. 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. Botany. 67S ERICACEAE. Vol. II. [. Azalea nudiflora L. \\'ild Honeysuckle. Pinkster-flower. Purple or Pink lea. Fig. 3215. A::alea nudiflora L. Sp. PI. Ed 2. 214. 1762. R. nudiflorutn Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. U. S. 424. 1824. A shrub, 2°-6° high, branched above, often simple below, the twigs glabrous, or with stiff hairs. Leaves oblong or obovate, acute at both ends, short-pet
. 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. Botany. 67S ERICACEAE. Vol. II. [. Azalea nudiflora L. \\'ild Honeysuckle. Pinkster-flower. Purple or Pink lea. Fig. 3215. A::alea nudiflora L. Sp. PI. Ed 2. 214. 1762. R. nudiflorutn Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. U. S. 424. 1824. A shrub, 2°-6° high, branched above, often simple below, the twigs glabrous, or with stiff hairs. Leaves oblong or obovate, acute at both ends, short-petioled, hairy on the midrib and sometimes on the lateral veins beneath, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs above when old, sometimes canescent on the lower surface when unfolding, 2-4' long, _ the margins ciliolate; pedicels strigose, 4"-7" long; flowers pink to nearly white, expanding before or with the leaves, faintly odorous, the limb somewhat 2-lipped, i4'- 2 broad, shorter than the narrow tube, which is pilose-pubescent and little or not at all glandular; stamens much exserted; capsule linear-oblong, strigose, 8"-9" long, erect. In dry sandy or rocky woods and thickets Massa- chusetts to IlHnois, south to Florida and Texas. Ascends to 3000 ft. in Virginia. Reported from Canada and from Maine. Swamp or election-pink. ^^ayf^o\ver. Early, purple or swamp-honeysuckle. River-pink. April-May. 2. Azalea canescens Michx. Mountain or Hoary Azalea. Fig. 3216. Azalea canescens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 150. A branching shrub, 4°-l5° high, the twigs glabrous or sparingly pubescent. Leaves oval, elliptic or sometimes obovate, wider and shorter than those of the preceding species, permanently more or less soft-canescent and pale beneath and stiff-hairy or pubescent on the veins, varying to nearly glabrous, the margins ciliolate-serrulate; pedicels glandular; flowers rose-color .to white, very fragrant, expanding with or before the leaves; corolla limb oft
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