CHAP. LXIX. ERICA‘CEE. RHODODE’NDRON. 1137 
Segments of corolla ovate, a little undulated. 
Flowers pink, disposed in umbellate corymbs. 
Corollas funnel-shaped. Capsules elongated. 
(Don’s Miil., iii. p. 844.) It is a native of Ca- 
rolina, on the mountains, particularly at the 
head waters of the Savannah River, where it 
forms an evergreen shrub, growing to the height 
of 4ft., and flowering in July and August. Intro- 
duced in 1786, and frequent in collections. 
Variety. 
# R.p. 2 majus Ker, Bot. Reg.,t. 37.—Leaves 
and flowers larger. 

« 9, R. rERRUGI’NEUM L. The rusty-/eaved Rhododendron. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 562. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 844. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Engravings. Jacq. Obs., 1. p. 26. t. 16.; Fl. Austr., 3, t, 255. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., 65. ; Lob. Icon., 366. ; 
and our fig. 936. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong, attenuated at both ends, glabrous, shining 
and green above, but thickly beset with rusty dots beneath. Calycine seg- 
ments dentately ciliated. Leaves like those , 
of the box tree; when young, ciliated with ( \ 
a few hairs at bottom. Flowers of a beau- Xi 
tiful rose colour or scarlet, disposed in 
umbellate corymbs, marked with ash-co- 
loured or yellow dots. Corollas funnel- 
shaped. Filaments hairy at bottom. (Don’s 
Mill., iii. p. 844.) It is a native of the 
Alps of Europe, as of Switzerland, Austria, 
Savoy, Dauphiné, and Piedmont; where 
this species and #. hirsitum terminate lig- 
neous vegetation, and furnish the shepherds 
with their only fuel. It is an evergreen shrub, growing about 1 ft. high, and 
flowering from May to July. Introduced in 1752, and frequent in collections. 
Variety. 
» R.f 2 album Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, has white flowers. 
2 10. R.(?¥.) nirsu‘tum L. The hairy Rhododendron. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 562. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 844. 
pati lan Austr., 1. t. 98.; Bot. Mag., t. 1853. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 479. ; Lob. Icon., 468. ; and 
our fig. 957. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, or elliptic, 
acutish, ciliated, with rusty hairs on the margins, gla- 
brous above, dotted and hairy beneath. Calycine seg- 
ments fringed, bearded. Flowers pale red or scarlet, 
disposed in umbellate corymbs. Corollas funnel- 
* shaped. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 844.) It is a native of 
the Alps of Europe, and of Switzerland, Austria, 
Styria, Dauphine, &c. ; where it forms a shrub grow- 
ing from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, flowering from May to July. @¥ 
Introduced in 1656, and possibly only a variety of 
the preceding species. 
Variety. 
2 R. (f-) h. 2 variegatum has the leaves edged with yellow. 


# 1]. R. sero'sum D. Don. The bristly Rhododendron. 
Teen OE D. Don in Wern. Soc. Trans., 3. p. 408.; Prod. Fl. Nep., 152.; Don’s Mill., 3. 
p. 844. 
Spec. Char., &c. Branchlets beset with bristles. Leaves oval, mucronate, bristly on the margins 
and under surfaces. Pedicels beset with glandular hairs. Calycine segments rounded, coloured, 
naked, crenulated. A small, stiff, much-branched shrub. Leaves half an inch long. Flowers 
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