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RHODODENDRON ALBIFLORUM. WHITE- 
FLOWERED RHODODENDRON. 
KEKE KEKE EEE EEE EKER EEK RK 
Class and Order. 
Decanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Enricine2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis 5-loba. Sta- 
_ mina 5—10, declinata: antheris apice biporosis. Capsula 
5-locularis, 5-valvis, ab apice dehiscens, valvarum margin- 
ibus inflexis, dissepimenta formantibus. Receptaculum 
centrale. Semina membrana involuta. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Ruopopenpron albiflorum ; erectum, foliis deciduis ellip- 
tico-lanceolatis integerrimis membranaceis glabris in 
apicibus ramorum, pedunculis fasciculatis, calycibus 
subfoliaceis hispidis, corollis albis rotato-campanulatis, — 
staminibus 10 erectis inclusis e#qualibus, filamentis 
basi barbatis. 
Ruopopenpron albiflorum. Hook. in Fl. Bor. Am. v. 2. p. 
43. t. 133. 
This extremely interesting and distinct species of a very 
favourite genus was discovered by Mr. Drummonp in the 
alpine woods of the Rocky Mountains; and seeds which 
were sent by the officers of that expedition to Dr. Granam 
produced plants, which have, at length, in July, 1837, 
produced their delicate cream-coloured blossoms. 
Descr. Shrub two to three feet high, erect, branched, 
with the branches upright, clothed with a dark brown, gla- 
brous bark... The leaves are confined to the young shoots 
at the apices of the branches, and deciduous, elliptical- 
lanceolate, submembranaceous, shortly petiolate, entire, 
glabrous, 
