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464 ` LXXXII, ERICACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) — [ Rhododendron. 
yellow tube cylindric below widely funnel-shaped upwards. Mig. in Ann. 
Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 42, t. 1, A. 
PxNANa; Maingay, n. 1099.—Distrrim, Sumatra. 
A large shrub. Leaves 7 by 24 in., shortly acute at both ends; petiole j in. 
Pedicels 2-7, 1 in., pubescent. Calya-lobes obsolete. Corolla 12 in. long, and broad; 
lobes 5, large, round, erecto-patent. Stamens 10; filaments densely hairy down- 
wards. Ovary 5-celled. densely hairy ; style glabrous, stigma small, clavate. Cap- 
sule 1} by } in, acute, closely pubescent; exocarp separating half-way down; 
endocarp dehiscing loculicidally, about 4 its length twisting up.—Closely allied to R. 
Javanicum, and perhaps not really separable by the colour of the corolla; but larger 
in all its parts and having a densely hairy ovary. 
Suneenvs II. Pseudovireya. Characters of Vireya, but valves of the 
capsule recurved, not twisting after dehiscence. 
6. R. vaccinioides, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. pt. ii. p. 3; leaves 
scattered small obovate-oblong obtuse glabrous glandular-scaly beneath, flowers 
solitary, corolla white or pinkish tube short broadly cylindric lobes wide-spread- 
ing. Hook. f. in Journ. Hortic. Soc. Lond. vii. 81, 96. 
SixxiM Himaraya; alt. 6-8000 ft.; Lachen and Darjeeling, J. D. H., Gamble, Ze, 
A shrub, 1-3 ft., sometimes epiphytic ; branches scabrous. Leaves 2 by } in.; 
base attenuate, scarcely petioled. Pedicels H in., glandular; bracts à in., closely 
sheathing their base even in fruit. Calya-lohes A in., ovate-oblong. —Corolla-tuhe 
4-4 in.; lobes 5, 4-1 in., round or obovate, entire Stamens 10, filaments densely 
hairy. Ovary 5-celled, scaly, not hairy; stigma clavate, Capsule 1 by } in., acute ; 
valves recurved to their base. 
Susernvs III. Eurhododendron. Capsule ovoid cylindric or oblong ; 
valves woody ; placente remaining attached to the central axis. Seeds without 
tails, or tail shorter than the seed.—IJnflorescence terminal, or pedicels clus- 
tered, axillary or pseudo-terminal. 
SERIES A, Leaves beneath glabrous or tomentose without glandular scales. 
Corolla widely funnel-shaped or campanulate.— Large shrubs or trees. 
* Corymbs many-flowered. Calyx-lobes small or obsolete. 
+ Corolla-lobes more than 5, stamens 12-18. 
7. R. grande, Wight Ic. t. 1202; leaves long-petioled oblong- lanceolate 
glabrous silvery beneath, corolla white. R. argenteum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim 
Himal. t. 9 and in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 76, 01; Fil. des Serres, v. (1849) 
t. 473-470 ; Bot. Mag. 5054. Rhododendron, Grif. Itin. Notes, 139, n. 618. 
R. longifolium, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. (1853) 365. R. Windsorii, var. 
y, Nutt. Le 307, 358. Waldemaria argentea, Klotzsch in Reis. Pr. Waldem. 
Bot, 99, t. 53-4. 
Bu Himaraya; alt. 7-11,000 ft., frequent, J. D. H, Ge Buoran; alt. 7000 
ft.; Griffith, Booth. 
A tree, 30 ft. Leaves 9 by 3 in., tapering at the base, primary nerves prominent 
and parallel; petiole 2-13 in. Heads many flowered, dense ; outermost empty bracts 
glabrescent ; flower-bracts 1 by 1-2 in., densely hairy. Calyx very short, lobes 
obscure. Corolla 2-3 by 2-2} in. (in Griffith’s examples much smaller), 5-8-lobed, 
sometimes pinkish when young. Stamens 10-16; filaments pilose or glabrous. 
Ovary glandular, scarcely pubescent, 10—16-celled; stigma very large. Capsule 14 
by 3 in., more or less tomentose, curved. . Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, margined. 
8. R. Hodgsoni, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim. Himal. t. 15: leaves long- 
petioled narrowly obovate-oblong cinnamoneous or whitish subtomentose be- 
neath, corolla bright-rose or purplish. Hook. f. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond, vii. 
