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8 ; ovary o-celled. — R. salignum ; Sikkim Rhod., PI. XXIII. 

 A. ; R. el(Eagnoides, PI. XXIII, ; R. obovatum, part 2, page 6. 



24. R. vaccinioides — a small, very slender, sparingly branched 

 shrub, sometimes epiphytical, with the branches scarred ; branch- 

 lets leaf and flower stalks and underside of leaves sparingly 

 scaly ; leaves coriaceous, obovate, blunt or notched, narrowed 

 into a short stalk, quite smooth and bright green above, paler 

 below ; flowers solitary, terminal, on slender stalks ; sepals ovate, 

 blunt ; tube of the corolla short, hairy inside, white ; lobes 

 spreading, rourided ; stamens 10, exserted ; filaments hairy ; 

 ovary o-celled. — Sikkim Rhod., part 2, page 3. 



§ VII, Calyx of 5 short lobes. Corolla with the tube short, 

 funnel-shaped, lobes long, narrow, spreading. Stamens 8. 

 Style slender. Ovary o-celled. — Small scaly shrubs, with 



■ Azalea-like flowers. 



25. R. virgatu?n — a slender erect shrub ; branchlets leaf and 

 flower stalks underside of leaves calyx and ovary densely studded 

 with scales ; leaves linear, oblong or ovate, sharp or blunt with 

 a short point, rounded or cordate at the base, on short foot- 

 stalks, bright green and shining above, glaucous and sometimes 

 rusty below ; flowers 2 to 3 together, nodding on rather long 

 stalks, yellow or pale purple ; calyx lobes rounded, ciliated ; 

 corolla variable in size, tube short, conical, lobes 5, oblong, 

 blunt; stamens 8 to 10; ovary o-celled. — Sikkim Rhod-,V\. 

 XXVI., A. ; and R. triflorum, PI. XIX. 



26. R. setosum, Don— a very small shrub; branchlets leaf- 

 stalks and margins of the leaves bristly ; these parts, as well as 

 the flower-stalks both sides of the leaves calyx and ovary 

 densely scaly ; leaves on short foot-stalks, small, oblong or obo- 

 vate, deep green above, rather glaucous below ; flowers red- 

 purple, 2 to 4 together, terminal on rather short stalks ; sepals 5, 

 oblong, blunt ; tube of tlie corolla very short, lobes linear, 

 oblong, spreading ; stamens 8 to 10, exserted ; ovary 5-celled. — 

 Sikkim Rhod., PI. XX. 



27. R. nivale — a small, depressed, prostrate, spreading shrub, 

 with very woody stem and branches, everywhere studded (except 

 the corolla) with scales ; leaves crowded, verj^ small, elliptical, 

 blunt, almost sessile, lurid green; flowers terminal, solitary, on 

 very short stalks ; sepals 5, oblong, blunt ; corolla pink purple, 

 tube very short, hairy inside, lobes oblong, blunt ; stamens 8 to 10 ; 

 anthers large; ovary o-celled. — Sikkim Rhod., PI. XXVI., B. 



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