PJwdore(P.] XCIII. ERICACE^. GOl 



Series 2» Graveoh'utes. Fruticuli, rarius frutk-es. Fulia iiersititcntia w^pius biennia, lepidota y, 

 seto&a. Gemmpe floriferse apliyll^e, 1- pauciflorae, ante antheMn globosse ; squamae pauciBeriatse, ex* 

 teriores cseteris vix breviores. CoruUa stepius rotjvto-ciunpanulata fauce gfabra, limbo 5-lobo. 

 Stamina 5, 8 v. 10. Ovarium 5-loculare- Species fere omnes monticolae, in reglonibus frigidissimis 

 frequentea. Rhododendri sect. OsTiiothamnus, pro maxima parte, Maxim, Rliod. As, Or, 15, . 



Siib^erks 1, Calyx foliaceus, 6-parlitus. Corolla campaiiulata, E. pumiUvi, Hook, t Rhod. 



Sikk. Ilimal, t, 14, 



Subseries 2. Calyx foliaceus, 5-partitus. CoroUse tubus br^^vis, fiuljglol>o.sus ; lobi 5, pateiites 

 concavi, i?, lepidotnm, W^Ul, ; Roylc Illustr, Bot Himal t 64, Bot. Mag. t. 4657. 4802. 



Subseries^. . Calyx breviter o-Iobus. Corollas tubus brevte, iiifundibulajns, limbi lobi patentcs 

 eloiigati. B. tietosiim, Uon, Hook, f. Eliod. Sikk. Himal. t. 20, 7?, parvifolium, Adam, B. nivahy 

 H6ok. f. I.e. t, 26. li. micTanfMrn, Turcz, ; Maxim. Jihod. As, Or. 18, t. 4- f, 1-10, 



Subseries 4. Calyx 5-dentJLtus v. 5-lolnis, Corolla tubuloso-campanulata. Species Kuropne 

 alpiiiEC, B^ferrugineum, Linn., Reichb, Ic. Fl. Germ, t. 1157, 1158, i?. kirmtum, Linn-, Bot, Mag, t, 

 1853, R. lapponicum, Wahlenb,, Bot, Mag, t. 3106, Hie quoque pertiuet i?. ericoidis, Huok, f, in 

 Hook. Ic. t, 887, spfcies Bornceiisis foliis ericoidels et corolla lobis erofiis. 



Series 3. Osmoihamnus. Frutieuli graveolentes. Folia per&istentia, subtus tomentosfl. Gemmae 

 florifera? nphyllse, ante anthesin subglobosEe, multiflorse, squamts pauciseriatis. Corolla hypocrateri- 

 morpha. tnbo leote eurvo, fauce villos>i. Stamina 5-7^ fere inclusa- Ovarium 4-6-locnlare. Species, 

 pace Maxiniovitzio, uiiica, montium Asiae nustralis et Himalayse maxime alpiiiae, Bcn/le, llbtstr. Him. 

 Bot. t. 54:. Bot, Mag. t. 3947, Paxt, Mag, t. 147 cum ic. O^motha^inos, DC. Prod, vii- 715- 

 Bhododend-i-i stct, I*ogonantham, G. Don, Gen, Syst, iii, 845, PC. I.e. 725, 



Series 4. Azaka, Maxim. Fruticcs piibe molli pilosi, saepe glandulosi. Folia membranacen, 

 annua, rarissime coriacea. Gemmae floriferae aphyUae sed gemniis foliiferis circumdat^e, squamis 

 4-6-fceriatis" inteiioribus longioribus. Corolla infu^idibularis v, infimdibulari-campanulata, tubo 

 brevi. Umbo 5'fido v. 5-partito, interdura 2-labjato. Stamina 5 v. 10. Species Asiae orientahs et 

 Americae borealis iacolae, una Pontica, sed nullEe Himalaicae, Azale^ sp. plurima^ J)C\ Prod, vii, 

 715 aliorumque. 



Subneries 1. Folia patentia, apices versus ramulorum conferta, basi latiora, Gemmanim squamae 

 imbricatse, subperaistentes. Corolla aperta, Maxim, Bhod. As. Or. t. 2, /, 1-6. Bot, Big. l847, 

 t. 3, Begd, Gartenfi. L 586. 



Stibserics 2, Folia ad bafin nunquam latiora, Flores gemmarum squamis interiorilius elongalis 

 tantum superstitibus stipati, Maa:im. I.e. t. 2,/ 7-13 et 14-20. Hie includenda B. pontktim 

 {Az(dea, Linn., Bot. Mag. t. 433, 2383 ; ANTmniRNDRON, Eficlib, Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1159) ; B. sineiise. 

 Sweet, Brit Fl. Gard. t. 290, Bot, Mag, t. 3905 {Azalea), aliaque quarum pauca, scil, i?. Bhodone, 

 Don {^\\.o\}0\ih. mnadensis, Linn.), et B, macrosepalum, Maxim., corolla 2-labiata gaudent. Eadem 

 corollic forma occurrit in R. sinensis individuis depaupcratis ex Maxim, I. c. 29. B. macrosepalum, 

 inter banc seriem et Tsiisiam umbigit. 



Series 6, Tsiisia, Maxim. 1, c, 32 (charactere a el, aucture in litteris emendato), Fruticrs pnbe 

 ectoso-paleacea interdum glandulosa, nuuquajn lanata nee lepidota. Folia annua, membr^maeea v. 

 coriacea. Gemmae foUatae, foliis in squamas plus minus sensim abeuntibus. Innovationes infra 

 gemmam floriferam v. in asillis summis foliorum protleuntes, subnudac (squamis 2-4 vix gemmam 

 obtegentibus). Corolla campanulata. Stamina 6 v. 10, Ovarium 5-Ioculare, Azalk^: e^p, Lijui. 

 et aiict. plur. Typus est R. indtcnm, S^'eet; Bot. Mag- t. 1480, 2:»00, 2GC7 {Azalea). Ei addent'ae 

 Azalea americana^ plurimae auetorum, Torr. Fl. N. York, t. 66, Bot, Mag. L 1721, 2143, 5005, Bot, 



Beg. t. 414. 



B, Lifloresceniia lateralis, e gemma propria perulafa, in axiUis foliorum s^tmmorum rami annotini 



sita, foliis in axifioriftro mdlis. * 



Series 6. Bhodorastrum, Maxim. Ehod, As. Or, 43, Folia annua, lepidota, tenuiter coriacea, 

 Flores solltirli. Corolla campanulata. Stamina 10, Species 2, Bimalay^ et Asiae boreali-orien- 

 talis incolse. B. dahuricum, Linn,, Pall. Fl, Koss. t, 32, Bot. Mag. t, ti36, 1888, et R. virgatum, 

 Hook, f., Bot- Mag, t. 5060. 



Series 7. Kcysia, Maxim, 1. c, 15, FoHa perennia, Flores fasciculati. Corolla tubulosa, turgida,- 

 limbi lobis incurvis. R, Ktysii, Nutt. in Bot. Mag, t. 4875 ex Himalaya orientali. 



Series 8. Acalcastnm, Maxim. I.e. 45, Folia curiaceji v, mtimbranacea et anrma. Corolla sub- 

 rotata. Stamina 5. Fruliculi pube brevishima simplici pilis longioribus glandulobis intermixt:i. 





