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TOSiS infra tripllncrviis^ racemis axillaris lis slm- 

 plicibas calicibus^ue tomentosls , pediccUis tasi 

 S^Lvacteolatis. 



Cre^cit : in sylvls monfosis supra arbores. 

 t'loret: per toltiai annum. 



HYMENANTIIES, BK 



Tnimmus 



Corolla sub 



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CampaTiiilata ; tubo brevi\ coinpvcsso; Jimbo 5ep* 

 tempnrlito 5 laciniis imbricatis. Slanihia li, bypo- 

 gyiia , alteiMKi hreviora. Antheroe dorso a/b^oe, 

 aplcc poris duobus dcbisccntes , muticae. Oi^arinin 

 libeium, basi mai'giue ( nectarifero ) tumido cinct im. 

 Stylus longus. Stigma obtusum, septcmcrcnula- 

 tum. Capsula oblonga, 7-locularis, 7-valvIs*, polys- 

 pcrnia. 



Genus Befariae proximum, paido lamen diver- 

 sum ob calicem raimmam et coroilam monopetalam* 



HYMES'ANTHES JAPONIC J, Bl. 



Frutex subramosus, foliis sabvertlclllatis tei^iils qua- 

 ternisve petiolatis oblongis acutiusculls basi angusta* 

 tis integerrimJs coi'iaceis glabiis supi^a leviter reli- 

 culatis Infra avenils et ocbrasccutibus , flovibus dense 

 spicatis ternunalibus bracteatis, 



CrescU: ex Japonia sub nomine BJiododendri maxlnil 



accepjL 



Floret : fort« omni tempore. 



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