20. 
RHODODENDRON TRIFLORUM, Zove. jv 
Three flowered Rhododendron. 
Taps. XIX. 
Fratex erectus, ramulis glaucescentibus novellis petiolis pedunculis foliisque subtus creberrime lepidotis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis utrinque acutis 
v. basi subcordatis superne nitidis subtus glaucis vel subferrugineis, pedunculis sub-8 terminalibus gracilibus, calyce brevi 5-lobato 
lepidoto ciliato, corollz flavide tubo brevi obconico dorso minute lepidoto lobis oblongis patentibus integris, staminibus 8-10, fila- 
mentis clongatis inferne villosis, ovario 5-loculari oblongo lepidoto, stylo clongato, stigmate truncato, capsula oblonga, valvis lignosis. 
Has. Sikkim-Himalaya ; inner ranges, on brushy slopes; elev. 7-9,000 fect; scarce. FU. May, June; fr. November. 
A shrub four to six feet high, with erect and rather twiggy dranches for the genus, the ultimate ones about as thick as 
a duck’s quill: the new shoots lepidote. Zeaves frequently pendulous, on rather short slender petioles (one-third of an inch 
long), ovato-lanceolate, more or less approaching to oblong or elliptical, two or rarely three inches long, acute at both ends, 
or cordate at the base and sometimes blunt, with a mucro at the apex, the margin a little recurved, substance rather thin, 
upper surface smooth and shining, under quite glabrous and glaucous, but so beset with ferruginous squamules as to partake 
of that colour. Peduneles generally three together, terminal one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, slender, erect. Calya 
very short, lepidote, cut into five small rounded teeth or lobes. Corolla greenish-yellow, in shape much resembling that 
of the common garden Azaleas, having a somewhat obconical tube very open at the mouth, and a limb of five spreading 
oblong entire segments, which are slightly veiny, nearly two inches across the lobes. Stamens eight, much exserted : 
Jfilaments slender, hairy near the base. Ovary oblong-cylindrical, very lepidote, obtuse. Sty/e much longer than the 
stamens, curved upwards, and terminating in a truncated stigma, a little thickened in the disc. Capsule half an inch long, 
straight, cylindrical, often a little swollen at the base, obtuse at the point. 
The present Zhododendron will form a groupe or section along with 2. virgatum, Hook. fil., . setosum, Don, and 
R. nivale, Hook. fil. ; all of which have peculiarly narrow segments to the corolla. But the present species is well dis- 
tinguished by its comparatively large yellow flowers, and the larger, usually pointed, leaves. 
Tas. XIX. Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Calyx and pistil. 3. Transverse section of ovary. 4. Small lepidote portion of the underside of the 
leaf :—magnified. 5. Squamules from the leaf :—more magnified. 
