it is one of the most striking plants of the inhospitable regions 
it inhabits. 
In many respects &. fulgens is most closely allied to R. cam- 
panulatum ; the chief difference, besides the colour of the blos- 
soms, lies in the denser head of flowers, shorter pedicels, smaller 
corolla, and disc-shaped calyx. 
The subject of the present Plate flowered in the Royal Gar- 
dens in the month of April, from plants introduced by Dr. 
Hooker twelve years ago. The flowers are considerably larger 
than in the plant figured in the ‘ Sikkim Rhododendrons ;’ but 
_ they are more numerous and crowded in the native specimens. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx and ovary. 3. Ovary, cut transversely. 4. Sta- 
men:—all but fig. 1 magnified. 
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