. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 592 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. «. 17. iJ. Cham^ci'stus L. The Ground-Cistus Rhododendron. Identification. Lin. Sp., S62.; Dou's Mill., 3. p. 854. Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 488.; Bot. Cab., t. I49I.; and our;^. 1119. Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at both
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 592 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. «. 17. iJ. Cham^ci'stus L. The Ground-Cistus Rhododendron. Identification. Lin. Sp., S62.; Dou's Mill., 3. p. 854. Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 488.; Bot. Cab., t. I49I.; and our;^. 1119. Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, stifSsh, glan- dularly cihated. Peduncles usually twin, and, as well as the calyxes, beset with glandular hairs. Corollas rotate, pale purple. {Don's Mill.) A dwarf tufted evergreen shrub, with ,^jl; ^ T=" \ -^^ small leaves, about the .size of those " i -- of a species of Heliarithemum. Alps of Austria, Carniola, Mount Baldo, and near Salzburg; and in Eastern Siberia. Height 6 in. Introd. 1786. Flowers purple J May and June. 1119. k. § vi. Pentanthera D. Don. SynonyTne. Azillea L, Derivation. From pente, five, and anthera, an anther ; flowers pentandrouB. Sect. Char. Limb of calyx short, 5-lobed. Corolla funnel-shaped. Sta- mens 5. Ovarium 5-celled. Leaves deciduous. This group includes the hardy azaleas of the gardens, which have mostly deciduous leaves, and are quite distinct in their appearance from the plants of the preceding groups of this genus, which are all evergreen and sub-evergreen. After Mr, Don's name, we have given the name previously applied, and then the common English name, leaving them to be adopted by the practical gardener, if he should think fit. At the same time, those who prefer following Mr. Don have onl) to pass over the names which we have put in parenthesis. ^ 18. iJ. flaVum G. i)on. (Aza'iea po'mtica i.) The Pontic, or co??MHon, Azalea. Identification. Don's Mill., 3. p. 847. Synonymes. Azalea p6ntica Lin. Sp. 1669. ;
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