stout. Pedicels stout, nearly $ in. long. Calya-segments 
oblong, obtuse, about } in. long and } in. broad, lepidote on 
the outside. Corolla white, about 31 in. in diameter; tube 
campanulate, $-14 in. long, about 14 in. in diameter at the 
throat, lepidote on the outside, lobes 14-12 in. long, I-14 in. 
broad, apex rounded. Stamens 10; filaments pilose below 
the middle, anthers exserted, } in. long. Ovary oblong, 
4 In. long, $ in. in diameter. Style lepidote, 24-3 in. long, 
persistent, stigma capitate. Capsule oblong, { in. long.— 
J. Hurcnison. 
Cutivation.—Rhododendron Maddeni, var. obtusifolia, 
was raised from seeds forwarded to Kew in 1882 by Sir 
George Watt, who collected them in Manipur during the 
Demareation Commission of 1881-2. The plant figured 
has been grown under glass, and is now planted in a border 
in the Himalayan House, where it has formed a well- 
furnished bush about 10 ft. high. It differs in habit and 
several other characters from the Himalayan 2. Maddeni as 
represented in gardens. It has not been tried out of doors 
at Kew, where R. Maddeni is not hardy, but judging by 
its behaviour in the Himalayan House the treatment that 
answers for the majority of the Himalayan species of the 
genus, including Ft. Maddeni, will suit the plant now 
figured. W. Warson. 
Fig. 1; portion of upper surface of leaf ; 2, portion of under surface of leaf; 
3, scale from under surface of leaf; 4, bracts and pistil; 5, calyx and pistil ; 
6, stamen; 7, anther; 8, ovary: 9, section of ovary; 10, one cell of same; 
LL, capsule :—all enlarged. 
