RHODODENDRON VIRGATUM, Jive. sv 
Twiggy Rhododendron. 
Tan. XXVI. A. 
Fruticulus gracilis, erectus, virgatus, ramulis pedicellis foliisque squamulosis, foliis Iineari-cllipticis lanceolatisve mucronatis subtus albo-glau- 
cescentibus vel pallidioribus, pedicellis brevibus axillaribus solitariis rarius binis, bracteis chartaceis concavis suffultis, calyce abbreviato 
obtuse 5-lobo, corolla panul anduloso-punctata, tubo subcontracto, lobis angustis, staminibus 8-10, filamentis basi lanatis, 
stigmate exserto capitato, capsula 5-loculari ovata vel breviter cylindracea squamulis ferrugineis tecta, seminibus pallidis. 
Han. Sikkim-Himalaya; skirts of Pine-forests in ravines, elev. 8-9,000 feet. Lachen valley. FU. May; /r. October. 
Decidedly the most slender twiggy species with which I am acquainted, the stems and branches reaching four feet in 
height, and scarcely the thickness of a crow-quill. The eaves are so like those of R. glaucum as to require no detailed 
description. Flowers solitary, rarely in pairs, and axillary : the pedicels two to three lines long, covered with sheathing 
deciduous coriaccous brown scales, which are longer than the pedicel, very rigid in texture, downy on the back. Corolla a 
pale red-purple, smaller than that of 2. triftorum, but of the same form: the tvbe short, narrow and obconical, the segments 
narrow and spreading. Style long ; stigma exserted. Calycine lobes short, broad and rounded. Capsules seldom half an 
inch long, surrounded at. the base by the short appressed calyx. 
The axillary flowers and nature of the imbricating bracts are almost peculiar to this species. 
Tap. XXVI. A. Rhododendron virgatum. Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Calyx and pistil. 3. Transverse section of ovarium. 4, Fruit, 5. Portion 
of under surface of leaf :—al? but fig. 4 magnified. 
RHODODENDRON NIVALE, “ove. 
Snow Rhododendron. 
Tas. XXVI. B. 
Fruticulus depressus, prostratu issimus, ramis lisque tortis cortice fusco tectis, foliis minimis terminalibus confertis patulis ramu- 
lisque dense ferruginco-lepidotis, petiolo brevissimo, lamina coriacea elliptico-oblonga obovatave utrinque obtusa, marginibus subrecurvis 
subtus glaucescentibus, pedicellis solitariis terminalibus brevissimis, calyce laxe lepidoto, lobis submembranaceis ciliatis, corolla parva 
(rubro-purpurea), tubo brevissimo, lobis oblongis lineari-oblongisve obtusis patulis, staminibus 8-10 exsertis, antheris oblongis 
