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Cultivated—Pai (white) tu kiian hua is Rhod. leucanthum, 
Bge. Cultivated. White flowers.— Ye (wild) tw kitan hua is 
Rhod. dauvicum, L. Wild-growing, rose-coloured flowers. 
China is very rich in Ihododendrons. The Ind. Fl. sin. 
[1I, 19-32] enumerates 65 Chinese species, including the sub 
genus Azalea. The flowers are for the greater part red, 
crimson, rose-coloured and white. Only a few Chinese species 
have yellow flowers, viz. Rhod. [Azalea] sinense, Sw. [ A. 
pontica, L. var. sinensis, Lindl., Bot. reg. t. 1253}],—Rhod. 
sulfureum, Franchet, from Yiinnan, —Rhod. lutescens, Franch., 
Father Davin, from Mupin.—Rhod. sinense is common in 
the mountains of Mid China, it is also much cultivated in 
Chinese gardens. European observers do not mention its 
poisonous properties. We know that the nearly allied yellow 
flowered Azalea pontica, 1.., possesses dangerous narcotic 
qualities. — 
According to Abbé Descoprys, in E. Tibet sheep and 
goats are poisoned by Rhododendron leaves [ Bull. Soc. Géogr., 
1873, 1, 333]. Atrcnisoy, in his “ Flora of the Kuram Valley” 
[J. Linn. Soc., XVIII], states that Rhododendron afghanicum 
[whitish green flowers] is poisonous to goats and sheep, 
Amun. exot., 845:— PR fH tecki tsjoku, vulgo tsutsus/, cum 
icone, p. 846. This is, according to Maximowticz [Rhodod. 
Asie orient, p. 37], Rhododendron [ Azalea] indicum, Sw. 
Amun. exot., 849 :—#E 8 to ken, vulgo satsuki. Cytisus 
Liliifer autumnalis, ete. According to Maximowicz [Phod. 
Asie orient, p. 39], this is probably Rhododendron { Azalea] 
_ indicum, yar. macranthum. 
Phon zo, XXIII, 21-24 :—26 BR FH. Various species of 
Rhododendron are figured under this Chinese name, viz. 21, 
22, yellow and rose-coloured flowers, Rhod. Keiskit, Miq..— 
22, Rh. Schlippenbachii, Maxim., rose-coloured,—23, Ithod. 
Albrechti, Max., rose-coloured,—23, Ehod. rhombicum, Miq., 
oS undetermined, white.— 
