C 3439 ) 
RHODODENDRON CALENDULACEUM, var. fulgidum. 
FLAME-COLOURED RHODODENDRON ; orange-red var. 
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Class and Order. 
DecanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Enricez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal, 5-partitus. Cor. infundibuliformis, 5-loba. Stam. 
5—10, declinata : antheris apice biporosis, Capsula 5-locu-. 
laris, 5-valvis, ab apice dehiscens, valvarum marginibus im- 
flexis dissepimenta formantibus. Recepiaculum centrale, 
5-angulare. Semina membrana involuta. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ruopopenpron calendulaceum ; foliis oblongo-ovalibus 
adultis hirsutis, corolle tubo laciniis breviore. piloso 
subviscido, calyce villoso. 
Azauea calendulacea. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 151. 
Var. croceum. Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1721. 
Var. fulgida. Tab. nostr. t. 3439. 
This very beautiful plant was received by the Glasgow 
Botanic Garden from Mr. Matcotm as the var. fulgida of 
Azalea (now RHopovENDRON) calendulacea. It is, we believe, 
a hybrid variety, and if we may judge from the appearance, 
between R. Ponticum and R. nudiflorum, var. coecineum ; 
but of the parentage we will not undertake to speak : suffice 
it to say, that it reeommends itself no less by the fine colour 
of its inflorescence, than by the bright green of its leaves, 
which spreading out beneath the corymbs of flowers, forma 
rich back ground to them. Cultivated in pots forced in the 
conservatory in the spring months, there are few plants 
better calculated to enliven a collection than the present. 
It comes near the “‘ Copper-coloured High-clere Azalea” of 
Bot: Reg. t. 1366, but is infinitely superior in point of rich- 
ness.of colour. 
