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RHODODENDRON PONTICUM. PURPLE 
RHODODENDRON. 
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Clafs and ‘Order. 
DecanbDRia MonocyNiaA,. 
Generic Characer. — 
Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. infundibuliformis. Stamina declinata. 
Cap/. 5-locularis. dered 
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Specific Charader and Synonyms. 
-RHODODENDRON ponticum; foliis nitidis Ianceolatis 
- utrinque glabris, racemis terminalibus. 
Spec. Pl. 562. Facq. Icon. rar. 1. t. 78« 
: Pall. Roff. 1. p. 43. t. 2g- Hort. Kew. 
: 2. p. 67. Martin Mill. Did. 
RHODODENDRON ponticum ; foliis oblongis glabris utrin- 
Ejufdem Sp. Pl. 2. p. 606. 
CHAMRHODENDROS pontica maxima, folio lauro- 
— cerafi. Tourn, Cor. 42. It, 2. p. 99- . 
This beautiful ever-green fhrub is a native of Gibraltar, the 
Levant, and of Georgia, particularly on the fouthern fide of 
Mount Caucafus, growing-in the rocky moift woods of beech 
and alder, and fometimes acquiring the height of eight or nine 
feet. As Parxias had no opportunity of procuring a living 
fpecimen in bloffom from Caucafus, his figure was taken from 
the Gibraltar variety, familiar as he fays to the Englifh gardens ; 
and he doubts if this be the fame f{pecies with that defcribed by 
Tournerort; becaufe he fays it wants the fpots on the 
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