8. 
RHODODENDRON CINNABARINUM, Zocz. 
Cinnabar-leaved Rhododendron. 
Tas. VIII. 
Frutex, ramis gracilibus tortuosis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutis marginibus subrevolutis basi in petiolum tuberculosum attenuatis glabris, supra 
copiose reticulatim venosis subtus pallidis rufisve squamuloso-punctatis, floribus parvis capitatis cinnabarinis, lobis calycinis linearibus 
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1 corolla mis lobis omnibus rotundatis acutis, staminibus 10, 
filamentis basi pilosis, ovario 5-loculari furfuracco. 
Has. Sub-Himalaya mountains, interior of Sikkim. FZ. April and May. 
A small shrub. Leaves two to three inches long, an inch wide, slightly tapering at both extremitics, glabrous, beauti- 
fully and closely reticulated above, beneath often reddish, punctato-squamulose : the costa terminating in a short produced 
point. Petiole glabrous, wrinkled. Peduncles short, clothed, as is the calyx, with large, yellow, glandular scales. Calyx 
cut to the base into five very unequal linear lobes or segments, of which the upper one is much the longest, and 
almost subulate. Corolla small, infundibuliform, cinnabar-coloured, five-lobed, the obes spreading, rounded, acute. Ovary 
oblong-ovate, glanduloso-squamose, five-celled. Stamens ten, included : Jilaments stout, hairy at the base. Style longer 
than the stamens, hairy below. Stigma capitate, five-lobed. 
One of the most distinct of all the Indian Rhododendrons yet known, remarkable for its reticulated leaves and the 
singular colour and acute lobes of the corolla. 
Tas. VIL. Rhododendron cinnabarinum. Fig.1. Corolla. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil and calyx. 4. Section of ovary, showing the five cells :— 
magnified. 
9. 
RIODODENDRON ELAAGNOIDES, Zook. 7. 
Oleaster-leaved Rhododendron. 
Fruticulus isi ramis tul latis subverticillatis, foliis parvis brevi-petiolatis late obovato-trapezoideis utrinque squamis orbiculatis dense 
furfuraceis, pedunculis solitariis fructiferis clongatis folia quintuplo superantibus, capsula oblongo-eylindracea 5-loculari 5-valvi basi segmentis 
calycinis + brevioribus suffulta. 
las. Mountains of Sikkim-Himalaya, at an elevation of 14—-15,000 feet. 
Frutex parvus lignosus valde ramosus ; ramis tortis divaricatis 4-8 uncias longis, cortice atro-fusco tuberculato tectis. Folia 4 unciam 
longa, equilata, coriacea, plana, obovato-trapezoidea, costa valida percursa, obtusa, basi in petiolum brevem angustata, utrinque squamulis 
minutis argenteo-furfuraceis ut in Heagno. Pedunculus fructiferus uncialis, capsula erecta, 2 lineas longa. 
A good many specimens of this plant were brought to me by my collectors from the neighbourhood of the snow in April, growing at 
about the elevation above stated ; but none in flower. A figure of it is therefore omitted ; and its affinities cannot of course be ascertained. 
