Tas. 5008. 
RHODODENDRON Wiunpsorit. 
Mr. Windsor’s Rhododendron. 
Nat. Ord. Ertce®.—Dercanpria Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, TaB. 4336.) 
RuopoprnpRon Windsorii ; arboreum, foliis coriaceis oblongo- seu obovato-lan- 
ceolatis acutis in petiolum attenuatis glabris subtus argenteis demum rufes- 
centibus, capitulis multifloris, bracteis sericeis, calycis lobis elongatis lan- 
ceolatis attenuatis extus hirsutis, corolla roseo-punicee lobis emarginatis, 
staminibus 10, capsulis cylindraceo-oblongis glabris 10-locularibus, semini- 
bus lanceolatis subulatis. Nuéé. 
RuopopenpRoN Windsorii. Nudé. in Hook. Kew Garden Misc. v. 5. p. 357. 
B, leucanthum ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis opacis, floribus albis. Nutt. 
This is another of the many Rhododendron discoveries made 
by Mr. Booth, in the mountains of Bootan, growing at an eleva- 
tion of 7-9000 feet above the sea, on the ridges and slopes of 
Roophrya, in exposed and arid situations, amongst Pines, species 
of Cupressus, etc.; and from seeds transmitted to Mr. Nuttall, 
plants were raised which flowered at Nutgrove, Rainhill, in June 
1857. he variety, which Mr. Nuttall thinks may prove to be a 
distinct species, is readily distinguished by its more lanceolate — 
leaves, of an opaque, dull green above, but like the ordinary state 
of the plant beneath, passing from a silvery-white, at length to 
pale brown: the flowers are constantly white. ‘This, as far as 
we know, has not yet blossomed in England. Both the states 
Mr. Nuttall finds hardy in Lancashire, having stood out all the 
last winter, even small seedlings. 
Descr. A small free, with coriaceous /eaves, which are obo- 
vato-lanceolate and acute, four to five inches long, an inch to an 
inch and a half broad, strongly reticulated and pinnately nerved, 
shining, white and silvery beneath, at length pale brown. Heads 
many-flowered, crowded, the dracts dilated and silky ; lobes of the 
corolla all emarginate, the colour a deep crimson-scarlet, rather 
deeper-coloured than in 2. arborewm, to which this species 1s 
nearly allied. It is still more allied to R. roseum of the gardens, 
OCTOBER IsT, 1857. 
