"Hd 
Rhododendron.] xxx. gmicAcEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 471 
Eastern Hat ac ; from E. Nipal to Bhotan, alt. 913,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 
A shrub, 2-6 ft. Leaves 34 by 1} in., or 23 by 14 in., obtuse or acute, base obtuse 
or rhomboid ; petiole 4-} in. Pedicels } in., scaly, rugose. Calya-lobes j by § in., 
glabrous or nearly so. Corolla-tube 4 by i-$ in., lobes AA in. diam., orbicular, 
entire. Stamens 12-16. Ovary 10-celled. Capsule } by 4 in., ellipsoid or sometimes 
ovoid, rough with scales. Seeds linear-lanceolate, produced acutely at both ends; 
testa close. 
30. R. leptocarpum, Nutt. ms.; leaves elliptic-oblong base narrowed 
glabrous, corymbs many-flowered, calyx-lobes broadly elliptic obtuse, capsule 
narrow curved. R. pumilum, Nutt. in Hook, Kew Journ. v. (1853) 354, not of 
Hook. f. 
Buoran ; Oola Mts., alt. 7-8000 ft., Booth. 
A slender, alpine, branching shrub, 14-2 ft. Leaves 8 by 1-1} in., subobtuse, 
mucronate, finely reticulated above ; petiole 4 in., rusty-scaly. Corymbs 1-10-flowered ; 
pedicels (in fruit) 1-13 in., slender, glabrous, scaly. Calyx-lobes (in fruit) £ in. long 
and broad, glabrous. Corolla not seen. Capsule $ by $ in, rough with scales. 
Seeds linear-lanceolate ; testa close, produced acutely at both ends.—The calyx and 
leaves are exceedingly like those of R. camellieflorum, but the scales beneath are not 
so close, and the narrow capsule is very different. 
31. R. glaucum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 17; leaves oblong 
glabrous glaucous beneath scaly above, corymbs 4-10-flowered, calyx-lobes 
ovate subacute scaly, corolla campanulate dull rose. Hook. f. in Journ, Hort. 
Soc. Lond. vi. 78, 102; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4721; Fl. des Serres (1851-2) t. 
odi ; Rev. Hortic, (1855) t. 11.—Rhododendron sp., Griff. Itin Notes, 144, n. 
Srxxm and Buortan; alt. 10-12,000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H., Se, 
A small shrub, 2 ft. Leaves 3 by 1} in. (those on barren shoots often much 
larger), subobtuse, mucronate, base rhomboid, lower surface with seattered glandu!ar 
scales; petiole }-} in. Pedicels $-1 in., scaly; bracts j in., ovate, sealy, caducous. 
Calyz-lobes 4-4 by } in. Corolla 4-2 in.; lobes 5, emarginate. Stamens 10, filaments 
woolly below. Ovary 5-celled, scaly. Capsule 4 by } in., shortly ellipsoid. Seeds 
minute, lanceolate ; testa closely, shortly produced at one end. 
39. R. pumilum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 14, not o Nutt. ; 
leaves small elliptic obtuse glabrous, pedicels 1-3 together long, calyx-lobes 
ovate-oblong obtuse, corolla widely funnel-shaped tube longer than the lobes 
rose-coloured hairy without. Hook. f. in Journ. Hortie. Soc. Lond. vii. 78, 102; 
Fl. des Serres, vii. (1851-2) t. 667. 
Sex Hrwaraya; Lachen, alt. 12-14,000 ft., J. D. H. 
A shrub, 3-8 in. Leaves À by 4 in., often mucronate, rhomboid at the base, above 
glabrous and naked, beneath with scattered scales ; petiole hardly any.  Pedicels 
1-24 in., glandular, erect. Calyx-lobes Je -A in., in fruit } in., sometimes glandular- 
scaly. Corolla 2 in., shortly 5-lobed. Stamens 10; filaments hairy below. Ovary 
5-celled, scaly. Capsule 1 by 1-4 in., ovate-oblong, erect on the erect pedicel. 
33. R. lepidotum, Wall. Cat. 758; leaves from obovate to lanceolate 
glabrous not setose, pedicels 1-3 together long, calyx-lobes elliptic obtuse, 
corolla yellow or dull purple tube short globose, lobes round wide spreading. 
Royle Ill. 260, t. 64, fig. 1; DC. Prodr. vii. 724 ; Bot. Mag. tt. 4657, 4802, 
6450; Lemaire Jard. Fleur. iv. 343 ; Hook. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 81, 
104; Brand. For. Fl. 989. R. salignum amd eleagnoides, Hook. f. Rhod. 
Sikkim Himal. t. 23, A, B. R. obovatum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. 
Conspect. p. 6. 
TEMPERATE and ArPINE HiMALAYA; alt. 8-15,000 ft.; from Kashmir to Bhotan, 
common, 
