Tas. 4992. 
RHODODENDRON Veircut1anum. 
Mr. Veitch’s Rhododendron. 
Nat. Ord. Ericacr#.—Dercanpria MonoGynia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4336.) 
RHODODENDRKON Feitchianum ; foliis obovatis mucronato-acutis in petiolum bre- 
vissimum attenuatis supra nudis subtus glaucis sparse ferrugineo-squamu- 
losis, floribus terminalibus 3-4, calyce brevi-quinquelobo lobis ovatis parce 
longe setosis, corolla ampla infundibuliformi-campanulata alba tubo brevi 
lobis profundis patentibus obovatis marginibus insigniter undulatis, stami- 
nibus 12-14, filamentis inferne glandulosis, antheris linearibus albis, ovario 
oblongo-ovato 5-loculari stylique basi squamulosis, stigmate dilatato 5-lobo. 
This fine and new and very distinct species of Rhododendron, 
which we dedicate with singular pleasure to our excellent friend 
Mr. James Veitch, of the Exeter Nursery, but with which the 
name of the son, Mr. James Veitch, jun., of the Nursery, King’s — 
Road, Chelsea, cannot fail to be equally commemorated, was im- _ 
ported by those distinguished cultivators from Moulmein, on the 
‘Tenasserim coast. A fine flowering plant (from which our figure _ 
is taken) was exhibited at the Horticultural Society’s Meeting in 
London on the 6th of May, and is thus favourably mentioned 
in the Gardeners’ Chronicle of the 9th of May :—‘ Among other 
Rhododendrons exhibited by Messrs. Veitch is a new kind from 
Moulmein with pure white blossoms, measuring full five inches 
across, and crisped round the edges like Azalea crispiflora. 
This must be regarded as a valuable acquisition to the green- 
house varieties of this genus.” And again in the following num- 
ber of the Gardeners’. Chronicle (May 16), in a report on the 
plants in Messrs. Veitch’s Nursery at King’s Road, Chelsea : 
“ Among novelties may be mentioned the large white-blossomed 
Rhododendron from Moulmein, exhibited the other day to the 
JULY Ist, 1857. 
