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Var. 8, aurantiacum ; flowers of orange-red colour. h. G. 
Native of China. 
Var. £, lutéum (Sweet, |. c.) flowers double, yellow. 
Var. £, variegatum (Blum. bijdr. 851.) leaves obovate, covered 
with white strigose bristles; flowers rose-coloured, variegated 
with white. h.G. Native of China. 
Var. n, spatulatum (Blum. bijdr. 852.) leaves spatulate, mucro- 
nate, beset with rusty strige ; flowers rose-coloured. h.G 
Native of China and Japan. 
Var. S, grandiflorum (Blum. bijdr. 853.) leaves oblong-spatu- 
late, mucronate, beset with white bristles or strige ; flowers 
large, solitary, deep rose-coloured. h.G. Native of China 
and Japan. 
‘ar. t, angustifolium (Blum. 1. c.) leaves narrow-lanceolate. 
Var. x, floribindum (Blum. 1. c.) leaves narrow, cuneate-lan-~ 
ceolate, beset with rusty strigee ; stem much branched. hk. G: 
Native of China and Japan. 
Indian Rhododendron, Fl, March, May. Clt. 1808. Shrub 
3 to 6 feet. 
28 R. sca'srum; leaves ovate, mucronulate, acute at the 
base, ribbed beneath, beset with adpressed bristles, as well 
as the branchlets and peduncles; flowers decandrous ; filaments 
papillose; anthers corniculate at the base; stigma dilated. 
h.G. Native of Japan, in woods on mountains. R. maximum, 
Thunb. fl. jap. p. 181. Flowers deep rose-coloured, campanu- 
late, usually twin. Lobes of corolla oblong, obtuse, twice longer 
than the tube. Stamens exserted. Calycine segments oval, 
obtuse, ciliated. Leaves 14 to 3 inches long, coriaceous. Corolla 
3 inches in diameter. 
Scabrous Rhododendron. Shrub. 
29 R. MACRA'NTHUM ; leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, obovate 
or lanceolate, mucronulate, shining, clothed with adpressed bris- 
tles ; flowers pentandrous; calycine segments lanceolate, acute, 
deeply toothed, bristly; filaments glabrous. h.G. Native of 
Japan. Azalea macranthum, Bunge, in mem. acad. petersb. 2. 
p. 115. R. nitens, D. Don, mss. Stems several, rising from 
the root-stock, 2-4 feet long, procumbent, naked. Branches 
fascicled, leafy at the tips, beset with adpressed silvery bristles, 
which change to brown, as well as the calyxes. Flowers soli- 
tary or in pairs, nearly sessile, involucrated by bracteas. Co- 
rollas large, of a brilliant. salmon-colour, glabrous outside ; 
the limb spreading with oblong blunt lobes; the upper lobes 
marked with deeper coloured spots. There is a variety of this 
species, having the flowers pale pink and striped. 
Large-flowered Rhododendron. FI. May, June. 
Shrub procumbent, 2 to 3 feet. 
30 R. reticuta‘rum (D. Don, mss.) leaves broadly ovate, 
acute, rather coriaceous, sparingly hairy, glaucous and reticu- 
lately veined beneath. h.G. Native of Japan, on the moun- 
tains, and has been lately introduced by Mr. Knight, of King’s 
Road, Chelsea. Stems erect, a foot or 2 feet high, stiff. Leaves 
stiff, 13 inch long, rounded at the base, bright green and shining 
above, beset with a few adpressed bristles as well as the young 
shoots. Flowers not seen. 
Reticulated-leaved Rhododendron. FI.? Clt. 1834. Shrub. 
31 R. Farre're (Tate, in Sweet. fl. gard. n. s. t. 95.) 
branches stiff, villous while young, but glabrous in the adult 
state ; leaves stiff, coriaceous, ovate, obtuse, ending in a short 
cartilaginous mucrone, attenuated at the base, nerved and reticu- 
lately veined, hairy on both surfaces, with somewhat recurved 
ciliated edges ; petioles ciliated at the base; flowers terminal, 
solitary. h.G. Native of China, from whence it was brought 
by Capt. Farrer. Calyx pilose, 5-lobed. Corolla spreading, 
with undulated segments, lilac or pale purple-red. A dwarf 
deciduous shrub. Flowers decandrous. 
Fl. March. Clt. 1829, 
Clt. 1833. 
