( 1853 ) 



Rhododendron hirsutum. Hairy 

 Rhododendron. 



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Class and Order. 

 Decandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. subinfundibuliformis. Stam. declinata. 

 Caps. 5-locularis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Rhododendron hirsutum ; foliis ellipticis acutiusculis ciliatis 

 subtus punctatis, corollis infundibuliformibus. fVilld. 

 Sp. PL 2 p. 49. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 49. 



Rhododendron hirsutum ; foliis ciliatis hudis, corollis in- 

 fundibuliformibus. Sp. PL 562. Mart Mill. Diet. 4. 

 J acq. Austr. p. 61. t. 98. Scop. Cam. n. 480. Villars 

 Dauph. 3. p. 592. 



Rhododendron foliis ovatis, ciliatis, subtus punctatis. Hall. 

 Hist. n. 1016. 



Ledum alpinum hirsutum. Bauh. Pin. 468. Raj. Hist. 1005. 



Ledum alpinum. Clus. Pan. 74. fig-, bona, p. 82. 



Ledum alpinum sive Rosa alpina. Park. Theatr. 77. 



Balsa mum alpinum Gesneri. Lob. Ic. 367. 



Nerium alpinum quibusdam, aliis Ledum hirsutum. Bauh. 

 Hist. 2. p. 21 et 22. 



Cistus Ledon alpinum Clusii. Ger. Emac. 



Rhododendron hirsutum and ferrugineum are very much 

 alike. By the older Botanists they seem to have been con- 

 sidered as varieties only, and are for the most part described 

 tog-ether, as the smooth and hairy Mountain Rose. They 

 are, however, permanently distinct species. The flowers of 

 hirsutum are not so large, and rather less intense in colour 



than 



