74 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Corolla widely campanulate, tubular only at the base : — 

 All parts glabrous, leaves not glaucous and without scales ; 

 capsule 1 to 1-5 in. long . . . . . . . . 1. JR. javanicum. 



Lower surfaces of leaves glaucous, the nerves and reticula- 

 tions hairy ; capsule d in. long . . . . . . 2. E. Wrayi. 



Corolla narrowly campanulate or funnel-shaped, the tube 



inflated upwards and passing gradually into the limb ; flowers 



•35 to -85 in. long : — 

 Leaves obovate, -6 to "8 in., and rarely as much as 1 in. long : — 

 All parts glabrous except the inflorescence . . . . 3. R. paiiciflorum. 



All parts more or less scaly . . . . . . 4. J?, perakenxe. 



Leaves elliptic to elliptic-rotund, from 1-25 to 2 in. long . . 5. JR. Scortechinii. 



Corolla salver-shaped, the tube much longer than the limb : — 

 Tube of corolla from 1-25 to 1-6 in. long, and about -15 in. in 

 diam. from base to apex ; leaves sub-sessile, whorled, sparsely 

 scaly or glabrous . . . . . . . . 6. B. jasminiflorum^ 



Tube of corolla 2 in. long, -25 in. wide near the base, widen- 

 ing to -4 in. or more near the mouth ; petioles -35 to "5 in. long 7. R. longiflorum. 

 Tube of corolla -6 in. long and about -2 in. in diam. ; petioles 

 •4 to -6 in. long . . . . . . .. 8. R. malayanum. 



Species imperfectly known . . . . . . .. 9. R. duhium. 



1. Ehododendeon javanicum, Benn. PI. Jav. Ear. p. 85, t. 19. An 

 epiphytic shrub, 3 to 8 feet long ; all parts glabrous, esquamose ; young 

 branches rather thinner than a goose-quill. Leaves thinly coriaceous,, 

 elliptic or elliptic-oblong, tapering to the acute apex and base ; both 

 surfaces brown when dry (the lower rather the lighter), shining, the 

 midrib very prominent ; main-nerves about 8 or 10 pairs, interarching 

 rather far from the edge, faint on the upper surface, obsolete on the 

 lower, the intermediate nerves almost as prominent ; length 3'5 to 

 5'5 in. ; breadth 1-25 to 2 in. ; petioles '3 to '75 in. long. Umbels terminal, 

 5- to 7-flowered, enveloped in bud in broadly ovate apiculate bracts ;, 

 pedicels "5 to 1"5 in. ; bracteoles linear. Calyx cupular, less than "1 in. 

 deep, the mouth wavy. Corolla red, widely campanulate, 1-25 to 1*5 in. 

 long ; the tube widely funnel-shaped, cylindric at the base ; the limb 1-25' 

 to 1-5 in. wide, with 5 large, broad, blunt spreading lobes. Stamens 10, 

 shorter than the corolla-limb ; the filaments slender ; the anthers oblong. 

 Ovary glabrous or slightly scaly (hairy in var. Teysmanni) ; style 

 shorter than the stamens, clavate, hemispheric. Capsule narrowly 

 cylindric, 1 to 1-5 in. long, and only -25 in. in diam., glabrous, slightly 

 ridged, crowned by the whole or part of the style. DC. Prod. VII.. 

 721 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4366 ; M. des Serres (1847), t. 293 ; Miq. Fl. Ind.. 

 Bat. 11. 1057 ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I. 42, t. 1b ; Clarke in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 463. Vireya javanica, Blume Bijdr. II. 854. 



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