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RHODODENDRt)N arboreum. 
Tree Rhododendron. . 
DECANDllIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ordL. ERicEis. *X i 
RHODODENDRON, V. suprd vol. l.fol. 37. 
ft _ : — : 
R. arboreum; foliis glabris lanceolatis subtiis tomentosis, cajiitiilis termiiiali*' 
0 bus, capsula valvis 10, caule arboreo. Smith Exotic Bulamj, t. 9. 
ll. puniceum, R. Hort. Beng. 33. 
Folia ovali-lanceolata, petiolata, acuta , 4-6 wtcias longa, IJ lata, supri 
giabrafOpaca, venis immersis, infrd argentco Icptdota vents glabriSi promitutt-'- 
tUms, nudis. Flores temtinaleg, in corffn^ hfevi capitati ; e genmd prove-^ 
nientes extus tectd sgtuanis ohlongis, seimm Tntu^ acut^oribrnt concavis, serie 
tnultiplici irr^nicdtU, bfitriteit, ciUatis, interioribi^i^seficeis. Bractece, cuique 
Jlori una, spatuMto-lanceoii^, urcuatee, cymbiforim$j alhtB, sericea, florum 
bntgitudine, et cum florihvi decidentes. Pedicelli breves, corrugati, furfu."' 
rdso-pil»si. Calyx brevis^ planiusculus, quinque-dentatus, pubescens. Co- 
rolla atrococcinea, carnosa, campanulata, basi 5-gii>bosa^5-loba, IJ unciam 
longa, lobis fotundatis, undulatis, emarginatis, inferioribut majorihus, fauce 
maadis nigris aspersu. Stamina 10, hj/pagi/na, corollce longitudine. Fila- 
menta alba, carnosa, Jiliformiu. Anthcra; brnnnece, oblongce, verosiiniliter 
inverses, et igitur apice poris duoh/ts delasccutes, ecalcnratce. Pollen pnllidc 
Jlavum, globosum, ternatiin coughji/iertitian. Ovarium conicu/ii, obtKSum, 
lunatum, Jilameidis appressis \i)-striatiu)i, lO-liKNuire, phiccntis tutidcm 
polyspermis in axi carnosd conferruminatis. Stylus albus, Jiliformis, longi- 
tjidine stamimtm. Stigma capitatum, radOs 10. 
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** This most magnificent species of Rhododendron was 
first noticed by Captain Hardwicke, oii a tour to Sircciidgur, 
in 1796, growing in the mountainous tract called the 
Sewalic chain, which separates the plains of Hindostan, 
• between 75" and 85'^ east loivj;itude, from the IIi«i:n;ilch 
Mountains. It is generally foimd in elevated situations, in 
ibrests of oak; the soil^a ricB wack vegetable eartft on a 
stony bed. The natives use the wood for niakinii' the 
stock&^^aatchlocks, or common musquets of Hindostan. 
Tbe IRSSTIilftumhar, 20 feet or more in height, 16 to 24 
inches in diameter." Thus f;ir Sir James Smith, by whom 
this superb plant was first published in the Exotic Botany. 
The fiuure in that valuable work, taken in India iVo.n a 
wild specimen of the ])hint, agrees well with the subject 
of this page, in all respects, except in not representing any 
of the dark spots of the throat of the coroUa, which are so 
conspicuous in the plf^t pf^oiir gf^Fdentt. ' 
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