PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
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Chironia angalarls, Willd. 
Icon. Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol. 1. 1. 24. 
Centaury. Gentry* 
This beautiful plant is much esteemed for its medicinal 
virtues, which are bitter, tonic, and stomachic. (See Veg, 
Mat, Med. U- S.) From nine to eighteen inches high. Flow- 
ers peach-blossom red above, pale, or nearly white underneath, 
with a pentangular yellow spot in the centre, and spiral yellow 
anthers. On the Woodlands, rare. In damp grounds, Jersey, 
near Woodbury, not frequent. Biennial ? July. 
108. AZALEA. Gen. pi. 2^7. ( Rhododendra. ) 
Calix 5-partcd. Corolla funnel-form, or cam- 
panulate, 5 -cleft, unequal. Stamina declin- 
ed, inserted upon the torus or receptacle. 
Style declined, stigma obtuse. Capsule 
5-celled. — Nutt* 
1. A. flowers rather naked j leaves lanceolate-oblong, nudiflora. 
pubescent, the nerves beneath bristly ; corolla 
hairy ; stamens much longer than the tube of the 
corolla .' — Willd* 
A. periclymenoides, Mich. 
A. periclymena, Pers. 
Wild Honey-suckle. 
This very beautiful shrub is common in open woods, of rich 
soil, among underwood, and is frequent in Jersey along the 
margins of swamps and in boggy ground. In the early part 
of the season, it flowers before the leaves have appeared. 
Flowers red. I 2 • April rarely— May. 
2. A. leaves on the margin scabrous ; corolla hairy, TiseosS, 
glutinous ; stamens scarcely longer than the co- 
rolla. — Sp. PL 
A larger species, with white viscous fragrant flowers. 
From four to eight or nine feet high. Very common on the 
borders of damp woods in Jersey, and among underwood. 
Plentiful on the road to Woodbury. 13 . June, July. 
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