Rhododendron.] Leon. ERtcacex. (C. B. Clarke.) 467 
Kew Journ. v. 1853, 358; Bot. Mag. t. 5129.—Rhododendron sp., Griff. Itin. 
votes, 141, n. 656. 
Buoran ; Duphla Hills, alt. 7000 ft., Griffith, Booth. 
A large shrub. Leaves 64 by 1-1} in.; base cuneate or obtuse; petiole 4 in. 
Heads closely packed ; rachis brown-villous ; pedicels } in., nearly glabrous; bracts 
3 in., broadly oblong, villous. Corolla lj in., 5-lobed. Stamens 10. Capsule 1 by 
1 in., curved, nearly glabrous. Seeds oblong, compressed ; testa somewhat lax, pro- 
duced at both euds.—This seems allied to X. arboreum as Nuttall suggests, differing 
by the very narrow capsule. The leaves are described above from the Bhotan ex- 
amples; in Bot. Mag. t. 5129, taken from a plant grown in England, and called var. 
latifolia, the leaves are not narrower than in the North Indian R. arboreum. 
15. BR. Shepherdii, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Journ, v. (1853) 360; leaves 
linear-oblong acute glabrous, heads dense many-flowered, calyx small 5-lobed, 
corolla campanulate bright-red, ovary glabrous. Bot. Mag, t. 5125. 
Buotan; Oola Mts., Booth, 
Nothing is known of this at Kew except the drawing of Mr. Holden, commu- 
nicated and figured in Bot. Mag. t. 5125. It differs from R. Kendrickii, var. latifolia, 
in the glabrous ovary, the more developed more distinetly lobed calyx. On the faith 
of the larger calyx it has been (by Hook. f. in Gen. Pl. ii. 600) removed to the next 
section and placed next R. Thomsoni. 
(b) Corolla yellow. 
16. R. Wightii, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 27; leaves narrowly 
obovate-oblong rhomboid at the base closely cinnamoneous tomentose beneath, 
heads many-flowered somewhat lax, corolla campanulate yellow, ovary ferrugi- - 
nous woolly. Hook. f. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 79, 99.; Fl. des Serres, 
viii. (1852-3) t. 792-3, 
East NiPAL and Srxxm; alt. 11-14,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 
A shrub, 6-14 ft. Leaves 7 by 24 in., mucronate, hardly acute, above glabrous, 
minutely closely reticulate, beneath adpressed-tomentose ; petiole 4 in., more or less 
tomentose, not hirsute. Pedicels 10 20, 4-14 in., hairy, sometimes glandular or 
ferruginous; bracts 14 in, spathulate-oblong, silky. Calyzx-lobes subobsolete. Corolla 
lj by 1 in, 5-lobed. Stamens 10; filaments scaly-woolly at the base, Ovary 10- 
celled. Capsule 13 by Ä in., cylindric, curved, ultimately glabrescent. Seeds linear- 
oblong, large for Rhododendron, compressed ; testa close, produced at one end, 
17. R. lanatum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 16: leaves narrowly 
obovate-elliptic cuneate at the base cinnamoncous and woolly beneath, heads 
few-flowered lax, corolla campanulate yellow, fruit ferruginous-ianate. Hook. f. 
tn Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vi. 79, 100; Fl. des Serres, vii. (1851-2) t. 684; 
Rev. Hortic. 1855, t. 9. 
Sixkrw Himaraya; Jongri, alt. 12-13,000 ft., J. D. H., &e. 
Branchlets upwards densely woolly. Leaves 4 by 12 in., subobtuse, more or less 
lanate or ultimately glabrescent above except the midrib; petiole densely woolly, not 
hirsute. Flowers 5-7 in a head, nodding. Capsule 1-3 by 1-l in. Seeds smaller 
than those of R. Wightii, which this species resembles except in the points 
mentioned, 
18. R. campylocarpum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 30; leaves 
elliptic obtuse at the base glabrous on both surfaces, heads somewhat lax, 
»orolla campanulate yellow, ovary sparsely covered with stalked glands. Hook. 
f, in Journ Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 79, 101; Bot. Mag. t. 4908. 
East Nira and Srxxim; alt. 11-14,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 
A shrub, 4-8 ft. Leaves 24-3 by 14 in., obtuse, base rounded sometimes subcor- 
late, rarely rhomboid, minutely reticulated on both surfaces; petiole 4-2 m. with 
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