470 LXXXII. ERICACE£. (C. B. Clarke.) —[Hhododendron. 
acute, sometimes ciliate ; petiole 3-3 in., sometimes pilose. Pedicels 1-3 in., pubes- 
cent or pilose; bracts 2 in., oblong, hairy. Calyx-lobes Ä by ẹ in., glabrous, usually 
pilose at the base, frequently ciliate on the margin. Corolla 24-4 in., often tinged 
yellow, green or pink, fragrant; lobes 5, subentire. Stamens 10. Ovary 5-celled, 
sealy-glandular. Capsule 14 by 3-2 in., straight, glabrescent. Seeds linear-oblong, 
compressed, margined and shortly tailed ; testa close. 
26. R. Nuttallii, Booth; Nutt. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. (1858) 355; 
leaves elliptic base rounded glabrous, pedicels 2-5 clustered ealyx-lobes oblong- 
oval obtuse, corolla very large white. Hook, Bot. Mag. t. 5146 ; Fl. des Serres, 
xiii. (1858) t. 1826; Illustr. Hortic, (1809) t. 208, 
Buoran; Duphla Hills, alt. 4-5000 ft., Booth. ' 
A tree, 30 feet; or a straggling epiphyte. Leaves 8 by 4 in, obtuse, coriaceous, 
rugose by impressed nerves above; petiole 2 in. Pedicels 1-2 in., exceedingly thick in 
fruit. Calyx-lobes $ by } in., glabrous or slightly ciliated, rose-coloured, Corolla 
4-5 in., eampannlate, tinged yellow at the base, pink at the mouth, fragrant ; lobes 
5, subentire. Stamens 10; filaments hairy below. Ovary 5-celled, sealy-glandular. 
Capsule 1$ by ł in., straight, glabrescent. Seeds oblong, compressed, widely mar- 
gined; testa close.—Nuttall says that the calyx, capsüle and seeds in this species 
are wholly different from those of R. Dalhousie ; but there appears little difference 
except in size. 
27. R. Boothii, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Journ, Bot. v. (1853) 356; leaves 
rhomboid-elliptic acuminate ciliate and villose on the margin, corymbs dense 
many-flowered, calyx-lobes elliptic obtuse, corolla campanulate yellow. Ilustr, 
JHortic, (1858) t. 174. 
Buotan ` Gascherong Hills, Booth. 
A straggling epiphyte, 5-6 ft. Leaves 4-5 by 21 in, shortly acuminate, base 
rhomboid, young sprinkled with long lax ferruginous hairs, adult, glabrous except the 
margins; petiole $ in., woolly. Pedicels 3 in., slightly hairy. Calya-lobes i by żin. 
glabrous veined in fruit. Corolla 1l in., 5-lobed ; stamens 10, with hairy filaments 
(fide Illustr. Hortic.). Capsule 2 by $ in, rugose, furfuraceous. Seeds linear, com- 
pressed, tailed at both ends ; testa close. 
28. R. ciliatum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 24; branchlets leaves 
and pedicels with scattered bristles, leaves elliptic acute, pedicels 2-6-nate, 
calyx-lobes elliptic obtuse, corolla broadly funnel-shaped white or pale-rosy. 
Hook. f. in Journ. Hortic, Soc. Lond. vii. 77, 95; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4648 ; 
Lindl. § Paxt. Fl. Gard. t. 83; Lemaire Jard. Fleur. ii. t. 812; FL des 
Serres, viii. (1852-8) t. 760 ; Regel Gartenft, t. 563. 
Srxkm™m Hımaraya; Lachen, alt. 9000 ft, J. D. H: Chola and Dikehoo, alt. 
9-10,000 ft., Clarke. 
A shrub, 2-4 ft., often spread over rocks. Leaves 28 by 1} in., base obtuse or 
rounded, glabrous beneath or midrib bristly ; petiole } in. Pedicels 1-4 in.; bracts 
ovate, glabrous. Calya-lobes } by } in., glabrous, ciliate. Corolla 1} in.; lobes A 
emarginate. Stamens 10. Ovary 5-celled, scaly-glandular. Capsule A by }-4 in, 
scaly. Seeds linear; testa close, crested at one end.—The wild plant has the flowers 
white, slightly tinged with rose, fading a deeper rose. Sir J. D. Hooker sketched 
his species in Sikkim (Rhod. Sikkim, t. 24) from a plant * past flower ;” hence with 
too purple a corolla, 
29. R. camelliceflorum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 28; leaves 
oblong or pu glabrous densely ferruginous scaly beneath, pedicels 1—4-nate, 
calyx-lobes elliptic obtuse, corolla white tube cylindric lobes widely spreading, 
Hook. f. in Journ. Hortic. Soc, Lond. vii. 80, 103; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4982; 
Regel. Gartenfl. (1865) t. 460, fig. 1-3. R. sparsiflorum, Nutt. in Hook. Kew 
Journ, v. (1853) 363, 
