Tas. 4524. 
RHODODENDRON JASMINIFLORUM. 
Jessamine-flowered Rhododendron. 
Nat. Ord. ErtcacE®.—DECANDRIA Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, TaB. 4336.) 
RHopopENDRON jasminiflorum ; glabrum, foliis brevi-petiolatis oblongo-obovatis 
acutis, umbella multiflora, calyce nano obscure 5-lobo, corolle (albee) hypo- 
crateriformis tubo elongato stricto basi vix gibboso, limbo equali lobis 
patentibus obovatis undulatis, ovario cylindraceo lepidoto, filamentis styloque 
pubescentibus. 
At the first, and truly splendid, Exhibition of flowers at the 
Chiswick Gardens of the present year (1850), few plants 
excited greater attention among the visitors most distinguished 
for taste and judgment, than the one here figured, from the 
nursery of Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter. Many excelled it in splen- 
dour ; but the delicacy of form and colour of the flowers (white 
with a deep pink eye), and probably their resemblance to the 
favourite Jessamine (some compared. them to the equally favourite 
Stephanotis), attracted general notice. So unlike, indeed, are 
they to the ordinary form of Rhododendron blossoms, that the 
‘Gardeners’ Chronicle,’ in recounting the prizes of the day, 
seemed to imply that this was probably no Rhododendron 
at all! If the author of the paragraph had referred to the 
figure of the Indian R. Anthopogon, figured in the * Botanical 
Magazine,’ Tab. 3947, he would see there as truly a salver- 
shaped corolla, and nearly as regular a limb : the more remars- 
able character is the great length and straightness of the tube. 
It is a native of Mount Ophir, Malacca ; elev. 5000 feet ; having 
been there discovered by Mr. Thomas Lobb, and transmitted to 
the nursery of Messrs. Veitch. It seems a ready flowerer. The 
specimen here figured was drawn in September of 1849, and still 
finer flowering plants were shown at the May Exhibition at 
Chiswick, in 1850. : 
Dzscr. A small shrub, as reared by Messrs. Veitch, one foot 
JuLY Ist, 1850. 
