E 
468 LXXXII. ERICACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Rhododendron. 
scattered stalked glands or glabrescent. Flowers few or many in the head ; pedicels 
1-1} in, very glandular upwards; bracts 1 in., spathulate-oblong, hairy. Corolla 
1j by lin. Stamens 10; filaments glabrous. Ovary 5-celled. Capsule $ by } in, 
subeylindrie, much curved, with scattered stalked glands or ultimately nearly glabrous 
and shining. Seeds oblong, compressed ; testa close, produced at one end, 
** Calyx deeply-lobed or dilated. 
+ Branchlets not woolly. 
19. R. Grifithianum, Wight Ic. t. 1203; leaves oblong subacute gla- 
brous, calyx widely saucershaped margin subentire, corolla white. Hook. f. in 
Journ. Hort. Soe. Lond. vii. 76, 93 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5065, R. Aucklandii, Hook. 
f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 11; Rev. Hortic. 1855, t. 5; Regel Gartenft. (1866) 
t. 517. R. oblongum, Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 523.—Rhododendron sp., Griff. 
Itin. Notes, 192, n. 1045. 
Srxxrm and Buoran, alt. 7-9000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H., &c. 
A tree, 40 ft.; also (as most of the other Rhododendron trees) not rarely flowering 
as a shrub 4-8 ft. Leaves 7 by 2 in., exactly oblong with subparallel sides, rounded 
or cuneate at the base; petiole 1 in. Pedicels 2-5, 1-2 in., with large flowers, or 
numerous subpanieled with smaller flowers; bracts 14 in., linear-oblong villose. 
Calyx in flower 4 in. diam., patent ; in fruit often enlarged, unequal, or torn. Corolla 
14-23 in. widely funnel shaped, often spotted pink. Stamens 12-18; filaments 
glabrous or nearly so. Ovary 12-celled, glandular-pubescent. Capsule 1} by $ in., 
short-cylindrie, very woody, at length glabrous. Seeds ellipsoid, compressed ; testa 
lax, appearing as a margin completely (or nearly) surrounding the seed. 
20, R. Thomsoni, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 12 ; leaves broadly 
elliptic obtuse at both ends, calyx cup-shaped obscurely unequally lobed, 
corolla deep crimson. Hook. f. in Journ. Hort. Soc, Lond. vii. 77, 99; Bot. 
Mag. t. 4997 ; Fl. des Serres, viii. (1851-2) t. 688-90; Morr. Belg. Hortic, vii. 
33, t. 10; Rev. Hortte, 1855, t. 7. 
Easr NA, and Srxxrm ; alt. 11—13,000 ft., common, J. D. H., Ae, 
A large shrub, 6-15 ft. Leaves 3 by 1} in., often cordate at the base, glaucous 
beneath, finely reticulated ; petiole 3-3 in. Pedicels 1-1 in., glabrous or nearly so; 
bracts 1-14 in., spathulate oblong, hairy. Calyx in flower A in., in fruit enlarged, 
often very unequal on one side, more or less lobed or lacerate, glaucous, glabrous. 
Corolla 1-13 in. wide-funnelshaped. Stamens 10. Ovary glabrous, 6-10-celled, 
Capsule 3 by 4 in., glaucous purple. Seeds linear-oblong compressed ; testa produced 
at each end, otherwise searcely lax. 
Van. Candelabrum, Hook. f.; calyx shorter and with the ovary sparingly stalked- 
glandular. R. Candelabra, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 29.—Sikkim, Jee 
Var. floeculosa; leaves beneath cinnamoneous flocculose or furfuraceous.—Sikkim, 
Clarke. ' 
21. R. Hookeri, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. (1853) ; leaves oblong 
obtuse at both ends squamulose on the nerves beneath, calyx cupshaped ob- 
scurely unequally lobed glabrous. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4926. 
Buotan; Oola Mts., alt. 7-8000 ft., Booth. 
Leaves 4—5 by 14-2 in.; petiole 1 in., otherwise as R. Thomsoni, of which it may 
be a var. The leaves are not so furfuraceous beneath as in R. Thomsoni, var. Jloccu- 
losa, but they are much longer than in any of the numerous examples of R. Thomsoni 
Jiselt. c 
99. R. barbatum, Wall. Cat. 757; leaves oblong acute glabrous the 
midrib beneath and petiole often coarsely bristly, heads many-flowered dense, 
calyx-lobes large elliptic, corolla campanulate deep red. G. Don Gen, Syst. iii. 
844; DC. Prodr. vii. 721 ; Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 3 and in Journ. Hort. 
Soc. Lond, vii. 77, 91 ; Fl. des Serres, v. (1849) t. 469-72; Morr. Belg. Hortte, 
