. 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 . Aaalea viscosa L. Sp. PI. :5i- i; â 53- Rhododendron 424. 1824. r,-. scos Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. u. s. A shrub, l°-8° high, usually much branched, the twigs hairy. Leaves obovate-oblong to oblanceolate, l'-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 hair
. 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 . Aaalea viscosa L. Sp. PI. :5i- i; â 53- Rhododendron 424. 1824. r,-. scos Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. u. s. A shrub, l°-8° high, usually much branched, the twigs hairy. Leaves obovate-oblong to oblanceolate, l'-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 w'hite, or sometimes pink, fragrant, later than the leaves; pedicels glandular, or bristly-hispid; corolla li'- 2 long, the limb l'-2' broad, more or less 2-lipped, much shorter than the slender, very viscid, densely glandular tube; capsule s"-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. Flow- 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-lobcd, 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 5-celled; ovules numerous in the cavities; style slender, slightly exserted; stigma capitate. Capsule linear-oblong, s-celled, septicidally S-valved from the summit, many-seeded. [From the Greek, rhodon, a rose.]
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