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""Rhododendron Hanceanum, (Bean 



T. <£• 6V ii. ^60; A'. //. 1914, 202, t.) 



H. An evergreen shrub up to 10 ft. 

 high. Leaves oblanceolate to nar- 

 ro^^ly obovate, ^-4 in. long, J-lf in. 

 broad, dark green and somewhat 

 scaly above, pale and freely sprinkled 

 with small scales beneath. Flowers 

 numerous in 1 or 2 terminal clusters. 

 Calyx conspicuous, deeply lobed, 

 scaly. Corolla about 1 m. long, 

 deeply lobed, white to clear vellow. 

 Western China. (Arnold Arboiijtum.) 



""Rhododendron Houltstonii. [Dean, 



T. <€^ S, ii. 361.) H. Closely allied 

 to 7?. Fortitnei, which it resembles 

 in its glabrous leaves, purple petioles, 

 and 7-lubed corolla, but it differs in 

 having a glandnlar-hairv ovary and 

 style. Flowers flesh-pink, about Sin. 

 across. Central China. Syn. JR. For- 

 tune i, var. HoulUtonii. Rehd. & 

 Wils. (J. Veitch k Sons.) 



^Rhododendron Lllianii. {G. C, 1914, 



ly. 191; G. M, 11U4, 210, f.) H. 



Garden hybrid between R, arhorcuni 

 and R. ShihomL (R. Fox ; R. Gill 

 & Sons.) [= B, Cornuhia. See G. C. 

 1914, Iv. 238.] 



'Rhododendron rotundifolium. [Bean, 



T. <b 6'. ii. 377; K. B. 1914, 204.) H. 



Very distinct in its ncarlv orbicular 

 leaves, which are 2-4 in. long, usually 

 not so broad as long. Flowers 8 10 

 m a terminal truss. Calyx small 

 Corolla broadly campanulate, 2 in. 

 across, rosy red, 7-lobed. Western 

 Chma. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



Rhododendron Sheltonae. {Bean, T. 



<^ S. ii. 379.) H, An evergreen 

 shrub 4 6 ft. high. Leaves oval or 

 ovale, 2^-4 in. long, 1-1| in. broad, 

 clull green above, pale and rather 

 glaucous beneath, quite glabrous ; 

 petiole f-1 in. long. Flowers in 

 trusses of 8 or more. Corolla broadlv 

 canjpanulate, 7-lobed, 1^ in. across, 

 pink. Western China. (J. Veitch 

 & Sons.) ^ 



"Jl^^odendron strigiHosum. (A'. B, 



1^*14,385; Bran. T. .C ,S'. ii. 381.) H. 

 An evergreen shrub or small tree, 

 ^IP to 20 ft. high, clothed on the 

 young shoots aud petioles with stiff 

 ^vintish gland-tipped bristles i in. 

 *;jAig- Leaves narrowlv oblong-lance- 

 oiate, cordate at the^ base, 3-6 in. 



*l"\^u ^^^ ^"* broad, glabrous above, 

 Clothed with brown hairs beneath. 

 I? lowers campanulate, rich red, \\ in. 

 ^™8 and broad. Pedit^el, calvx and 

 ^ed-pod bristly like the branchlets, 

 ^estern China and Tibet, (J, Veitch 





*Rhododendron taliense. (Bean, T. 



cO S. ii. 382.) H. An evergreen shrub 

 up to 10 ft. high. Leaves thick and 

 leathery, oblong to oval, 2-4 in. long^ 

 f-l| in. broad, dark green and gla-, 

 brous above, clothed beneath with a 

 close rusty-brown felt ; petiole stout, 

 I in. long. Flowers 6-12 in a truss. 

 Corolla blush-white, about 1^ in. 

 long and broad. Western Cliina. (L 

 Veitch & Sons.) 



""Rhododendron villosum. [Bean, T. 



<fe S. ii. 384.) H. A distinct species, 

 on account of the bristles present on 

 its various parts. An evergreen shrub 

 up to 18 ft. high. Leaves ovate or 

 oblong, pointed, 2-3J in. long, \-\\ in. 

 broad. Flowers in clusters of 3 or 

 niore. Corolla 1| in. acrossj with a 

 funnel - shaped tube and a 5 - lobed 

 limb, light to dark purple. Western 

 China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



Rhododendron violaceum. [PL Wils,. 



I 511; G. C, 1914, Iv. 224.) H. A 

 shrub reaching a height of 4 ft., but 

 sometimes very dwarf and flowers 

 when only 3 or 4 in. high. Leaves, 

 similar to*^ those of R, intricatnm, but 

 more glossy, narrower, and recurved 

 on the margin. Flowers 1-3, ter- 

 minal, subsessile. Calyx cup-shaped ; 

 lobes 5, ^-1 lin. long. Corolla violet- 

 purple, over 1 in. across, very flat; 

 lobes 5, about \ in. long. Western 

 China. (Arnold Arboretum; E. J. 

 P. Magor.) 



Rhododendron Websterianum. [PI. 



Wih. i. 511; R. H. 1914, 325.) H. 

 A very much branched shrub reach- 

 ing a height of about 3 ft. Leaves: 

 crowded, ovate or elliptic, 3-7^ lin. 

 long, 11-4^ lin. broad, greyish- white 

 and densely scaly on the under side. 

 Flowers solitarv. rarely 2 or S" 

 together, terminal. Calyx deeply 

 5-Tobed; lobes 1-2J lin. long. Co- 

 rolla funnel - shaped, rose - purple, 

 1-1 i in. across. Western Chma. 

 (Arnold Arboretum; L. Chenault^ 



Orleans.) 



♦Rhododendron Willlamsianum. (Pl. 



Wih, i. 538: k\ B. 1914.205.) H. 

 Belonics to the same group as K, 

 Soufiri, and is characterised by ttsr 

 slender almost twiggy branchlets, 

 which branch diffusely, and its glan- 

 dular bristly young shoot^,^ petioles- 

 and pedicels. Flowers 3-5 ma ter- 

 minal cluster. Calyx small. Corolla 

 campanulate, 5dobed, H m- long, 

 U in. broad, pale rose, unspotted 

 Western China. (Arnold Arboretum.) 



Rhododendron WUImottiae J^^^^ 



flowering --^t with bronze-trnted 



1914, Iv. 319.) 



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