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RHODODENDRON SALIGNUM, divs. mw. 
Willow-leaved Rhododendron. 
Tas. XXIII. A. 
Fruticulus erectus, ramis erectis apice fasciculatim ramulosis, ramulis foliis utrinque pedunculo calyce corollaque extus creberrime squamuloso- 
lepidotis, foliis breve petiolatis patulis pendulisve elliptico- v. lineari-lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis subtus pallidioribus, pedicellis 
solitariis v. 2-3 clongatis gracilibus erectis, calycis lobis patulis obtusis subfoliaceis, corolla lutea v. viridi-sulphurea, tubo inflato 
brevi, limbi lobis patulis v. recurvis orbicularibus 3 superioribus viridi-maculatis, staminibus 8-10 exsertis, stylo crasso curvo, ovario 
brevi albo-lepidoto 5-loculari. 
Has. Sikkim-Himalaya ; grassy and rocky hills above Choongtam, elev. 7,000 feet; common. 7. May, June. 
A slender twiggy shrud, two to four feet high, branching from a stout tortuous stock; the branches as thick as a 
crow-quill, rather scattered, bearing fascicled ramuli at the top. Leaves often drooping, rather flaccid, of a pale glaucous 
green, lighter underneath and sometimes ferruginous where the lepidote scales abound, an inch to an inch and a half long, 
scarcely half an inch broad, acute or mucronate. "Pedicels always elongated, an inch and a half to two inches long, slender. 
Corolla yellow, an inch across the lobes, lepidote, especially on the outside of the tube; the upper lobes are spotted with 
green, the spots occupying the spaces between the very broad anastomosing translucent veins. Anthers large, rich red- 
brown ; filaments short, stout, villous below. Ovarium covered with white lepidote squamule. Stigma very stout, 
curved, gradually thickened towards the truncated stigmatiferous apex. Capsules not seen. 
The odour of this plant is strongly resinous. As a species it is very closely allied to the R. lepidotum ; but the leaves 
are much longer, and the pedicels always elongated ; characters by no means satisfactory. 2. elaagnoides may prove 
another state of the same species. 
Tas. XXIII. A. Rhododendron salignum. Vig.1. Plant :—natural size. 2. Stamen. 3. Peduncle, calyx, and pistil. 4. Portion of under 
surface of leaf :—all magnified. 
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RHODODENDRON ELASAGNOIDES, Zoos. ju. 
Oleaster-leaved Rhododendron. 
Tas. XXIII. B. 
Fruticulus humilis, nune depressus, ramosissimus, more Eric gregarius, ramulis scabridis ultimis apice foliiferis, foliis pedicellis calyce corolla 
extus ovarioque dense lepidotis, squamulis ferrugineis argenteisque, foliis verticillatim confertis breviter petiolatis late obovatis 
obcordatisve retusis obtusisve mucronatis, pedicellis terminalibus solitariis rarius binis clongatis erectis, calycis lobis foliaceis patulis 
recurvisve rufescentibus, corolla flava pro planta ampla, tubo brevi basi globoso, limbi lobis patulis concavis 8 supremis obscure 
