Rhododendron.] xxx. Ertcacez. (C. B. Clarke.) 469 
ix. 186, t. 17. R. nobile, Wall. Cat. 1521, partly. R. lancifolium, Hook. f. 
Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 4. 
TEMPERATE HiMALAYA ; alt. 8-12,000 ft.; from Kumaon to BHoran; common in 
Sikkim. 
A tree, 30-40 ft. Leaves 6 by 13-2 in., base rounded, reticulated beneath ; petiole 
1.3 in., with bristles 3-} in. long, or (on the same branch) smooth. Pedicels 1—] in., 
glabrous; bracts $ in., oblong, hairy. Calyx-lobes $ by 3 in., glabrous. Corolla 1-14 
in. wide-funnelshaped. Stamens 10. Ovary 5-9-celled, hairy. Capsule $ by i in., 
hirsute. Seeds oblong, compressed ; testa lax, produced at both ends, and often 
appearing as a margin round the seed.—The type form of this plant from Nipal and 
West Sikkim has the leaves generally glabrous; they are sometimes setose beneath 
and closely ciliate on the margin, 
Var. Smithii ; leaves furfuraceous subtomentose beneath. R. Smithii, Nutt. ms. ; 
Bot. Mag. t. 5120. Rhododendron sp., Griff. Itin. Notes, 145, n. 693 and 159, n. 813 
a.— East Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 8-12,000 ft., frequent. 
Tt Branchlets densely woolly. 
23. R. Edgeworthii, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 21; leaves 
elliptic subacute strongly rugose-veined above, corolla very large broadly funnel- 
shaped. Hook. f. in Journ. Hortic. Soc. Lond. vii. 77, 94; Bot. Mag. t. 4936; 
Regel. Gartenfl. v. t. 170; Fl. des Serres, viii. (1852-8) t. 797-8.—Ericinea, 
Griff. Itin. Notes, 155, n. 770. 
Sixx HrMALAYA ; alt. 7-9000 ft., J. D. H., &e. Buoran; Griffith, Booth. 
A shrub, 4—6 ft., terrestrial and erect or epiphytic. Leaves 4 by 1$ in., base 
rhomboid, densely ferruginous, woolly beneath; petiole {-3 in. Pedicels 4-1 in, 
densely woolly. Calyz-lobes 4 by i in. obtuse, unequal, Corolla 2-3 in., 5-lobed 
about half-way down. Ovary and style below woolly. Capsule 3 by 4 in., densely 
ferruginous-woolly. Seeds linear; testa shortly tailed at each end.—There are round 
glandular scales beneath the wool of the leaves; the species might be arranged in 
Series B. 
24. R. pendulum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 13; leaves elliptic- 
oblong glabrous or thinly floccose above, corolla small shortly broadly funnel- 
shaped. Hook. f. in Hortic. Soc. Lond, vii. 80, 103; Fl. des Serres, vii. 
(1851-2) t. 662. 
Sıxxım HIMALAYA; alt. 9-11,000 ft.; Lachen, J. D. H.; Jongri and Dikchoo, 
Clarke. 
Epiphytie; branches pendulous, 2-4 ft. Leaves 1} by $ in., obtusely rhomboid at 
both ends, rusty-woolly beneath ; petiole 4-1 in. Pedicels j in., rusty-woolly. Calyx- 
lobes 1 by l in., obtuse, rose-coloured. Corolla $ in., 5-lobed about half-way aown, 
glandular without. Capsule } by j in. hirsute, Seeds linear-oblong ; testa shortly 
tailed at each end. 
Serres B. Leaves sprinkled beneath with sessile round glandular scales 
(which in R. Anthopogon coalesce, forming apparently a tomentum). Large 
or small shrubs. 
* Calyx prominently lobed, lobes longer than broad. 
op R. Dalhousie, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. tt. 1, 2; leaves obovate- 
oblong cuneate at the base glabrous, pedicels 2-5 clustered, calyx-lobes elliptic 
obtuse, corolla very large campanulate white. Hook. in Journ. Horti. Soc. 
Lond. vii. 77, 93; Bot. Mag. t. 4718; Fl. des Serres, v. (1849) t, 460-8. R. 
macroearpos, Griff. Itin. Notes, 138. 
Sex HiMALAYA ; alt. 6-9000 ft., frequent, J. D. H., &e. Buoran ; alt. 6800 ft., 
Griffith, Booth. 
A laxly branched shrub, often epiphytic. Leaves 4-5 by 1j-2 in., obtuse or sub- 
