Tas. 8497, | 
RHODODEN DRON AUGUSTINIT. 
China. | 
Ertcackeark. Tribe Ruoporear. 
Ruopopenpnon, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 599. 
Rhododendron Augustinii, Hems/. in Journ, Linn. Soc. vol. xxvi. p. 19; Flora 
& Sylva, 1905, p. 162; Rev. Hort. 1909, p. 19; Le Jardin, 1909, p. 158; 
Hemst. et Wilson in Kew Bull. 1910, p. 114; Gard. Chron, 1912, vol. lii. 
p- 4; ab affini A. lutescente, Franch., foliorum costa subtus pubescent 
facile distinguendum. 
Frutex 1-1°5 m. altus; ramuli primum pubescentes, pallide corticati, lepidoti, 
demum glabri, cortice brunneo obtecti, lepidibus sparsioribus vix con- 
spicuis instructi. Folia lanceolata vel late lanceolata, apice acuta vel 
fere acuminata, mucronata, basi obtuse cuneata, 4-6°2 cm. longa, 1-3-2-2 
em. lata, chartacco-coriacea, supra viridia, puberula, subtus pallidiora, 
costa tantum conspicue longe albo-pubescentia, lepidibus satis crebris 
ornata, costa subtus prominente, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 8 
pagina utraque subconspicuis, nervulis supra impressis, margine parum 
revoluta; basin versus juventute setis paucis longis instructa; petioli 
3-7 mm. longi, pubescentes. Perdicelli 11-17 mm. longi, lepidoti. Ca/ycis 
lobi breves, apice rotundati, ciliati. Corolla campanulata; tubus 14 mm. 
longus; lobi 5, patentes, margine undulati, superiores maculati, ovati vel 
oblongo-ovati, acutiusculi vel obtusi ad 23 mm. longi et 16 mm. lati. 
Stamina 10, parum exserta, filamentis inferne pilosis. Ovariwm dense 
lepidotum nisi basi apiceque pilosum, stylus 35 mm, longus, glaber.— 
W. G. Crars. 
The Rhododendron now figured, which was_ originally 
named in compliment to Mr. Augustine Henry, its first 
discoverer, appears to be one of the most hardy and free- 
growing of the new Chinese species of the genus and 
thrives in any open soil free from lime, although the ideal 
soil is one of a peaty nature. It can be increased by 
cuttings made of the current year’s growth taken in late 
July when the wood is becoming firm. The plant from 
which our illustration has been prepared was obtained for 
Kew from Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons in 1908, their stock 
having been raised from seeds procured by Mr, E. H. 
Wilson, who met with the species both in Hupeh, where it 
had formerly been gathered by Mr. Henry, and in 
Szechuan. It is, however, probable that there was an 
independent and earlier introduction of this species to 
June, 1913. 
