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RHODODENDRON FERRUGINEUM. 



Rust-leaved Rose-bav. 



Decandria. Monogynia. 



Class 10. Order 1. 



Litui. Si/st. 405. Spec. 562. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Vide Ehododendron arbor eum. PI. 7. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves smooth, leprous underneath : corollas funnel-shaped. 



Stems very much branched, towards the ground spreadhig ; 

 they rise about a foot and a half high. The leaves are rather 

 in clusters towards the extremity of the branches, dry, coria- 

 ceous, ovate, narrowed at both ends, bent back at the edge ; 

 underneath they are ferruginous, with innumerable little dark 

 coloured dots ; the younger leaves have generally a few cili- 

 ate hairs, but these afterwards disappear. Flowers in an up- 

 right raceme at the end of every branchlet. Peduncles one- 

 flowered, upright, dotted. Corollas nodding, of a beautiful 

 rose colour, with yellowish dots, they have little or no scent. It 

 has been known to vary with white flowers. The two lower 

 segments of the corolla are a little narrower and longer than 



