474 LXXXII. ERICACER. (C. B. Clarke.) [Rhododendron. 
differs from some large-flowered glabrous examples of H. formosum, except by the 
crisped-crenulate margin of the corolla. 
40. R. cinnabarinum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 8; leaves 
oblong or elliptie glabrous, pedicels terminal clustered, calyx-lobes small 
unequal or obsolete, corolla-tube long narrow campanulate, lobes ovate, 
flowers orange rose or brick-red. Hook. f. in Journ. Hortic. Soc. Lond. vii. 80, 
101; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4788. R. Roylei, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 7. 
R. blandfordisetlorum, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4930 ; Fl. des Serres (1856), t. 1173; 
Gard. Chron. 1856, 548, with fig. ; 1871, 236, t. 53; Illustr. Hortic. ser. iii. t. 
112.—Rhododendron sp., Griff. Itin. Notes, 194, n. 1072. 
Brea ` alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. D. H., Ee, Buoran; alt. 10,000 ft., Griffith. 
A shrub, 4-8 ft. Leaves 2-3 by 1-12 in., acute or obtuse, beneath mealy white or 
cinnamoneous with scattered glandular scales; petioles 44 in. Pedicels 1-4 in., 
squamose or glabrous; bracts glabrous with ciliate margins. Corolla 1} by } in., 
pendulous. Stamens 10; filaments pilose at the base, Ovary 5-celled, glandular- 
scaly. Capsule -} by } in. Seeds ovoid or trigonous; testa close, hardly produced 
at all.—A most variable plant. 
4l. R. Keysii, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. (1853) 353 ; leaves lanceo- 
late narrowed at both ends glabrous, pedicels pseudo-terminal clustered on short 
axillary spurs, calyx-lobes minute, corolla-tube long cylindric lobes ovate, 
flowers pale brick-red whiter at the mouth. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4875; Fl. des 
Serres (1856), t. 1110; Regel Gartenfl. (1863) t. 415.—Rhododendron 8P., 
Griff. Itin. Notes, 141, n. 655 and 190, n. 1010 and Je. Pl. Asiat. t. 618. 
Buoran ; alt. 8-10,000 ft., Griffith, Booth. 
A shrub, 2.6 ft. Leaves 34 by 1 in., acute, base cuneate, beneath cinnamoneous 
with seattered glandular scales; petiole 4-4 in. Pedicels } in., scaly ; bracts 3 in., 
hairy. Corolla 3 by 4i in., pendulous; lobes hardly spreading. Stamens 10; fila- 
ments woolly below. Ovary ó-celled, glandular-sealy. Seeds oblong; testa close, 
produced as a crest at one end. 
42. R. triflorum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 19; leaves elliptic 
acute glabrous closely minutely scaly beneath, pedicels 1-5 fascicled terminal, 
corolla yellow, tube short campanulate, lobes ovate obtuse erect-patent. FV. des 
Serres, vii. t. 673. R. virgatum var., Hook. f. in Journ. Hortic. Soc. Lond. 
vii. 96. R. deflexum, Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 519.—Rhodoracea, Griff. Itin. 
Notes, 192, n. 1046. 
Sixxm and Buoran; alt. 7-8000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H., Ke, 
A shrub, 4-8 ft. Leaves 24 by 1 in., obtuse at the base; petiole 1 in.  Pedicels 
3-3 in., scaly; bracts 3-2 in., obovate, scaly, ciliate; bracteoles $ in., linear. Calyx- 
lobes subobsolete, Corolla-tube X in., lobes 2 in, often scaly without. Stamens 10 or 
8; filaments densely woolly near the base. Ovary 5-celled, scaly; style glabrous. 
Capsule i by lin. Seeds oblong, acute; testa close, 
SunaENUS IV. Rhodorastrum (Sect. Maxim. Rhod. As. Orient. 15). 
As .Eurhododendron ; but aes axillary, solitary, each sheathed at the base 
by several large eaducous bracts. 
43. R. virgatum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 26, A; leaves 
narrowly oblong acute glabrous glandular-scaly beneath, calyx-lobes small ovate 
obtuse, corolla purple, lobes 5 ovate entire spreading as long as the campanulate 
tube. Hook. f. in Journ. Hortic. Soc. Lond. vii. 81, 95 (excl. syn. R. triflorum); 
Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5060.— Azalea, Griff. Itin. Notes, 155, n. 770. 
Sıxx{ ; Choongtam, alt. 7-9000 ft., J. D. H. Buoran; alt. 7000 ft., Griffith. 
