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RHODODENDRON ANTHOPOGON. BEARDED 
RuHODODENDRON. 
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Class and Order. ! 
DecanpriaA Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Enricez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 4-partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis, rarius cam- 
panulata aut rotata, nunc regularis, semper 5-loba. Stamina 
10 (rarius abortu 6—9) corolla non adnata, ante et inter 
lobos sita, sepius declinata exserta. Anthere poris 2 termi- 
nalibus dehiscentes. Capsula 5-locularis 5-valvis, aut 10- 
locularis 10-valvis septicido-dehiscens. Semina axi colum- 
ne angulo adnata, compresso-scobiformia subulata.—Fru- 
tices rarius arbores. Folia sempervirentia petiolata integer- 
rima. Flores in corymbos terminales dispositi. Alabastra 
floralia squamosa, Corolle conspicue purpuree albe vel 
flave. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
RuopopenpRon anthopogon; ramulis pubescentibus ferru- 
gineo-lepidotis, foliis sempervirentibus ellipticis sub- 
tus dense lepidotis demum ferrugineis, capitulis stro- 
biliformibus, floribus pentandris, calyce 5-partito 
segmentis oblongis, corolla hypocrateriformi, limbo 5- 
partito segmentis subrotundis fauce lanatis, staminibus: 
inclusis. Graham. 
Ruopopenpron anthopogon. Don, Fl. Nepal. 153. Wall. 
Cat. No.'759. Royle, Illust. t. 64. DC. Prodr. v. 7. 
p. 725. Graham in Ed. Phil, Journ, Sept. 1841. 
The Countess of Rosstyn has taken great pains to form, 
at Dysart House, an unusually extensive collection of the 
different species and superb varieties of RuopopEenpron, and 
placed there, under the judicious management of the gar- 
dener, Mr, Buair, they thrive and flower in a manner oni 
tainly 
