472 LXXXII. ERICACEX, (C. B. Clarke.) [ Rhododendron. 
A shrub, more or less scaly-glandular throughout, 1-6 ft. ; branchlets very seabrid 
glandular. Leaves 1-1] in., obovate and obtuse or lanceolate and subacute, base 
narrowed; petiole scarcely any. Pedicels -lz in., very scabrous. Calya-lobes A in. 
Corolla-tube à in.; lobes 1 in. Stamens 8, very rarely 10; filaments hairy below. 
Ovary 5-celled. Capsule i-4 by 9-2} in, erect. Seeds oblong, acute; testa close, 
hardly produeed at the ends, 
54. R. setosum, JD. Don in Trans. Wern. Soc. iii. 408, Prodr. 152; 
branchlets bristly, leaves elliptic-obovate obtuse scaly on both surfaces and often 
bristly beneath, pedicels 3-8 clustered short, calyx lobes elliptic, corolla red 
tube very short, lobes oblong spreading. DC. Prodr. vii. 724; Hook. f. Rhod. 
Sikkim Himal. t. 20, and in Journ. Hortic. Soc. Lond. vii. 8] , 105. R: Antho- 
pogon, Wall. Cat. 759, partly. 
NiraL; Wallich. Sıxxm; alt. 13-16,000 ft., V. D, H., Be, 
A small shrub, 1 foot. Leaves } by } in.; petiole very short, usually bristly. 
Pedicels 4 in., glandular-sealy, | Calya-lobes $+} by 4-4 in., obtuse, glandular-sealy. 
Corolla-tube } in. ; lobes Ä by 4 in. Stamens 8, sometimes 10; filaments hairy below. 
Ovary d-celled, glandular-sealy. Capsule 1 by $ in., ovoid, hardly larger than the 
calyx-lobes. Seeds ellipsoid, subacute at the ends ; testa close, not produced. 
35. R. nivale, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 96; prostrate, leaves 
small elliptic, flowers solitary subsessile, corolla rose-red, tube short, lobes 
obovate-elliptic spreading. Hook. f. in Journ. Hortic. Soc. Lond. vii. 81 , 105. 
Srxxm; alt. 13-16,000 ft., Phullong and Kinchinjhow, J. D. H. 
A dense, small bush ; hardly rising 2 in. from the ground. Leaves 1-1 in., obtuse, 
glabrous, scaly on both surfaces, Calya-lobes 35 in., elliptic, obtuse, unequal. Corolla- 
tube $ in.; lobes } in., round-obovate ; hairy in the throat. Stamens S or 10; fila- 
ments hairy below. Ovary 5-celled, scaly. Capsule à in. long, ovoid. Secds 
ellipsoid, compressed, subacute; testa close, not produced, 
36, R. Anthopogon, D. Don in Mem, Wern. Soc. iii. 409, and Prodr. 
159; leaves petioled elliptic subobtuse at both ends glabrous above densely 
scaly beneath, pedicels short numerous fascicled terminal, corolla yellow, tube 
cylindric, lobes wide-spreading, Wall. Cat. 759, chiefly ; Royle Ill. 260, t. 64, 
fig. 2; Loud. Arb. Brit. 590, t. 1115; DC. Prodr, vii. 725; Hook. f. Rhod. 
Sikkim Himal. Conspect. 7, and in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 82; Hook. Bot. 
Mag. t. 9947; Brandis For. Fl. 282. R, aromaticum, Wall, Cat, 1520 ( fide 
Hook. f., wanting in Herb. Wall. R. palustre, Turcz.; DC. Prodr. vii. 715. 
R. parvifolium, Adams in Mem. Soc. Mosc, ix, 937. R. parviflorum, F. 
Schmidt Reis, in Amurl. 158 (fide Maxim.). R. fragrans and micranthum, 
Maxim. Rhod. As. Orient. 16, 18, t. 4, fig. 1-10. Azalea fragrans, Adams ; 
Roem. et Sch. Syst. iv. 879. A. la ponica, Pall. Fl. Ross. ii. 52, t. 70, fig. 1, A, 
B. Osmothamnus fragrans and bath, DC. Prodr. vii. 715. 
ALPINE HIMALAYA; alt. 11-16,000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan, common.—Dis- 
TRIB. Central and Northern Asia. 
A small shrub, 1 ft. ; branchlets scabrous and densely scaly. Leaves 1j by 3 in., 
cinnamoneous beneath and as it were tomentose from the layer of glands; petiole 
j-P in. Pedicels 4-12, 4-} in., glabrous; bracts i in., ovate, hairy. Calyzx-lobes 
Aë in., elliptic, obtuse, margin villous. Corolla-tube & in. throat hairy; lobes 4 in., 
elliptie-obovate, obtuse, entire. Stamens 6-8, included. ‘Ovary 5-4-celled, scaly ; 
style 35-3 in.; 4-5 stigmatic points rising above the widened truncate summit of the 
style. Capsule} in., ovoid. Seeds oblong, subacute ; testa lax, not produced even at 
the ends. 
** Calyx very shortly, or obsoletely lobed. 
37, R. Maddeni, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 18; leaves oblong or 
elliptic acute glabrous densely ‘scaly beneath, corymbs 4-12-flowered, calyx- 
