. 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 102nd meridian. Botany. 6So ERICACEAE. Vol. Rhodora canadensis L. Rhodora. Fig. 3220. Rhodora canadensis L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 561. 1762. Rhododendron Rhodora Gmel. Syst. 694. 1791. Rhododendron canadense Prel. Cat. N. Y. 33. 1SS8. A shrub, l°-3° high, the branches slender, ascend- ing or erect, the twigs sparingly strigose. Leaves oval or oblong, obtuse and mucronulate at the ,
. 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 102nd meridian. Botany. 6So ERICACEAE. Vol. Rhodora canadensis L. Rhodora. Fig. 3220. Rhodora canadensis L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 561. 1762. Rhododendron Rhodora Gmel. Syst. 694. 1791. Rhododendron canadense Prel. Cat. N. Y. 33. 1SS8. A shrub, l°-3° high, the branches slender, ascend- ing or erect, the twigs sparingly strigose. Leaves oval or oblong, obtuse and mucronulate at the , narrowed at the base, entire, dark green and gla- brous, or nearly so, above, light green or pale and glaucous and slightly pubescent, at least on the veins beneath, 1-2' long, 2"-7" wide; flowers expanding with or before the leaves; pedicels very short, stiff, hairy; corolla about i' broad; lower lip divided into two linear-oblong obtuse segments; capsule oblong, puberulent, glaucous, 5"-7" high. In bogs and on wet hillsides, Newfoundland to New .Jersey, west to Quebec, central New York and Pennsyl- vania. Lamb-kill. May. 4. RHODODENDRON L. Sp. PI. 392. 1753. Branching shrubs, with alternate persistent coriaceous leaves. Flowers large, or iriiddle- sized, purple, rose-colored or white, corymbose or umbellate, from scaly cone-like buds. Calyx small, or minute, S-lobed or S-parted. Corolla campanulate, 5-lobed, nearly regular. Stamens 5-10 (usually 10), little exserted, declined or equally spreading. Anthers awnless, attached by their backs to the filaments, the sacs opening by terminal pores. Style slender; stigma capitate or 5-20-lobed; ovules numerous. Capsule short or elongated, mostly woody, septicidally dehiscent, S-20-vaIved from the summit. Seeds numerous. [Greek, rose-tree.] About 100 species, natives of the northe following some 5 others occur in southern an dron fcrrugineitm L. Arctic-alpine shrub, 4'-i2' high ; leaves small, lepidote. i. R. Tal
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