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RHODODENDRON BARBATUM, sau. 
Bristly Rhododendron. 
Tas. III. 
Arboreum, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis acutis basi obtusis coriaceis marginibus subrecurvis utrinque glaberrimis subtus pallidioribus supra 
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impresse venosis, petiolo tuk longe i landul tosis, bracteis alabastrisque viscidis, floribus dense capitatis 
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mediocribus sanguincis, lobis calycinis foliaccis viscidis ovato-ellipticis appressis, staminibus 10, filamentis glabris, ovarii glanduloso- 
hirsuti loculis 5-8. 
Ruopopenpron barbatum. Wall. Cat. no.757. Don, Syst. Gard. and Bot, vol.iii. p. 844. De Cand. Prodr. vol. vii. p. 721. Hook. in Bot. 
Mag. sub Tab. 4381; in Gard. Chron. 1848 (with a wood-cut). 
Has. Gossain Than, Wallick. Summit of Tonglo, in Sikkim-Himalaya, alt. 10,000 feet. 2. April. 
A tree, from forty to sixty feet high, branched from the basc. Main érunks few, inclined, compressed, clothed with 
reddish, papyraceous dark, destitute of Lichens and Mosses. Branches numerous, floriferous at their apices. Leaves, in 
the very young state, sparingly hairy and ciliated ; when fully developed, five to seven inches long, and from one and a half 
to two inches and more wide, elliptical-lanceolate, acute, rather broader above the middle, the margins reflexed and rough to 
the touch from the presence of minute harsh cilize, penninerved ; the zerves sunk on the upper surface, and there dull but full 
green, paler and quite glabrous beneath and destitute of scales or down of every kind, but turning to an ochraceous tint when 
dry. Petioles short, (half an inch) thick, somewhat tubercled and beset with long, rigid, black sete or hairs, glanduliferous at 
the point: these hairs or bristles often extend a little way up the mid-rib beneath. Howers moderately sized, of a deep puce 
or blood-colour, collected into a compact, globose Acad, four to five inches in diameter. Bracteas oblong or ovate, the inner 
ones silky, all more or less glutinous. Calya large, scarcely silky, deeply cut into five, crect, large, foliaceous ovate /odes, 
half an inch long. Filaments ten, glabrous. Anthers short, and, as well as the nearly straight style, included. Ovary 
oblong, clothed with glandular hairs. Stigma small, obtuse. Fruit setose, rich brown, included in the persistent calyx. 
" One of the most beautiful of the Himalayan species, and readily distinguished by the bristly petioles and young 
branches. [Although in cultivation in England, at least in the Upton Nursery, Chester, of Messrs. Dickson, no coloured 
figure has yet been published. The present one will serve to show what a treasure is in store for our open borders, seeing 
that it has proved perfectly hardy in the Nursery above mentioned. Ep.] 
Tas. IIL. Rhododendron barbatum, Wall.; flowering branch. 1. Flower and bract:—natural size. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil. 4. Section of 
ovary :—magnified. 5. Capsule :—natural size. 
