. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 67S ERICACEAE. Vol. II. I. Azalea nudiflora L. Wild Honeysuckle. Pinkster-flower. Purple or Pink zalea. Fig. 3215. Azalea nudiflora L. Sp. PI. Ed 2, 214. 1762. R. nudiflorum Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. U. S. 424. 1824. A shrub, 2°-6° high, branched above, often siniple below, the twigs glabrous, or with stiff hairs. Leaves oblong or obovate, acute at both ends, sho
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 67S ERICACEAE. Vol. II. I. Azalea nudiflora L. Wild Honeysuckle. Pinkster-flower. Purple or Pink zalea. Fig. 3215. Azalea nudiflora L. Sp. PI. Ed 2, 214. 1762. R. nudiflorum Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. U. S. 424. 1824. A shrub, 2°-6° high, branched above, often siniple below, the twigs glabrous, or with stiff hairs. Leaves oblong or obovate, acute at both ends, short-petioled, hairy on the midrib and sometimes on the lateral veins beneath, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs above when old, sometimes canescent on the lower surface when unfolding, 2'-4' long, the margins ciliolate; pedicels strigose, 4"-?" long; flowers pink to nearly white, expanding before or with the leaves, faintly odorous, the limb somewhat 2-lipped, li'- 2' broad, shorter than the narrow tube, which is pilose-pubescent and little or not at all glandular; stamens much exserted; capsule linear-oblong, strigose, 8"-9" long, erect. In dry sandy or rocky woods and thickets Massa- chusetts to Illinois, south to Florida and Texas. Ascends to 3000 ft. in Virginia. Reported from Canada and from Maine. Swamp or election-pink. Mayflower. Early, purple or swamp-honeysuckle. River-pink. April-May. 2. Azalea canescens Michx. Mountain or Hoary Azalea. Fig. 3216. Azalea canescens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 150. 1803. Rhodod. canesc. Porter, Bull. Torr. Club 16: A branching shrub, 4°-iS° high, the twigs glabrous or sparingly pubescent. Leaves oval, elliptic or sometimes obovate, wider and shorter than those of the preceding species, permanently more or less soft-canescent and pale beneath and stiff-hairy or pubescent on the veins, varying to nearly glabrous, the margins ciliolate-serrulate; pedicels glandular; flowers rose-color to white, very fragrant,
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