466 LXXXII. ERICACEEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [Rhododendron, 
Var, nilagirica ` leaves elliptic or oblong subobtuse, the base rhomboid or often 
rounded. R. nilagirica, Zen&. Pl. Ind. t. 15. R. arboreum, var. Wight Ill. t. 140, and 
Te. t. 1201. R. nobile, Wall. Cat. 1521, B.—Mts. of South India and Ceylon, alt. 
5-8000 ft., very common.—The whole of the Deccan material at Kew is very homo- 
geneous, and unlike the Himalayan; Beddome’s figure (Fl. Sylv. t. 228) from fresh 
Nilgherry specimens exhibits however nearly the Himalayan form. 
1l. R. niveum, Hook. f. Rhod, Sikkim Himal., Conspect. p. 4; leaves 
laneeolate narrowed at both ends mealy-tomentose beneath not rugose, corolla 
eampanulate lilac. Hook. f. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 78, 98; Bot. Mag. 
t. 4/30; Lemaire Jard. Fleur. iv. t. 421. Rhododendron sp., Griff. Itin. Notes, 
185, n. 947. R. Blumei, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. (1853) 366 ?. 
Sikkim Hmaraya ; alt. 10-12,000 ft., frequent, J. D. H., Clarke. 
Closely allied to R. arboreum, but distinct. The leaves do not exhibit the nerves 
impressed on the upper surface nor is the under surface so softly and opaquely tomen- 
tose; and lilac flowers are unknown in X. arboreum. The seeds of R. niveum are 
narrow, oblong with a very lax testa, much produced at both ends, and appearing asa 
margin on both sides, differing from the seeds of R. arboreum. The pedicels are 
longer, often ł in. The capsule, which has been supposed different from that of R. 
arboreum, is nearly the same, usually a little smaller, 
12, R. campanulatum, Don in Mem. Wern. Soc. ii. 410; leaves 
elliptie subobtuse at both ends with a close cinnamoneous tomentum concealing 
the nervation beneath, corolla campanulate purple, ovary and capsule glabrous 
or nearly so. Wall. Cat. 756; Don Prodr. 153; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1944; 
Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. vi. (1838) t. 241; DC. Prodr. vii. 721; Loud. Arb. Brit. 
589, t. 1114; Bot. Mag. t. 8759; Hook. f. in Journ, Hort. Soc. Lond, vii. 78, 
100; Brand. For. Fl, 281. R. szruginosum, Look. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 
22. R. nobile, Wall, Cat. 1521, A, chiefly. R. Edgarii, Gamble Darjeeling 
List. 52, 
ALPINE HIMALAYA ; alt. 9-14,000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan, plentiful. 
A large shrub, 6-16 ft. Leaves 5 by 21 in., often mucronate, glabrous, very 
closely minutely reticulated above; tomentum beneath sometimes more lax woolly, 
sometimes flocculose and deciduous; petiole 2-1 in. Pedicels 3-1} in., glabrous; 
bracts 1 in., broad-oblong, silky. Calyx-teeth scarcely 45 in., broadly triangular. 
Corolla 1-14 by i-1 in. 5-lobed. Stamens 10; filaments glabrous. Ovary 6-9- 
celled. Capsule }-1} by }—4 in. cylindric, more or less curved. Seeds linear-oblong, 
compressed ` testa scarcely produced except at the end. 
Var. Wallichii, Hook. LC: leaves elliptic or oblong tomentum beneath lax often 
caducous, petiole densely woolly. R. Wallichii, Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 9. R. 
planifolium, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. (1853) 365. R. Batemani, Hook. Bot. 
Mag. t. 5387.—Sikkim ; alt, 10-12,000 ft., J. D. H., &e. Buoran; Booth. Leaves 
sometimes 5 by 2 in. 
13. R. fulgens, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 25; leaves elliptic 
base rounded cinnamoneous tomentose beneath, heads dense, calyx-teeth sub- 
obsolete, corolla campanulate scarlet, ovary and capsule glabrous. Hook. f. in 
Journ. Hort, Soc. Lond. vii. 79, 100 ; Fl. des Serres, viii. (1852-3) t. 789. R. 
nobile, Wall. Cat. 1521, in part. 
ka, : Wallich. Sikk; alt. 10-14,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 
Similar to R. campanulatum, except as to the points mentioned in the diagnosis ; 
the leaves are often subeordate at the base. In flower it is at once recognised by its 
unequalled brilliant colour. i 
14. R. Kendrickii, Nutt. in Mag. Nat. Hist. 2, xii. (1853) 10; leaves 
very narrowly lanceolate acuminate glabrous. heads dense many-flo wered, calyx 
minutely lobed, corolla campanulate bright-red, ovary strigose. Nutt. in Hook, 
