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RHODODENDRON* arboreum ; var. roseum. 
Rose-coloured Tree Rhododendron. 
iniezione 
DECANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. EnicEx. 
RHODODENDRON. — Supra, vol. 1. fol. 37. 
R. arboreum ; foliis glabris lanceolatis subtüs micantibus, capsula valvulis 10, 
caule arboreo. 
R. arboreum. Smith exot. bot. t. 9. Supra, vol. 11. fol. 890. 
R. puniceum. Roxb. hort. beng. 33. 
8. roseum ; foliis subtüs ferrugineis, floribus roseis. 
In speaking at fol. 890 of the Scarlet Tree Rhododendron, 
we remarked, that there was in this country a variety with 
leaves ferruginous beneath; that variety is the subject of 
the opposite plate. It differs from the true Scarlet Tree 
Rhododendron, in having bright rose-coloured flowers, and 
a little brown tomentum on the under side of the leaves, 
besides which it is rather more hardy. 
Upon comparing the specimen with Dr. Wallich’s 
drawings, we find it perfectly identical with the plant as 
it grows in India; and also that there is another variety, 
having leaves ferruginous beneath, with white flowers. 
Our drawing was made in Mr. Joseph Knight's Nur- 
sery, in the King's Road, in February last: the plant was 
there cultivated in the Conservatory. 
Dr. Wallich kindly informs us, that this variety is found 
no where except upon “ the summit of Sheopore, the 
highest mountain among those which confine the great 
valley of Nipal on the north, and at an elevation of not less 
* From ide, a rose, and dvdgo», a tree; in allusion to the bunches of 
rose-coloured flowers with which it is covered. 
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