[Plate 7-1 
THE CEYLON RHODODENDRON. 
(RHODODENDRON ROLLISSONII.) 
A half-hardy Tree, from the Mountains of Ceylon, belonging to the Natural Order of Heatiiwokts. 
Specific Cfjarartrr 
THE CEYLON RHODODENDRON.— A small tree. 
Leaves short, oblong, acute, obtuse, or even heart-shaped 
at the base, wavy, very rugose and convex, revolute at the 
edge, covered beneath with close pale brown wool. 
Flowers in small heads. Flowerstalks woolly. Calyx 
obsolete. Corolla campanulate, slightly spotted. Ovary 
many- celled. 
RHODODENDRON ROLLISSONII.- Arboreum ; foliis 
brevibus oblongis acutis basi obtusis cordatisve undu- 
latis rugosissimis convexis margine revolutis subtus to- 
meiito denso fulvo tectis, umbellis densifloris, pedunculis 
tomentosis, calyce obsoleto, corolla campanulata pare* 
punctata, ovario multiloculari. 
Rhododendron RoUissonii : Botanical Register, t. 25, 1843, alias R. zeylanicum of the Garden*. 
rpHE followin 
surpassin 
rder, and proves to be a very fine 
oreum, or any of the numerous hybr 
ng, far 
arietk 
that have originated from it. The ragged corky bark, and rough, wrinkled thick haves, revolute at 
the margin, and clothed underneath with a somewhat rusty-coloured pubescence, give a peculiar 
character to the plant, by which it may be easily recognised. The head of flowers is round and 
urn, but the colour is much richer, being a deep blood red, with 
dark 
under the name of R. Rollis; 
i,«o t>^+ vpf flowered with i 
Both have 
growing 
sufficiently hardy to withst 
winter) without injury 
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This letter was written bv Mr. W 
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drawi 
hyn, in Cornwall, whence also 
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