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RHODODENDRON punctatum. 



Plain-flowered clotted-leaved Rhododendron. 



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DECAXDRIA MONOOYtflA. 



IIJIODOD 



Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. monopetala, lnfnn- 



dibuhformis, limbo patente, 5-lobo. Statu, corolla inserts, decliriata. 



Germ, superum; stig. simplex. Caps. 5-loc, valvis utroque morgine 

 introflexo singulis loculum conslituentibus polyspermum, fc axi ceuirali 



annexis : sem. mmuta. 



Frutices. Fiores axil/ares aut terminates, spicati aut suhcon/mbesi, 

 pedicellis longis vnij/oris basi bracteutatis. Gemma in plnrimis ter- 

 minates imbricate. Jussieu. <ren. 158. 



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■ -R. punctatum, foliis ovali-Janceolatis utrinque acutis glabris subtiis 4tf* 



nigmeis resinoso-punctatis, umbellis u rminalibus, pedicellis brevibus, 



dentibus calycis brevissimis, corollis infimdiljiiliiormibus, iaciiuis ovatis 



subundulatis, capsulis elongatis. Pursh amer. sept. 1. 99ft 



Rhododendron punctatum. Willi, sp. pi. 2. 607- Hart. Kew. ed. C. 

 2. ,51. 



R. minus. Michaux. bor-amer. 1. C58. Persoon. syn. 1. 478. 



(a) corolla miiiore supra in fence viridi maculata. 



R. punctatum. Andrews s reposit. 36. Venten. eels. 15. 



ifi) corolla majore, nittculis viridibus experte. Supra. 



Frutex prollferus 2-^pedalis, badio-corticatus ; folia subtus Sf rami un- 

 dique resina suduta prima albido-crystallizante inde ferrugineo-exsiccante 

 dense punctata. Folia subtriuncialia coriacea, supra lurido-viridia immerse 

 reticulato-venosissima, glabra. Umbella pluri-(6-8) flora, pedicellis cor olid 

 duplo brevioribus, bracteis extimis sphacelatis, intimis viridibus. Cor. rosea- 

 pallescens, limbo subbilabiato-rotato, laciniis rotundatis, cequalibus, 3 re- 

 premis subantrorsum conniventibus, 2 infimis subretrorsum divaricutis. Fil. 

 mfra medium crassiora barbataque : anth. introrsce, secundum sulcum dorsa- 

 lem affixce, poro gemino dehiscent es. Stylusfllamentis duplo crassior Sf brevior f 



defiectendus ; stig. oblique fy transverse semicapitato-obtusum, antice papulo- 

 sum. 







This band 



Rhod 



dron has been very lately raised from seed imported from 

 America by Messrs. Fraser, nurserymen, in Sloane Square, 

 by whom the other variety was introduced in 1786. It 

 differs from that, in being a plant of a more compact growth, 



With a broader folia o-p. a no roll a an inch or more in depth, 



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pale pink colour, entirely free from 

 3 so conspicuous in the upper part of 



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