Blossom. One petal, bell-shaped, margin five-cleft: segments with the edges bent inwards.
Chives. Threads five, thread-shaped, fixed to the receptacle, and loose. Tips simple.
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the blossom, permanent. Summit blunt.
Seed-vessel. Capsule egg-shaped, with five cells, and five valves.
Seeds many, and flat.
Obs. The shape of the petal in some is funnel-shaped, in others bell-shaped; the chives in some are bent downward, and very long.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Azalea, foliis ovato-oblongis, pilosis, alternis; floribus amplissimis, luteis; staminibus longissimis, declinatis.
Azalea, with oblong egg-shaped leaves, hairy, and alternate; flowers very large, and yellow; chives very long, and bent downward.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.