fourths of an inch long, coriaceous, but not thick in the texture, 
two or three and a half inches long, one and three-quarters to 
two inches broad, cordate at the base, rounded and mucronate 
at the apex ; in all characters, except the evanescent, glandular 
pubescence, and spherical buds, undistinguishable from Rhodo- 
dendron Thomsoni. Flowers horizontal and nodding. Corolla 
truly campanulate, delicate in texture, tinged of a sulphur hue 
and always spotless, nearly two inches long, broader across the 
lobes, which are finely vemed. The pedicels of the capsules ra- 
diate horizontally from the apices of the ramuli, and the capsules 
curve upwards with a semicircular arc; they are about an inch 
. long, always loosely covered with stipitate glands.” —J. D. Hook. 
in Rhod. of Sik. Himal. 
Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Calyx and pistil. 3. ‘Transverse section of ovary :—#mag- 
nified. 4. Capsule :—anat. size. 
