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RHODODENDRON* arboreum ; var. roseum. 

 Rose-coloured Tree Rhododendron. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Erice^. 



RHODODENDRON.— Suprcl, vol. 1. fol. 37. 



"R. arboreum; foliis glabrls lanceolatis subtiis micantibus, capsula valvulis 10, 



caule arboreo. 

 R. arboreum. Smith exot. hot. t. 9. Suprd, vol. 1 1 . fol. 890. 

 R. puniceum. Roxb. hort. beng. 33. 

 /3. roseum ; foliis subtus ferrugineis, floribus roseis. 



In speaking at fol. 890 of the Scarlet Tree Rhododendron, 

 we remarked, that there was in this country a variety with 

 leaves ferruginous beneath ; that variety is the subject of 

 the opposite plate. It differs from the true Scarlet Tree 

 Rhododendron, in having bright rose-coloured flowers, and 

 a little brown tomentum on the under side of the leaves, 

 besides which it is rather more hardy. 



Upon comparing the specimen with Dr. Wallich's 

 drawings, we find it perfectly identical with the plant as 

 it grows in India; and also that there is another variety, 

 having leaves ferruginous beneath, with white flowers. 



Our drawing was made in Mr. Joseph Knight's Nur- 

 sery, in the King's Road, in February last : the plant was 

 there cultivated in the Conservatory. 



Dr. Waliich kindly informs us, that this variety is found 

 no where except upon " the summit of Sheopore, the 

 highest mountain among those which confine the great 

 valley of Nipal on the north, and at an elevation of not less 



* From po^ov, a rose, and y-v^^ov, a tree ; in allusion to the bunches of 

 rose-coloured flowers with which it is covered. 

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