Tab. 4am 
RHODODENDRON Javanicum. 
Javanese JRhododendron. 
Nat. Ord. Ericace^.—Decandria Monogynia. 
Gen. Char. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. infundibuliformis rarius campanulata aut 
rotata, nunc regularis nunc plus minus irregularis semper 5-loba. Stam. 10 
(rarius abortiv. 5-9) coroUse non adnata ante et inter lobos sita, ssepius declinata, 
exserta. Anther<s poris 2 terminalibus dehiscentes. Capsula 5-locularis, 5- 
valvis, aut lO-locul. 10-valvis, septicido-dehiscens. Semina axi columnari angu- 
lato adnata, compresso-scobiformia subulata.—Erutices rarius arbores. Folia 
setnpemirentia petiolata integerrima. Flores in corymhos terminales dispositi. 
Alabastra Jioralia squamosa. CoroUse conspicua atbee aut Jlavce. DC. 
Rhododendron Javanicum ; foliis ovalibus obovatisque subcoriaceis acutis basi 
attenuatis supra nudis subtus minute punctato-squamulosis, pedunculis 
glabris, calyce obsolete, coroUa infundibuliformi-campanulata, limbi laciniis 
obovato-rotundatis, ovario 5-locxdari. 
Rhododendron Javanicum. Bennett, in PI. Jav. Bar. p. 85. t. 29. De Cand. 
Prodr. v.l.p.l2\. 
ViREYA Javanica. Blume, Bijdr. p. 854. 
On communicating this splendid plant to me for figuring in 
the Botanical Magazine, Messrs. Veitch and Sons, its possessors, 
remark that “ it is certainly one of the finest things ever intro¬ 
duced to our gardens And in this opinion we think all will 
agree who see the present representation, and more especially 
those who have the privilege of beholding, as we now do, the 
plant itself with its beautiful, glossy, bright green foliage and 
orange-coloured flowers (twelve on a bunch), here and there 
marked with red spots, and again spotted, as it were, with the 
dark black-purple coloured anthers, which lie generally five on 
each side towards the lower side of the mouth of the corolla. 
On a plant which previously flowered (equally sent from Java 
by Mr. Thos. Lobb), Mr. Veitch observes the flowers to be deeper 
coloured: again. Professor Blume mentions a citron-coloured 
variety, with smaller flowers. It is, as its name implies, an 
inhabitant of Java. Blume discovered it on the mountain 
NOVEMBER IST, 1847. 
