rJtodorcce.] XCIII. ERICACEAE. 597 



S-sulcata, Crustacea, S-locularis, ab apice deorsum loculicide 5-valvis, valvis 2-fidis abaxi 

 crasso placentifero salutig, intus supr^. medium hiantibup, polysperma, Semina minuta, 

 ellipsoidea, testa Crustacea punctulata , . . • — I'Tuticulus humilis, rainosus, ramulis gla- 

 bris. Folia sparsa, brevitur petiolata, elliptico-lanceolata, integerrimaj setoao-ciliata^ 

 scmpervirentia, nitida, Flores ad apices raiiiuloniiu solitai^ii, longe gracilcpedunculati, 

 pro planta magni, rosci, suberecti, peduaqulQ^.calycequeglaiiduloso-pilQsis. Capsula erecta. 

 —lihodudendri sect. Azalece habitu floribusque simillimus,_^ 



Species 1 {Rhododendron Cha'nuecistus, Linn-), Alpium Austrise et Bavaria .incola. DC. Trod- vii. 



726. Schkukr, HandK 111. Bqt. Mug. t. 488 {o??tn. sub Hhododcndi-o). Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 



1157,/ 4, 5- 



39. Biplarrfie, Hook, / ei Thorns,. in.IIooL Kew J^onrn, vi, 382, t, XI, — Sepala 5, 

 Bubffiqualia, persisteutia, ciliata. Corojla hypocraterimori^ha, coriacea, tubu lato ; liiubus 

 6-lobuSj lobis patentibu^ imbricatis. Stamina 10, 2-seriata3 inclusa^ 5 lobis corollsD 

 alterna corollre tubq affixa^ 5 alterna demissius affixar v. omniru). hypogyna, filamentis 

 breviter filiformibus ; antherise dorsilixa^, parv^, subglobosie, dorso inutic^j rimis loiigi- 

 tudinalibus delaiscentes. Discus parvus, 10-lobus, Ovarium globosum, 5-loGulare ; 

 stylus brevis, crassus, stigmate capitato 5-Iobo ; ovula in loculis numerosa, placentis 

 an^^ulo interiori adnatis multiseriatim inserta. Capsula globosa, calyce inclusaj Crustacea, 

 5-lacularis, septicide 5-valvisj valvis 2'lamullutis a septis mcmbranaccis. axi persisteiiti 

 placentifero adnatis solutisj polysperma,, Semina obovato-cuneata, testa laxa reticulata, 

 albumine grani;loso ; embryo minutus, axilis, cylindraceus, cotyledonibus brevibus. — 

 Fruticuli ericpidei, ramulis cicatrieatis ascendent ib us, Fulia parva, sessiliaj alterna, laxe 

 imbricata, elliptico-lanceolata, conaceaj lucida, marginibus serratis ciliatisve, apice sub- 

 acuta V. glandula terminata. Flores paryi, in capitulum terminale aggregati, rosei, 

 'T-bracteati et 2-bracteolati; 



Species 2, Himalajae orieutalis incolse. Walp. Ann. v. 444, ; 



40. ieiopbyllum, Ftrs, Syn. PL i- 477 (Ledi £fec(-) (Ammyvsine, Pilrsh^ FL Am. 

 ScpL i. 301. FiscHEEA, Sivaiiz, in Mem. Soc. Imp, Nat, Mosc. v. 14, t, 1, Dbndrium, 

 Desv. Joifni. Bot. I (1813), 36)-— Calyx S-partitus, segmentis rigidis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acutis, persistans. Petala 5, sessilia, oblonga, obtusa, imbricata. Stamina 10, liypogyna, 

 exserta, fihunentisfilifo^niibusglabris ; antlieric parva?, dorso affixee, subgloboso-didymse, 

 dorso muticEe, rimis auticis dehiscentes. Discus craasus, 10-lobus, Ovarium ovoideum 

 V- subo-Iobosum, 2-5'lqbum, 2-5-loculare ; stylus cylindraceus, stigmate^ simi>lici trun- 

 cato ; ovula in loculis numerosa, placentis axi adnatis multiseriatim inscrta, horizon- 

 talia. Capsula parva, crustacea, subglobosa, 2-5-locularis, ab^apice septicide 2-5-valvis, 

 valvis intus placentiferis, Senii^na minuta, obovoidea, testa scrobi^Tulata, . , , — Fruticuli 

 glabri, humiles, gemmis squamosis- Folia parva, alterna, conferta, biruvissimc petiolata, 

 oblun<^a intcurrima, crasse coriacea, nitida, sempcrvircntia, Inervia. Flores parvi, rosei 

 V. albi in corymbos terminales multitjoros dispositi, pcdicellis crectis pubei-ulis basi brae- 

 teatis ; bracteis oblongis obtusis. 



Species 2, civitaturaoTiwitaliurQ Americieburealiaincolse. DC. Prod, xiu 729. Lam.Illuslr, t 363 

 (Ledii^/i), BvU Hey. t, 531 {AmmyrsUe). Stniiua matura uon vidimus. 



41. XiGdotbamnus, M*^i§m- in Mart. Fl. Bras, vii. 172. — Calyx 5-6-partitus, scg- 

 mentis lanceolatis acuminatis glanduloso-ciliatia, persistens. Fetala 5-6, patentia, obo- 

 vato-cuneata, apice erosa, imbricata- Stamina 10-12, filamentis brevibua com^ressis 

 subulatis ; antherie dorsifixru, filamentis longiores, lineari-oblongic, obtus;e, dorso mutic*u, 

 apice 24ob;t!, rimis longitudinalibus dehiscentes. Discus crassus, 5-gonus.^ Ovarium 

 ovoideum granulatum, 5-6-sulcatum^ 5-C-lociiJare ; stylus brevis, validiis, din persistens, 

 sti'nuate capitellato 5-04obo ; ovula in loculis uumcrosa, placentis angulo interiori aupra 

 mellium adnatis pauciseriatini inserta, Capsula conico-ovoidca, obtusa, sublignosa, 

 vemiculosa, 5^6-locularis, septicide D-G-valvis, valvis superne iiitus luanUbus iaferne' 



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