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RHODODENDRON nudiflorum ;
var. eximium.
Choice Rosebay.
Linnean Class and Order. D E CA N D R IA MONOGYNIA.
N a tu ra l Order. E R ICA C EÆ . Trib. 2. R h o d o r eæ . Don in edinb.
p h il.jo u r n . J u l y , 1834. p. 152.
r h o d o d e n d r o n . Supràfol. 10.
Sect. 7. Calycis limbo abbreviato 5-lobo, corollâ infundibuliformi, staminibus
5, capsulis 5-locularibus, fo liis membranaceis deciduis. Pentanthera.
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R. nudiflorum, pentandrum ; foliis lanceolatis acutis membranaceis ciliatis,
corollâ infundibuliformi pilosâ, laciniis calycinis brevissimis rotundatis
ciliatis, staminibus corollâ duplo longioribus, ovariis pilosis.
Rhododendron nudiflorum. Torr. Jl. un. st. 1. p . 140. G. Don. gen. syst.
gard. ^ bot. 3. p. 841.
Azalea nudiflora. Linn. s p .p l .p. 214. Curt. bot. mag. t. 180. P u rsh f l .
amer. \ . p. 162. A it.h o r t.k e w .l. p . 3 \9 .
fl. eximium, floribus decandris, laciniis calycinis ovato-lanceolatis, corollis puni-
ceis : lobis obtusis undulatis ; superiore disco maculato, foliis sempervirentibus.
A bushy, erect, evergreen shrub. Branches clothed with
rough pubescence. Leaves lanceolate, acute, membranous,
light green, veiny, and glabrous above, pubescent beneath,
attenuated at the"base, with a prominent midrib, an inch
and a half to two inches long, half an inch or more in
breadth, the edges slightly recurved. Footstalks 3 lines
long, semicylindrical, pubescent, green. Clusters of from
10 to 12 flowers, corymbose. Peduncles short, stout,
cylindrical, clothed with glandular pubescence. Calyx
glandular, with 5, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, rather leafy
seo-ments. Cm'olla about an inch and a half long, crimson,
funnel-shaped, finely pubescent, with 5, elliptical, rounded.
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