Tas. 4968, 
RHODODENDRON campytLocarpPum. 
Curved-fruited Rhododendron. 
Nat. Ord. Ertcem.—Dxcanpria MoNnoGyNtIa. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4336.) 
RHODODENDRON campylocarpum ; fructicosum, ramis gracilibus, foliis ellipticis 
obtusis mucronulatis petiolatis basi cordatis coriaceis glabris subtus pallidis 
glaucis, umbellis plurifloris, pedicellis calycibus ovariisque oblongis glan- 
duloso-pilosis, calycis lobis parvis rotundatis, corclle lato-campanulate pal- 
lide straminee lobiss ubrotundis, staminibus 10, capsulis oblongis curvatis 
5—7-locularibus. 
RHODODENDRON campylocarpum. Hook. fil. Rhod. Sik.-Himal. tab. 30, and in 
Journ. of Hort. Soc. v. 7. p. 19. 
From the collection of Messrs. Standish and Noble, Bagshot 
Nursery, where it flowered in April of the past year (1856) in a 
cool frame. It is a native of rocky valleys and open spurs in 
the mountains of Sikkim-Himalaya, elevation 11-14,000 feet 
above the level of the sea, and there abundant. At such an 
elevation it is natural to expect that the plant would be hardy in 
the open air in Britain; and so this and other such Himalayan 
Rhododendrons are: but, unfortunately, the flowering season is 
so early that we cannot hope to see them come to perfection with- 
out the protection of a frame or cool greenhouse, admitting plenty 
of air when the weather is mild. Thus treated, this species will 
be found to deserve the praises it has received from Dr. Hooker. 
in the following description. 
Duscr. “A small dwsh six feet high, rounded in form, of a 
bright cheerful green hue; and which, when loaded with its 7n- 
florescence of surpassing delicacy and grace, claims precedence over 
its more gaudy congeners, and has always been regarded by me 
as the most charming of the Sikkim Rhododendrons. The plant 
exhales a grateful honeyed flavour from its lovely bells, and a re- 
sinous sweet odour from the stipitate glands of the petioles, pe- 
dicels, calyx, and capsules. Leaves on slender petioles, three- 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1857. 
