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Rhododendron Benthamianum. 



(JT. B. 1907, 319.) Ericaceae. H. 

 A new species resembling- R. yunna- 

 nense, from which it differs in the 

 more densely lepidote leaves and in 

 having* purple-violet flowers, which 

 are usually in threes, and about 2£ in. 

 across. Western China. ( J. Veitch 

 & Sons.) 



Rhododendron chartophyllum. 



(R. H. 1907, 248 ; J. H. F. 1907, 197.) 

 G. Allied to R. yunnanense, but the 

 leaves are narrower and are not ciliate. 

 Flowers numerous, broadly funnel- 

 shaped, lj-lf in. long, violet-rose or 

 white.: South China. (M. L. de Vil- 

 raorin, Les Barres, France. 



'Rhododendron intricatum. (G a 



1907, xli. 262, f. Ill ; B. M. t. 8163.) 

 H. A densely branched shrub 1-3 ft. 

 high, flowering when only a few inches 

 high. Leaves persistent, crowded, small 

 (i in. long or less), oblong, densely 

 clothed with small peltate scales on 

 both sides. Flowers usually in clusters 

 of 5, lilac or almost violet in colour. 

 Stamens included, the yellow anthers 

 just protruding from the tube of the 

 corolla. Western China. (J. Veitch & 

 bons.) [ This is the plant referred to 

 in O. a 1907, xli. 225, and in JT. of If. 

 1907, liv 343, under the erroneous 

 name of R. nigro-pnnctatum.'] 



* R *f °4? n d ™ Kaempferi. (Sargent, 



T.XS.U 29, t ,113.) H. Differs from 

 typical R indicum (Azalea indiea) in 

 having deciduous elliptic sometimes 

 nearly rhombi^or elliptic-ovate leaves, 

 smaller flowers in 2-4-flowered umbels 

 and only 5 (not 5-10) stamens with 

 yellow instead of purple anthers, 

 tirst introduced into America in 1892 

 Japan. (Arnold Arboretum.) rs yn ' 



p' £%%? ™* r - Kaem PMh Maxim. 

 R. Steboldi, Miq., &<$.] 



'Rhododendron Mariesii. (k b 



1907 244.) H.H. or H. Anew\pecfi 

 of the section Azalea. A bush 3-7 ft 

 high Leaves clustered, deciduous' 

 membranous, ovate, 2J-3 in. long! 

 1-1 i in. broad, acute, hairy when 

 young ; petiole 2-4 lin. long. Buds 



° V u- d; i BC ^ es br <>a<ily ovate or 

 orbicular. Flowers usually in pairs 

 rarely solitary, pale purple, l|-2 in' 

 across. Calyx annular, densely setose.' I 

 Corolla deeply 5-lobed. Central China. 

 QUew.) 



Rhus typhina filicina. (r. t . o 



1907, 248.) Anacardiaceae. H. The 

 leaves of this variety are about 3 ft. 



long, with 23 pairs of leaflets, which 

 are more or less deeply incised. (C. 

 Sprenger, Naples.) 



..... 



Rhus typhina laciniata. (i?. a. 



1907, 10, # ff. 1, 2.) H. The leaves have 

 6-10 pairs of very much laciniated 

 leaflets. (Barbier & Co., Orleans.) 



Rhynchanthus Johnianus. 



(0fl. 



1907,113,t.l560.) Scitamineae. S. Stem 

 about 5 ft. high. Leaves in 2 rows, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 8-10 in. long, 

 If -2 \ in. broad. Inflorescence elon- 

 gated, many-flowered. Bracts red, 

 lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla yellow, 

 slightly longer than the bracts, divided 

 to below the middle into 3 narrow 

 acuminate segments. Moulmein. (K. 

 W. John, Andernach on the Rhine, 

 Germany.) 



*Ribes mogol lonicum. (/?. m. t. 



8120.) Saxifragaceae. H. A robust 

 shrub with a habit resembling that of 

 R. sanguineum. Leaves suborbicular, 

 usually 5-lobed, 1-3 in. across. Flowers 

 small greenish white, in straight erect 

 or suberect dense racemes. Berries 

 ovoid-globose, purplish or bluish-black, 

 about i in. across, edible. South- 

 western United States. (Kew.) 



*Rindera umbellata. (G. C. 1907, 



xlii. 226, ff. 97, 98.) Boraginacea. H. 

 Stem erect, 1-2 ft. high. Basal leaves 

 tufted, evergreen, oblong-lanceolate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, long-stalked ; cauline 

 leaves lanceolate, with a winged petiole 

 or sessile, all entire, grey-pubescent. 

 Flowers in scorpioid cymes uinbel- 

 lately arranged. Calyx densely woolly, 

 5-partite. Corolla tubular, scarcely 

 \ in. long, reddish yellow or dark 

 brown ; lobes erect, oblong. Nutlets 

 ovate - orbicular, broadly winged. 

 Hungary ; Servia. (T. Smith.) [Syn. 

 (Jynoglossum umbellatuvi, Waldst. k 

 Kit. ; Mattia umhellata, Schultes.] 



Rosa Willmottiae. (jr. R. 1907, 317.) 



H. A new species allied to R. 

 Webhiana. A densely branched shrub 

 5-10 ft. high, except the glandular- 

 ciliate stipules almost quite glabrous. 

 Branches brown-red. Spines on the 

 flowering branches in pairs, straight, 

 4-5 lin. long, pallid. Leaves crowded 

 4—1 J in. long; stipules minute, free 

 above the middle. Flowers rose-lilac 

 or rose-purple, I J-lf in. across, solitary 

 at the ends of the shorter branches. 

 Sepals lanceolate, entire, about 5 lin. 

 long. Petals almost entire. Styles 

 free. China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) 



