Tas. 5065. 
RHODODENDRON Garrritraianum, Wight ; 
var. Aucklandn. 
Lord Auckland’s Rhododendron. 
Nat. Ord. Er1rce#.—DeEcaNDRIA MonoGyYNia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4336.) 
RuopopenDRoN Griffithianum ; glaberrimum, foliis sublonge petiolatis lineari- 
oblongis ovato-oblongisve utrinque acutis v. basi subcordatis subtus pallidis, 
floribus corymbosis, ealyce lato disciformi margine crenato V. 5-lobo, co- 
rolla campanulata 5-loba, lobis rotundatis bifidis, staminibus sub-16, an- 
theris parvis, ovario sub-12-loculari glanduloso, capsula brevi obtusa. 
Var. a; foliis 4-pollicaribus utrinque acutis, floribus 3 poll. latis. 
RuopopEnpRon Griffithianum. Wight, Ic. Plant. Ind. Or. v. 4 & 1203. 
Hook. fil. in Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 7. pp. 17; 98- sae 
Var. B ; foliis 6-12-pollicaribus basi obtusis cordatisve, floribus 6-7 poll. latis. 
Ruopopenpron Aucklandii. Hook. fil. Sikkim Rhod. t. 11. 
i 
This magnificent plant, which from the great expanse of its 
snowy-white corollas is in some respects the finest of the genus, 
was introduced by Dr. Hooker from the Sikkim Himalaya in 
1849, and flowered at the nursery of Mr. Gaines, at Wands- 
i igi d in 
worth, in May of the present year. It was originally found, 
Bhotan by iy Griffith, where ‘Specimens are however so inferior, 
both in foliage and flowers, to the Sikkim ones, that the — 
given of them by Dr. Wight in his invaluable ‘ Icones o 
scarcely be recognized as belonging to the same speciée. 
Sikkim, however, two states of the spectes occur, one Wi 
much smaller flowers than the other, and it was at first doubted © 
by Dr. Hooker, whether the gigantic-flowere 
and in his ‘Sikkim Rhododendrons, was Ra Gael — 
case, 
Such, however, appears not to be the d his specimen differs 
plant produced abundance of pollen, an 
Aveust Ist, 1858. 
