named but not described by Mr. Griffiths and detected by him 
in Kastern Himalaya. ‘The flowers are a delicate white, tinged 
with yellow and rose, and have five external stripes of red. 
Descr. Our plant forms a small slender shrub, with deep- 
reddish-brown branches, the younger ones downy. Leaves ob- 
longo-obovate, obtuse, often with a small mucro, pale and glaucous 
beneath, tapering into a short foot-stalk, the younger ones hairy 
and of a very pale green. Peduncles short, m pairs, from the 
apex of the branches, soon over-topped with young shoots and 
then appearing lateral, bracteated at the base, dracteas ovate or 
obovate, brown. Calyx very small, obscurely five-lobed, often 
with long cilia. Stamens ten : filaments pilose. Anthers small, 
purple. Ovary ovate, five-lobed, five-celled, dotted with copious 
minute scales. Style scaly or hairy. Stigma capitate, obscurely 
five-lobed. W. J. H. : 
Cuxr. This pretty species of Rhododendron is not sufficiently 
hardy to bear our winters without protection. It will be best 
treated as a greenhousé plant, placing it along with Chinese 
Azaleas, &e., potting it in light peat mixed with a small portion 
of turfy loam, care being taken to have the pot well drained. 
The plant is increased by seed, which should be sown in pans 
filled with turfy peat to within an inch of the top, the re- 
mainder being made up of finely sifted peat mixed with a fourth 
part of sharp white sand. As the seeds are very small, they 
require no covering, a gentle pressure on the surface of the 
mould being quite sufficient. The pans should be placed in a 
warm or moist frame in a shady corner of the stove, and germi- 
nation will be hastened by placing a bell-glass over the pan, 
having a less diameter than the pan. To avoid the risk of 
disturbing the seeds in watering, it is advisable not to take off 
the bell-glass ; but by allowing the water to fall between the 
margin of the pan and glass, the mould will gradually absorb 
the water which will become diffused throughout the mass, and 
secure a uniform degree of moisture for the seeds. Shading 
during the day must be attended to both previous to and after 
germination, gradually admitting air and light as the young 
plants obtain strength. No doubt this species will readily 
hybridize with its allies and produce varieties, which can be 
maintained and increased by graftings on some of the more 
common species of the genus. /. S. 
Fig. 1 and 3. Varieties of the calyx, ovary, and style. 2. Stamen —magnified. 
