80 CLIMATE AND VEGETATION OF 



corolla elono^ated, witli 5 spreading lobes; stamens 18 to 20; 

 ovary lO-cefled.— ^SVA/^m RhocL, V\. XVIII. 



20. R. crnyiaharinum — a slirub witli slender branches ; un- 

 derside of leaves leaf and flower stalks calyx and ovary studded 

 with small scales ; leaves ovate or oblong, lanceolate, sharp at 

 both ends, rather opaque, green above, tawny or rusty coloured 

 below ; flowers rather small, nodding, 4 to 8 together, in loose 

 heads ; calyx lobes very variable in size ; corolla brick-red, tube 

 long, lobes rounded, spreading, rather siiarp ; stamens 10 ; ovary 

 5-celled.— *^?'M/;/« Rhod., PI. VIII. ; and R. Roylei, PL VII. 

 (neither very characteristic figures). 



§ VI. Calyx of 5 lobes. Corolla with the tube very short and 

 swollen, the lobes spreading, concave. Stamens 8 to 10. 

 Style short and curved. Ovary 5-celIed. — Generally small 

 shrubs, sometimes epiphytes. Leaves (except in R. pendu- 

 lum) densely scaly. 



21. R. camellicejiorum — a slender shrub, generally pendulous 

 from the branches of trees ; branchlets flower and leaf stalks 

 under surface of the leaves calyx and ovary densely dotted with 

 small scales ; leaves elliptical, lanceolate, sharp at the end, 

 generally blunt at the base, bright gi-een above, brownish beneath, 

 on short stout foot-stalks ; flowers solitary or 2 together, on 

 short curved stalks; sepals thick and blunt; corolla white, of a 

 firm thick texture, dotted with scales ; stamens 16 ; filaments 

 short and thick ; ovary 10-celled. — Sikkim RhocL, PI. XXVIII. 



22. R. pendulum — a very slender shrub, generally hanging 

 from the branches of trees ; branchlets leaf and flower stalks 

 calyx and ovary densely covered with a rusty-brown wool, under 

 which are scattered scales ; leaves elliptical, blunt with a short 

 point, on very short leaf-stalks, bright green and shining above ; 

 flowers 2 together, small, white ; sepals membranous, oblong, 

 blunt ; corolla sparingly scaly outside ; tube short ; lobes large, 

 spreading; stamens 10; filaments woolly; ovary 5-celled. — 

 Sikkim Rhod., PI. XIII. 



23. R. lepidotum, Wall. — A small branching bush ; the branch- 

 lets leaf and flower stalks leaves generally on both sides calyx 

 and corolla externally more or less dotted with white or rusty 

 brown scales ; leaves obovate, lanceolate, or oblong, on short 

 petioles, of a pale or lurid green colour ; flowers terminal, solitary, 

 or 2 to 3 together on slender erect stalks; sepals 5, blunt; 

 corolla pale or deep yellow, or purple ; tube short, globose ; 

 lobes spreading, concave, the upper more or less spotted ; stamens 



