. 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. 5. Azalea viscosa L. Swamp Pink or Honeysuckle. White Azalea. Fig. 3219. A:::alea viscosa L. Sp. PI. 151- 1753- Rhododendron viscosiim Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. U. S. 424. 1824. A shrub, i°-8° high, usually much branched, the twigs hairy. Leaves obovate-oblong to oblanceolate, 1-4' long, very short-petioled, obtuse and mucronulate or acute at the apex, narrowed a
. 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. 5. Azalea viscosa L. Swamp Pink or Honeysuckle. White Azalea. Fig. 3219. A:::alea viscosa L. Sp. PI. 151- 1753- Rhododendron viscosiim Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. U. S. 424. 1824. A shrub, i°-8° high, usually much branched, the twigs hairy. Leaves obovate-oblong to oblanceolate, 1-4' long, very short-petioled, obtuse and mucronulate or acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs above, more or less bristly hairy on the veins beneath, ciliolate, green on both sides, or glaucous beneath; flowers white, or sometimes pink, fragrant, later than the leaves; pedicels glandular, or bristly-hispid; corolla li'- 2' long, the limb 1-2' broad, more or less 2-lipped, much shorter than the slender, very viscid, densely glandular tube; capsule 5"-7" high, glandular-bristly. In swamps, Maine to Ohio, Arkansas, Florida and Texas. Consists of several races differing in pu- bescence, size and shape of leaves and color of flowers. Clammy azalea. Meadow-pink. White or clammy honeysuckle. June-July. 3. RHODORA L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 561. 1762. A branching shrub, with deciduous oval or oblong short-petioled alternate leaves. Flo\v- ers umbellate or short-corymbose, short-pedicelled, rose-colored, purple, or nearly white, from terminal scaly buds. Calyx minute. Corolla 2-lipped, the upper lip unequally 2-3-lobed, the lower divided to the base, the segments recurved'. Stamens 10, about equalling the corolla; anthers awnless, attached by their backs to the filaments, opening by terminal pores. Ovary S-celled; ovules numerous in the cavities; style slender, slightly exserted; stigma capitate. Capsule linear-oblong, 5-celled, septicidally S-valved from the summit, many-seeded. [From the Greek, rhodon, a rose.]. Please note
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