled. rose-colored, purple, or nearly white, 

 from terminal scaly buds. Calyx minute. Corolla 2-lipped, the upper lip un- 

 equally 2-3-lobed, the lower divided to the base, the segments recurved. Stamens 

 10. about equalling the corolla; anthers attached by their backs to the filaments. 

 Ovary 5 -celled; ovules numerous; style slightly exserted; stigma capitate. Cap- 

 sule linear-oblong, 5 -celled, 5-valved from the summit, many-seeded. [From the 

 Greek, rhodon, a rose.] A monotypic genus. 



1. Rhodora Canadensis L. Rhodora. (I. F. f. 2748.) Stems 3-9 dm. 

 high; twigs sparingly strigose. Leaves obtuse and mucronulate, entire, dark green 

 and glabrous, or nearly so, above, pale, glaucous and slightly pubescent, at least 

 on the veins, beneath. 2.5-5 cm - l° n &> 6-14 mm. wide; flowers expanding with or 

 before the leaves; pedicels very short, hairy; corolla 2.5-4 cm. broad; capsule 

 puberulent. glaucous. 10-14 mm. high. In bogs and on wet hillsides, Newf. to 

 N. J., Quebec, central N. Y. and Penn. May. 



4. RHODODENDRON L. 



Leaves alternate, persistent, coriaceous. Flowers purple, rose-colored or white, 

 corymbose or umbellate, from scaly cone-like buds. Calyx 5-lobed or 5 -parted. 

 Corolla campanulate, 5-lobed, nearly regular. Stamens 5-10 (usually 10), little 

 exserted. declined or equally spreading. Anthers attached by their backs to the 

 filaments, the sacs opening by terminal pores. Style slender; stigma capitate or 

 5-20-lobed; ovules numerous. Capsule mostly woody, 5-20-valved from the sum- 

 mit. Seeds numerous. [Greek, rose-tree.] About 100 species, natives of the 

 northern hemisphere. Besides the following, some 5 others occur in the southern 

 and western parts of N. Am. 



Arctic-alpine shrub, 5-30 cm. high; leaves small, lepidote. I. R. Lapponicum. 

 Tall shrubs or low trees; leaves large, glabrous. 



Leaves usually acute at both ends; calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse. 2. R. maxirrum. 



Leaves mostly obtuse at both ends ; calyx-lobes short, acute. 3. R. Catawbiense. 



1. Rhododendron Lapponicum (L.J Wahl. Lapland Rose Bay. (I. F. f 

 2749.) Depressed or prostrate. Leaves oval, elliptic or oblong, obtuse and mu- 

 cronulate, 8-18 mm. long. 4-8 mm. wide, short-petioled; flowers few, on short 

 pedicels with scurfy scales; calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse, pubescent; corolla purple, 

 5-lobed. 14-18 mm. broad, the lobes oblong, obtuse; capsule ovoid-oblong, 4-6 mm. 

 high. Summits of the higher mountains oi N. Eng. and the Adirondacks of X. Y. • 

 Quebec to Greenland and Alaska. Delles of the Wisconsin River. Also in Eu- 

 rope and Asia. Summer. 



2. Rhododendron maximum L. Great Laurel. Rose Bay. (I. F. f. 

 2750.) A tall shrub, or sometimes a tree. Leaves oblong, lanceolate-oblong or 

 broadly oblanceolate, dark green on both sides, 1-2 dm. long, 2.5-6.5 cm. wide, 

 drooping in winter; petioles stout, 12-25 mm. long; pedicels viscid-pubescent. 

 2.5-5 cm - l° n g: corolla 3.5-5 cm. broad, about 2.5 cm. long, rather deeply 5-cleft 

 into oval obtuse lobes, rose-color, varying to white, sprinkled with yellowish or 



