Tas. 4935. 
RHODODENDRON Brooxeanum. 
Sir James Brooke's Rhododendron. 
Nat. Ord. Erickm.—Dercanpria MOoNoGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4336.) 
Ruopopenpron Brookeanum; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis coriaceis glabris 
subtus concoloribus parce squamulosis subsessilibus, umbellis multifloris 
laxis, calyce obsoletissimo, corolla (consistentia carnoso-coriacea) lato-infun- 
dibuliformi aureo-fulva, tubo elongato basi dilatato superne subcampanulato, 
limbo amplo 5-lobo undulato-crispato, staminibus tubi longitudine, antheris 
convergentibus, ovario 5-loculari oblongo tomentoso basi annulo 10-lobato 
cincto, stylo incluso. 
Ruopopenpron Brookeanum. Low, in Journ. of Hort. Soc. Lond. v. 3. p. 82, 
cum Ic. p. 83. Gardeners’ Ohron. 1855, p. 404, cum Ie. 
A splendid .and_ well-marked Indian Rhododendron, truly 
worthy to bear the name of the distinguished Rajah of Sarawak, 
Sir James Brooke, more especially being a native of the territory 
under the parental sway of that gentleman in Borneo. It is one 
of the many new Rhododendrons detected and described by Mr. 
Low in that fertile island, and it has been since introduced by 
Mr. Thomas Lobb to the nurseries of Messrs. Veitch and Sons, 
of the Exeter, and King’s Road, Chelsea, Nurseries, and exhibited 
at the Horticultural Shows of 1855, where the plants naturally 
attracted much attention. “I shall never forget,” says Mr. Low, 
“ the first discovery of this gorgeous plant; it was epiphytal 
upon a tree which was growing in the water of a creek. ‘The 
head of flowers was very large, arranged loosely, of the richest 
golden yellow, resplendent when in the sun ; the habit was grace- 
ful, the leaves large. The roots are large and fleshy, not fibrous 
as those of the terrestrial Rhododendrons. It is the least com- 
mon of all the genus in the island, and has many varieties, which 
differ in having larger flowers and leaves, the former of a more 
or less red colour. Very high and large trees, in damp forests, 
are its favourite haunts.” Our fine specimen here figured was 
SEPTEMBER lst, 1856. : 
