Rhododendron.] Goes. ERtcacex. . (C. B. Clarke.) 465 
76, 97; Bot. Mag. t. 5552; Rev. Hortic. 1855, 421, t. 22. —Rhododendron, 
Griff. Notul. iv. 803 and Ze. Pl. Asiat. t. 591. 
Eastern HIMALAYA; from Nipal to Bhotan, alt. 10-12,000, abundant, Griffith, 
J. D. H., &c. 
A broad, round shrub, 10-20 ft. Leaves 10 by 4 in., obtuse, cuneate or rounded 
at the base; petiole $-14 in. Heads many-flowered, dense; bracts 14 by }-4 in., 
silky; pedicels 1-2 in., hairy. Calyx subobsolete. Corolla 14 by 1 in., 6-10-lobed. 
Stamens 14-18; filaments glabrous or nearly so. Ovary glandular, scarcely pubes- 
cent, 10-12-celled. Capsule 14 by } in., narrowly cylindric, curved, furfuraceous or 
subtomentose. Seeds narrowly oblong; testa hardly lax or produced except at the 
end. 
9. R. Falconeri, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim. Himal. t. 10; leaves large 
long-petioled elliptie obtuse ferruginous-tomentose beneath, very coriaceous, 
corolla white or yellowish with purple spots at the base within. Hook. f. in 
Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 76, 97; Fl. des Serres, v. ( 1849) t. 477-80; 
xi. t. 1166-7; Regel Gartenfl. t. 608. R. eximium and venosum, Nutt. 
tn Hook, Kew Journ. v. 364, 865,—Rhododendron, Griff. Itin. Notes, 140, 
n. 654. 
From East Sat to Buoran; alt. 9-13,000 ft., abundant, Griffith, J. D. H., &e. 
A tree, 30 ft.; or frequently a large gregarious shrub. Leaves 9 by 3-4 in., base 
obtuse or subcordate, rugose by impressed nerves above; petiole 1-14 in. Heads 
many-flowered, dense; bracts large, densely hairy; pedicels 1-2 in., ferruginous- 
tomentose. Calyx subobsolete. Corolla 1-2 by 3-14 in.. 7-10-lobed, usually white, 
sometimes yellow even when young. Stamens 12-16; filaments slightly hairy below. 
Ovary densely ferruginous-woolly, 10-16-celled ; style glabrous; stigma very large. 
Capsule 1-2 by }-1 in., more or less tomentose and curved. Seeds ellipsoid, com- 
pressed margined. 
tt Corolla-lobes 5, entire or emarginate, stamens 10. 
(a) Corolla purple, rose or white. 
10. R. arboreum, Sm. Exot. Bot. t. 0; leaves lanceolate or oblong 
narrowed at both ends rugose-veined on both surfaces silvery or with rusty 
tomentum beneath, corolla campanulate red pink or nearly white.. Hook, Exot. 
Fl. t. 168; Bot. Reg. tt. 890, 1240, 1982; Wall. Cat. 755, and Pl. As. Rar. ii. 23, 
t. 123; DC. Prodr. vii. 720; Hook, f. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 78, 92 ; 
Bot. Mag. t. 5311; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 298 ; Brand For. Fl. 281; Kurz For. Fl. 
ii. 93; in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 216. R. puniceum, Roxb, Hort. Beng. 
33, and F. Ind. ii. 409. R. cinnamomeum, Wall. Cat. 760; G. Don Gen. Syst. 
iii. 844. R. album, Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. v. (1838) t. 148. R. Campbellie, 
Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 6. R. Windsorii, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Journ. 
v. 1853, 357, var. B included (not var. y).—Boorans, Hardwicke in Asiat. Re- 
search, vi, 359, 
TEMPERATE HrMALAYA ; alt. 510,000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan, very common. 
Kuasa Mrs. ; alt. 4-6000 ft., common. Birma; Karen Hills, Kurz. 
A tree, 25 ft. Leaves 5 by 11 in., acnte, rarely shortly so, base cuneate, tomentum 
beneath usually hard white, sometimes cinnamoneous or more woolly; petiole i-i in. 
Heads many-flowered, dense; pedicels 0-1 in., hairy; bracts densely hairy. Calyx- 
lobes sometimes A in,, widely ovate, sometimes very obscure. Corolla n 1 by 3-1 in., 
5-lobed, usually red, sometimes pink nearly white as depictec by Wallich. ` Stamens 
10; filaments glabrous or nearly so. Ovary mealy or ferruginous- woolly, usually 
7-9-celled. Capsule 1 by 4 in., cylindric, curved, furfuraceous. Seeds eliipsoid, 
testa scarcely lax except produced at the end.—In R. Camphellie the leaves are 9 by 
24 in., with petiole ł in. In R, Windsori, in all the numerous examples collected by 
Booth, the calyx is, as Nuttall describes, minute; but, in the cultivated pant (Bot, 
Mag. t. 5008), they are ovate-lanceolate acuminate, 
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