86 A NOTICE OF SOME SPECIES OF 



Its leaves are 6 or 7 inches long, and about Lj inch broad. 

 The flowers are nearly 3 inches long and about 2 across the 

 limb ; they are of a rich fiery red, with a pale violet-coloured 

 throat; the anthers are deep brown. In the drawing before me 

 they are uniformly repi'eseiited as having one or two of tlieir 

 lobes bent downwards more than the others ; this peculiarity is 

 also traceable in the dried specimens. 



The accompanying figure is much reduced below the natural 

 size, as will be evident from the measurements given above. 



III. — Rhododendron verticillatum. Loio. 



Sp. Char. Young branches slightly downy. Leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, stalked, heart-shaped at the base, downy on the petiole 

 and midrib, dotted abundantly on the under side, arranged in 

 irregular whorls. Peduncles downy, as long as the flowers. 

 Calyx obsolete. Corolla nearly campanulate, with an erect 

 51obed limb. Anthers projecting, erect. 



Of this plant I have seen no drawing ; and the dried specimens 

 are imperfect. It is, however, perfectly distinct from the other 

 Malay Rhododendrons. Mr. Low has the following note about 

 it in his Journal, October 14, 1846 : — 



" Near the top of the mountain (Gunong Penerissen, 4700 ft.) 

 I discovered a plant of the smaller-leaved Rhododendron, which, 

 for distinction's sake, I call R. verticillatum, in flower. On pro- 

 curing it, which was done with some difficulty, as it was epiphy- 

 tal on a tree overhanging the rocky side of the mountain, it had 

 but one head of expanded flowers, which were of a reddish crim- 

 son colour, without spots. It was of large size in proportion to 

 the leaves and stems, being 10 inches in diameter, and very com- 

 pact. The leaves are verticillate, many in a whorl, and the wood 

 buds are closely imbricated with scales, broad at the base, and 

 with recurved points. The roots are long and flesliy, like those 

 of the yellow Rhododendron (Brookeanum), It is found on the 

 sides of the Dacrydiums and other trees, which are covered at 

 that height with large and long moss. The atmosphere is very 

 damp'; and at night the thermometer stood at 64° F." 



The leaves of this plant are in form like those of lihododcn- 

 dron campanidatum, but are entirely free from the rusty down 

 which covers the under side of that species ; in its room the 

 surface is thickly studded with minute ferruginous points ; they 

 are convex, revolute at the edge, and the largest 4 inches long 

 by 2J wide. The flowers are between 2 and 3 inches long and 

 about If inch across the limb. 



