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canescens . 
perichjme - 
nuides. 
coccinea. 
rutilans. 
carnea. 
alba. 
papilionacea. 
partita. 
polyandra. 
arlorescens . 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Azalea. 
flame colour, sometimes deep yellow mixed with 
scarlet, as in Mirabilis Jalap a ; var. /3, bright yellow, 
resembling A pontica. It is, without exception, the 
handsomest shrub in North America. Vid. Bar tram's 
Travels , p. 321. 
2. A. subnudiflora } foliis ohovato-oblongis supra pubescen- 
tibus subtus tomentosis, nervo non setigero, floribus 
non viscosis, tubo laciniis vix breviore, calycis denti- 
bus brevissimis rotundato -obtusis, staminibus vix ex- 
ertis. — Mich.jl. arner l.p. J50. 
On the banks of rivers in Lower Carolina. Michaux. 
On the mountains of Cacapoon springs near Winches- 
ter, Virginia. ^ • May, June. v. v. Flowers rose- 
coloured. 
3. A. subnudiflora ; folis lanceolato-oblongis utrinque gla- 
briuseuiis, concoloribus, nervo supra lanuginoso, sub- 
tus setigero, margine ciliatis, floribus amplis non 
viscosis, tubo laciniis longiore, calycis dentibus brevi- 
bus ovali-subrotundis, staminibus longissime exertis. 
— Mich.jl . amer . ] . p. 151. 
A. nudiflora. IVilld . sp pl. l.p. 831. 
a. A. floribus coccineis, foliis ianceolatis. Bot. mag. 180. 
/3. A. floribus saturate rubris, calycibus minutis. Ait. kew. 1, 
p.3\g. 
y.A. floribus pallide rubicundis, tubo basi rubro, calycibus 
foliaceis. Ait. I. c. 
$. A. floribus albidis, calycibus mediocribus. Ait. I. c. 
£. A. flonbus rubicundis : lacinia infima alba, calycibus 
foliaceis. Ait. I. c. 
A. floribus carneis usque ad basin quinquepartitis. 
Ait l. c. 
r r A. floribus roseis brevibus 10 — 20-andris. 
On the side of hills : Canada to Georgia. Var. a. near 
Savannah, Georgia. Var. y\. near Philadelphia, Pen- 
sylvania. • April— June. v. v. This beautiful 
shrub has a great many varieties, besides the above- 
mentioned, among which is one with double flowers j 
but the var. yj. is the most remarkable. This variety 
proves clearly, that Azalea and Rhododendron are one 
genus, A. procumbens excluded, as Rhododendron is 
frequently found with less than ten, and all the 
species of Azalea with more than five stamina. 
4. A. foliosiflora ; foliis obovatis obtusiusculis utrinque gla- 
bris subtus glaucis : nervo vix setigero, margine cilia- 
