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* RHODODENDRON arb6ieum; var. cinnamomeuin. 

 Cinnamon-coloured Tree Rhododendron. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNU. 



Nat. ord. Ekicaceje. 



RHODODENDRON. Suprd, vol. \.fol. 37. 



R. arhoreum. Siipn) vol. 20. fol. 1684. 



<j. cinnamomeuin ; floribus candidis, foliis subtiis cinnamomeis. 



R. cinnamomeum. If'allich in litt. 1824. Cat. herb. ind. no. 760. 



This variety of the Indian Tree Rhododendron is very 

 like the white sort already figured in this work at fol. 1684 ; 

 but it appears to differ in having the clusters more compact, 

 the purple spots on the corolla larger, darker, and more 

 numerous, the white less clear, and the leaves covered on 

 the under side with a clear, bright, cinnamon-coloured fur. 



About the year 1822, a considerable quantity of seed of 

 this plant was sent to England by Dr. Wallicli, through the 

 Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company ; 

 but the plants that were thus obtained do not appear to have 

 blossomed before that which furnished the accompanying 

 drawing, in the Nursery of Messrs. RoUisson of Tooting, in 

 April last. 



It has been supposed that it was E. campanulatnm 

 which Dr. Wallich intended by the name of rinnmnomeuni, 

 and that the former name was given by Mr. Herbert, and 

 adopted by Mr. Don, to the same plant as the latter. But 

 this does not seem to be Dr. Wallich's opinion, for while 



• See folio 1240. 