Farrer’s Rhododendron. Shrub. 
ERICACE. XLIII. RHODODENDRON. 
82 R. pua@niceum ; hairy; leaves oblong-obovate, tapering 
into the petioles at the base; flowers collected at the tops of the 
branches, large, decandrous ; stamens short; calyx erect, glan- 
dular, and viscid. kh. S. Native.of China. Azalea Indica, 
var. phoenicea, Sweet. fl. gard. n. s. 128. Azàlea Indica y, 
Hook. bot. mag. 2667. Azalea ledifdlia 8, phcoenicea, Hook. 
bot. mag. 3239. Flowers purple, having the upper segments 
spotted. 
Var. B, flore pleno (Hook. bot. mag. 2509.) flowers double, 
purple. Lodd. bot. cab. 1461. 
Purple Rhododendron. Fl. May. Clt. 1824. 
10 feet. 
33 R. LEDIFÒLIUM ; the whole shrub is hairy; leaves-elliptic- 
lanceolate, opaque ; flowers by threes at the extremity of the 
branches, decandrous ; calyx erect, glandular and viscid ; sta- 
mens unequal. h. G. Native of China, about Pekin. Azalea 
ledifolia, Hook. bot. mag. 2901. Azalea Indica, var. alba, 
Lindl. bot. reg. t. 811. Lodd. bot. cab. 1253. Rhod. leucan- 
thum, Bunge, in mem. acad. petersb. 2. p. 115. Flowers showy, 
pure white. 
Ledum-leaved Rhododendron. 
Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 
34 R. mucrona‘tum; much branched ; branches pilose; 
leaves cuneate-oblong, mucronate, clothed with clammy hairs ; 
flowers in fascicles; calycine segments long-acuminated, pilose ; 
flowers octandrous and decandrous. h.G. Native of China, 
Flowers white. Azalea mucronata, Blum. bljdr. p. 853.— 
Perhaps the same as R. ledifolium. 
Mucronate-leaved Rhododendron. Shrub. 
35 R. Burma’nnt; leaves linear-lanceolate, long-acuminated, 
with recurved margins, clothed with silky villi on both surfaces. 
h. G. Native of Japan. Azalea rosmarinifdlia, Burm. ex 
Blum. bijdr. p. 853, but not of Roth. Flowers pentandrous. 
Burmann’s Rhododendron. Shrub. 
36 R. modus; branchlets pilose; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, narrowed at the base, ciliated, very soft beneath; flowers 
in fascicles; calyx very short; tube clothed with silky tomen- 
tum; flowers pentandrous.? %.G. Native of China. Azalea 
mollis, Blum. bijdr. p. 853. 
Soft Rhododendron. Shrub. 
37 R. Lovurerria'na; leaves lanceolate, quite entire, rugose 
about the edges, smooth; corolla white, dotted with red, as 
also the calyx, anthers, and germs. h.G. Native of Cochin- 
china. Azalea punctata, Lour. coch. p. 113. Flowers disposed 
in terminal heaps. 
Loureiro’s Rhododendron. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
38 R. pecu’mzens (D. Don, mss.) stems decumbent; leaves 
ovate, acute ; flowers pentandrous ; segments of the calyx ovate, 
acute, ciliated. h.G. Native of China, from whence it has 
been lately introduced by Knight and Tate. Flowers crimson. 
Decumbent Rhododendron. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1833. 
Shrub decumbent. : 
39 R. Sine’nsz (Sweet. fl. gard. 290.) leaves slowly deci- 
duous, elliptic, acutish, pilosely pubescent, feather-nerved, with 
ciliated margins, canescent beneath; corollas downy; stamens 
equal in length to the limb of the corolla. h.G. Native of 
China. Azalea Sinénsis, Lodd. bot. cab. 885. Flowers flame- 
coloured, pentandrous. 
Var. B, flavéscens (Sweet, fl. gard. 290.) flowers yellow. 
Chinese Rhododendron. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. Shrub 
3 to 4 feet. 
Shrub 3 to 
Fl. March, May. Cit, 1819. 
Secr. VII, Psnranrue'ra (from evre, pente, five; and 
aySnpa, anthera, an anther; flowers pentandrous). Limb of 
calyx short, 5-lobed. Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens 5. 
Ovarium 5-celled. Leaves deciduous. 
