17. 
RHODODENDRON LANATUM, dius. 
Woolly Rhododendron. 
Tas. XVI. 
Arbuscula ramosa, cortice rugoso, ramis tortis, ramulis petiolis pedunculis foliisque subter lana molli subappressa albida vel fulva dense tectis, 
foliis elliptico-obovatis oblongisve coriaceis ,brevi-petiolatis apice rotundatis apiculatis basi acutis supra (costa basinque versus lanatis 
exceptis) glabratis subter lana molli appressa sordide albis v. fulvis, corymbo terminali capitato plurifloro, calyce minuto 5-lobo, 
corollz ochrol tubo lat panulato intus superne rubro irrorato, limbi lobis 5 rotundatis patentibus integerrimis, staminibus 
inclusis, filamentis basi lanatis, ovario tomentoso 5-loculari, capsula cylindracea curvata obtusa ferruginco-floccosa. : 
Has. Sikkim-Himalaya ; on the rocky spurs of the humid mountains and gullies ; elev. 10-12,000 feet, most common at Jongri and Chola. 
Lt. June ; fr. November. 
A large shrub or small ¢ree, with the trunk six inches in diameter in the stoutest part, irregularly and repeatedly 
branching ; dranches much gnarled and bare of leaves, covered with a dark-coloured rugged bark, very different from the 
prevailing beautiful papery clothing of the genus: where it breaks off from the younger branches, however, it exposes a 
delicate pink liber as shown in our figure, whilst the ultimate ramuli are densely clothed with a soft appressed cottony 
tomentum. The latter, generally of a white or tawny colour, is uniformly spread over the petioles, peduncles, ovarium, and 
the whole under surface of the leaf, also extending to the upper surface of the latter, along the costa, and to the very base 
in a less degree. ‘These leaves are confined to the apices of the branches, three and a half to five inches long by about two 
inches broad, obovate or elliptical, obtuse, with a short mucro, the base rather acute, or at most obtuse (not cordate), 
the colour a full yellowish-green. Petioles short, thick, very woolly. Corymés terminal, of several, 6-10, rather large, 
inclined flowers. Peduncles an inch and a half long, thickened. Calyx small, reduced to five very minute blunt teeth at 
the top of the peduncle. Corol/a ochroleucous or pale sulphur-colour : the éube broad-campanulate (like that of 2. WVightit) 
within, above, and three of the upper /odes in part sprinkled with red dots; Zid two inches to two and a half across, of 
five nearly equal, very spreading, rounded, entire obtuse Jodes. Stamens ten, included : filaments slender, slightly curved, 
downy at the base ; anthers dark brown. Ovary oblong-oval, furrowed, thickly woolly, five-celled. Capsules more than 
an inch long, cylindrical, curved, woolly, obtuse. 
In the dense tomentum on the underside of the leaves, this species may be compared with 2. fulgens and R. eruginosum 
among the large shrubby kinds, and with R. Ldgeworthii and R. pendulum among others. 
Tas. XVI. Rhododendron lanatum. Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Pistil. 3. Transverse section of ovary magnified. 4, Capsule :—natural size. 
