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RHODODENDRON WALLICHIL, Zoos. yw. 
Dr. Wallich’s Rhododendron. 
Tas. V. 
Frutescens, foliis coriaceis cllipticis acutis basi cordatis supra levissimis petioli que glaberrimis marginibus revolutis subtus pallidis costam 
versus punctis ferrugincis pulverulento-tomentosis, floribus 6-8 capitato-racemosis, calycibus lobis brevissimis coriaccis subacutis, ovarii 
glaberrimi loculis 5. 
Has. Interior of Sikkim-Himalaya. 
A shrub, attaining a height of from eight to ten feet, with the dranches rugged, rather tortuous, clothed with dark 
brown bark. Zeaves mostly confined to the apex of the ultimate branches, three or four inches long, of a remarkably neat 
appearance, almost exactly elliptical, coriaceous, full green, very even, most indistinctly nerved, glabrous above, as is 
the somewhat wrinkled petiole, the base cordate, the margins recurved, the apex suddenly acute, the underside pale green, 
very obsoletely nerved, and quite glabrous, except towards the costa, where it is dotted as it were with dark, ferruginous, 
pulverulent tomentum. lowers large, handsome, six to eight in a capitate raceme. Pedicels less than an inch long, 
glabrous. Bracteas deciduous, exterior ones glabrous, viscid, or sparingly downy. Calye very short and small, the Zodes 
triangular, rather obtuse, glabrous. Corolla lilac-colour ; the ¢ube campanulate, the Zimd spreading, of five nearly equal, 
rounded dodes, the upper one however the largest, all two-lobed, sprinkled with deeper rose-coloured dots within. Stamens 
ten, as long as the tube. Filaments white. Anthers purple-brown. Style filiform, longer than the stamens. Ovary glabrous, 
oblong-ovate, five-lobed, five-celled. 
A very distinct and handsome species, worthy to bear the name of one who may justly be called “ Botanicorum 
Indicorum facile princeps.” Its leaves are quite unlike any Indian species, and the flowers in colour and size resemble 
those of the much cultivated 2. Ponticum. 
Tas. V. Rhododendron Wallichit. Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Calyx and pistil. 8. Calyx and section of the ovary ;— magnified. 
