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winged, albuminous; testa loose. — Distrib. Species 10; Himalaya and 

 the mountains of Burma and of the Malayan Peninsula. 



PiEEis OVALIFOLIA, D. Don in Edinb. Phil. Journ, XVII. (1834) 

 159. A tree ; young branches whitish-puberulous at first, afterwards 

 black and glabrous, about a third as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, ovate, shortly acuminate, the base broad and rounded, 

 the edges very slightly recurved ; upper surface blackish-brown when 

 dry, glabrous, the lower of a paler brown, minutely reticulate, puberu- 

 lous on the midrib and nerves ; main-nerves 12 to 15 pairs, spreading, 

 curving slightly upwards, sharply prominent on the lower surface, 

 indistinct on the upper ; length 4 to 5-25 in. ; breadth 2 to 2-75 in. ; 

 petiole -25 to -3 in. long, puberulous. Bacemes simple, axillary, 4 to 

 10 in. long, sometimes by suppression of the leaves forming a terminal 

 ialse panicle, more or less pubescent ; bracts -2 in. long, linear or 

 lanceolate. Calyx-teeth connate at the base. Corolla narrowly ovoid, 

 white. Capsule globose, glabrous, "2 in. in diam. Seeds small, linear- 

 oblong. DC. Prod. VII. 599; Loudon, Arb. Brit. 570, fig. 1070; 

 Clarke in Hook. f. PL Br. Ind. III. 460. Andromeda ovalifolia, Wall. 

 €at. 763, and in Asiat. Eesearch, XIII. 391 {ivith fig.) ; Don Prod. 

 148 ; Wight Ic. t. 1199 ; Brandis For. Flora, 280 ; Kurz in Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng., 1877, Pt. II. 216, For. Fl. Burm. II. 192. A. elliptica, 

 •Sieb. & Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. 11. 126. Thihaiidia, Griff. Ic. PI. 

 Asiat. t. 514. 



Peeak, at an elevation of 5,000 feet : Wray 1522. — Distrib. 

 Himalaya up to 8,000 ft. ; Khasia Hills ; Burma ; Japan. 



4. Ehododendron, Linn. 



Shrubs or trees, often aromatic often scaly. Leaves coriaceous, 

 entire, alternate, rarely sub-opposite or in false whorls, often clustered 

 near the ends of the branches. Floivers in terminal fascicles or pseudo- 

 corymbs, rarely solitary or axillary ; bracts broad, usually caducous, 

 bracteoles linear. Calyx persistent, 5-lobed, rarely cupular, sometimes 

 ;small or obsolete. Corolla campanulate, salver-shaped or funnel-shaped, 

 the tube long or short, the limb 5- to 10-lobed. Stamens usually 10 

 but sometimes 5 or 18 ; anthers oblong, dehiscing by terminal pores. 

 Ovary 5- to 20-celled ; style long or short, filiform ; stigma capitate ; 

 ■ovules numerous in each cell. Capsule short or elongate, always 

 woody, 5- to 20-celled, septicidally dehiscent, the valves separating 

 from the placentas from above downwards. Seeds numerous, ellipsoid, 

 albuminous, the testa often crested or tailed at one end or at both. 

 — Distrib. Species about 160, in mountainous parts of Europe, Asia, 

 and North America. 



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