Tas. 5311. 
RHODODENDRON ARBOREUM, Sm., var. limbatwm. 
_ Iree Rhododendron, broad-zoned var. 
Nat. Ord. Erice®.—Dianpria Monoeynlia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 3825.) 
RuODODENDRON arboreum ; caule arboreo, foliis lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis 
coriaceis supra glabris subtus discoloribus (argenteis ferrugineisve), corymbis 
confertifloris, calycis limbo obsoleto, corolla late campanulata 5-loba, sta- 
minibus 10, ovario 10-loculari. 
RHODODENDRON arboreum. Smith, Exot. Bot. t. 9. Tas. Nostr. (varietatibus 
tnclusis) 3290, 3825. - 
Var. limbatum ; foliis anguste lanceolatis subtus argenteis, corolla limbo late 
roseo, tubo intus albo ima basi macula sanguinea notato. 
Of all the varieties of these well-known and variable ‘Tree 
Rhododendrons of the Himalaya, none is better worth cultiva- 
tion than this, whether for its early free-flowering habit or the 
exquisite delicacy of the broad rose-coloured limb of the corolla, 
which gradually fades into the almost pure white throat, marked 
at the base with a deep blood-red blotch. The nearest variety 
to this is undoubtedly the ardoreum var. roseum, Don, Prod. Flor. 
Nep. p. 154, first figured by Dr. Lindley, in the ‘ Botanical Re- 
gister, t. 1240, and again in Sweet’s ‘ British Flower Garden,’ 
vii. t. 339, but in that the colour is more uniform, that of the 
limb being paler than the throat, and the leaves have a little 
brown tomentum underneath. : 
Our plant was raised from seeds sent by Dr. Hooker from the 
Sikkim Himalaya in 1848—9, and flowered in a cool conservatory. 
Fig. 1. Flowers. 2. Stamen. 3. Ovary. 4. Transverse section of ditto: 
—all more or less magnified. 
May Ist, 1862. 
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