Tas. 5116. 
RHODODENDRON Wizsonr (hybridum). 
Wilson’s Rhododendron (a hybrid). 
Nat. Ord. Ertce®.—DEcANDRIA Monoeynta. 
Gen. Ohar. (Vide supra, TaB. 4336.) 
RuopopEnDRON Wilsoni (hybridum) ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis acutis glaber- 
rimis subtus pallidis squamulosis, floribus umbellatis, calycis membranacel 
ampli lobis inaequalibus ovatis longissime ciliatis, ovario oblongo dense 
squamuloso. 
RHODODENDRON Wilsoni (hybridum). Nuttall, MSS. 
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Flowering specimens of the present Rhododendron were Ye- 
ceived from Thomas Nuttall, Esq., of Nutgrove, Rainhill, Lan- 
cashire, in February, 1859, accompanied by the following note : 
—T beg to dedicate this plant to our mutual friend William 
Wilson, Esq., the eminent cryptogamist, with whom we have 
rived from a cross betwixt — 
been so long acquainted. It is de : 
R. ciliatum and R. glaucum, and, as you perceive, possesses oe 
intermediate character between the two, having the foliage © 
R. ciliatum, without the hairs ; and it is destitute of the glaucous 
hue of the last-named species. The corolla, too, 18 intermediate, 
being longer than 2. glaucum, but with a prevalence of the hash 
rose-colour, not verging to white, as in ciliatum. It will probably 
prove as hardy as g/aucum, though our plant has at this season 
been brought forward by artificial heat.—T. N. 
Be a ee ae 
ig i af, showing the little seales. 2. Calyx 
Fig. 1. Portion of the under side of a leaf, s wing a OT 
and pistil. 3. Stamen. 4. Ovary. 5. Transverse secti 
ee 
MAY lst, 1859. 
