. 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 . 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, d
. 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 . 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. Tall shrubs or low trees ; leaves l
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