NAT. ORDER, 
EricacecB. 
AZALEA NUDIFLORA. NAKED-FLOWERED AZALEA. 
Class V. Pentandria. Order 1. Monogynia. 
Gen. Cliar. Calyx five-parted. Corolla short, campanulate, five- 
cleft. Stamens five, equal, shorter than the corolla. Style 
straight, inclosed. Capsule five-celled, with five cloven-pointed 
valves. 
Spe. Char. Leaves opposite, small, elliptic, glabrous. Flowers 
pedicillate, small, red, rising in foscicles from the axils of the 
upper leaves. The Seeds many, and roundish. 
^This is a genus containing plants of the hardy, deciduous, flower- 
ing, shrubby kinds. This plant^ in its native situation, often rises 
to the height of fifteen feet, but is seldom if ever more than half 
that height in other countries ; it sends out several sfems from the 
roots ; the leaves are oblong, smooth, and alternate and petioled ; the 
peduncles are axillary, long, and naked, supporting a cluster of red 
flowers, which are tuberous, swelling at their base like those of the 
hyacinth, and contracted at their neck ; they are divided at the top 
into five equal segments, which spread open ; the five stamens and 
styles are much longer than the petals, and stand erect. It is a 
native of Virginia, but inhabits most of the New-England States, 
where it seeks rough and rocky places. 
There are varieties of this plant with scarlet flowers, with pale- 
red flowers, with early white flowers, with red and white flowers, 
and with variegated flowers. 
Azalea viscosa. Viscid-flowered Azalea. This species is a low 
slirub, rising with several slender stems to the height of nearly four 
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