RHODODENDRON CANDELABRUM, Ziocz. ji. 
Candelabra Rhododendron. 
Tas. XXIX. 
Frutex ramosissimus, foliis terminalibus subcoriaccis glaberrimis oblongo-ovatis obtusissimis apiculatis basi cordatis subtus glaucescentibus 
margine subrecurvo, corymbis plurifloris, pedunculis petiolo zequantibus, floribus radiatim patentibus cernuisve, calyce brevi disciformi 
obscure inequaliter lobato ciliato, corolla pallide rosea, tubo clongato campanulato, limbo 5-lobo, staminibus 10, ovario conico-cylin- 
draceo glanduloso-ciliato. 
Has. Sikkim-Himalaya; elev. 10-11,000 fect. 2. June. 
The plant from which the accompanying plate and description are taken, was found in thick Pine-woods near Lachen 
village, before I was well acquainted with the 2. Zhomsoni (Tab. XIL), of which I fear it is only a pale-flowered variety, 
found growing at a lower elevation than that species usually inhabits, flowering earlier and in a shady protected situation. 
The much shorter calyx (of the same peculiar character, however), its glandular margin and ovarium, are the only further 
distinctions I have been able to detect between them, and they are quite unimportant, 
Tas. XXIX. Rhododendron candelabrum. Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Peduncle, calyx, and pistil. 3. Transverse section of ovary :—all magnified. 
