almost black. OMmffz hairy, 5-celled. % /e about as long
as the stamens, declinate, filiform, glabrous. Stigma capitate,
viscid.
A remarkably showy species but recently introduced
from China, and distinguished from R. indicum by the reduced
number of its stamina, by its lanceolate, acute, deeply-
toothed calycine segments, and by its smaller obovate or
spathulate leaves, characters which appeared to us to be uniformly
Constantin all the specimens that we examined. The
natural habit of the plant appears to be procumbent, and
its flowers continue to be produced for a longer period than
in any other species. The later flowers are frequently four-
cleft and tetrandrous.
We have seen no authentic specimen of the Azalea ma-
crantha of Bunge, but we feel pretty certain of the identity
of the two plants. The leaves in this, as in several of the
allied species, are often approximated in twos or threes, but
never really opposite. Our drawing was derived from a plant
which blossomed at Mr. Tate’s Nursery, Sloane-street,
Chelsea, in June last. It requires the same treatment as
the other Chinese kinds, and may be increased by layers or
by cuttings. The generic name will be found explained at
fol. 10. D. Don.
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