CHAP. LXIX. ERICA‘CEH.  RHODODE!/NDRON. 1149 
Varieties and Hybrids. 
a R. 7. 2 pheeniceum Don’s Mill, 3. p. 846.3 A. i. pheenfcea Sw. Brit. Fl..Gard., 2d ser.,t. 128., 
Hook. in Bot. Mag., t. 2667. ; A. ledifdlia phoenicea Hook. in Bot. Mag., t. 5229.; has the 
flowers purple, with the upper segments spotted. It isa native of China, where it forms 
an evergreen shrub, from 3ft. to 10 ft. in height, and in British gardens, where it is 
greatly admired, it is commonly kept in the stove. It was introduced in 1824. 
a R.i. 3p. flore pléno; A. i. 3 flbre pléno Hook. in Bot. Mag., 
t. 2509., Bot. Cab., t. 1461. ; has double purple flowers. 
# R. i. 4 ledifolium; R. ledifdlium Don’s Mill., 3. p. 846.5 A. i. 
Alba Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 811., Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1253., 
and our fig. 956. ; A. dedifolia Hook. in Bot. Mag.,t. 2901.; 
Rhododéndron leucanthum Bunge ; has pure white flow- 
ers, which are large and showy. Itis a native of China, 
about Pekin, and, being rather hardier than the preceding 
varieties, is commonly kept in the green-house. It was 
introduced in 1819, flowers from March to May, and grows 
to the height of 5 ft. or 6ft. Splendid specimens of this 
and the preceding varieties are annually exhibited at the 
flower shows of the Horticultural Societies, both in Lon- 
don* and the ccuntry. In Cornwall, in the gardens of 
Sir Charles Lemon, at Carclew, this variety grows in 
rows, forming evergreen hedges, like privet, and flowering 
magnificently, without the slightest protection. y 
m R. 7.5 pulchrum Don’s Mill., 3. p.845.; A. i. pulchra Hort. ; 
R. pilchrum Swé. Fl.-Gard. 2d ser., t. 117.; A. indicum var, y Smfthi7 Swt. Hort. Brit. ; 
has the calyx very hairy, with subulate segments. Leaves elliptic, acute. Flowers de- 
candrous, terminal, 2—3 together. Corollas large, of a deep rosy purple, spotted with 
deep red inside. A hybrid from A. i. /edifolia, impregnated with the pollen of A. indica. 
# R. i. 6 tgnéscens Swt., Don’s Mill., 3. p.845.; A.ii. ignéscens Hort. ; has the four lower seg- 
ments of the corolla flame-coloured and the superior one lilac, and obsoletely dotted. it 
is a native of China. 
@ R.2.7 auranitacum G. Don in Mill. Dict., 3. p. 846.; A. i. aurantiaca Hort.—Flowers of orange 
red colour. A native of China. 
@ TN. i. 8 lnteum Swt., Don’s Mill., 5. p. 8465. ; A. i. lutea Horz. ; has double yellow flowers. 
# R. 7.9 spathulatum Blum., Don’s Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i. spathulata Hort. ; has the leaves spa- 
thulate, mucronate, and beset with rusty strige. Flowers large, solitary, deep rose- 
coloured. Native of China and Japan. 
# R. i. 10 grandiflorum Blum., Don’s Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i. grandifldra Hort. ; has the leaves 
oblong-spathulate, mucronate, beset with bristles, or strige, Flowers large, solitary. 
deep rose-coloured. A native of China and Japan. . 
# R.i. 11 angustifolium Blum., Don’s Mill., 3. p. 846.; A. i. angustifolia Hort. ; has the leaves 
narrow-lanceolate. 
# R. i. 12 floribindum Blum., Don’s Mill., 3. p. 846.; A. i. foribanda Hort. ; has the leaves 
narrow, cuneate-lanceolate, beset with rusty strige. Stem much-branched. A native 
of China and Japan. 
# R.¢. 13 Danielsianum ; A. i. Danielsténa Paxton’s Mag. of Bot., July, 1834; is a variety 
with considerable distinctness of habit of foliage, and flowers of a carmine colour, some- 
what striped. It was introduced from China by Captain Daniels, in 1830, and plants may 
be had in the Sloane Street Nursery, and at Messrs, Loddiges’s. 
# R. i. 14 lateritium ; A. i. lateritia Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1700. ; has flowers of a bright clear brick 
colour, a little tinged with rose; and the plant is remarkably bushy, and abundant in 
leaves, which have a rusty tinge. It was introduced from China in 1823, by Mr. 
M‘Killigan ; and plants may be had in the Exotic Nursery, King’s Road. 
# R. i. 15 variegdtum Blum., Don’s Mill, 3. p. 846. ; A. i. variegata Lind. ; has the corollas 
variegated. This is a celebrated variety, which was long known to exist in China, from 
the drawings of it sent to Europe; and to procure which many attempts were made in 
vain, from nearly the commencement of the present century, till 1832, when it was at 
last brought alive to England, by the great care of Mr. M‘Killigan, the purser of the 
ship Orwell, and an ardent admirer of plants. There are specimens of this variety in the 
Exotic Nursery. (See Gard. Mag., 9. p. 474.) 
# R. 2. 16 spectdsum D. Don, A. i. specidsa Hort., is a hybrid, obtained by Mr. W. Smith in 1830, 
fromseeds of A, indica, the flowers of which had been impregnated with the pollen of A. 
indica pheenicea. ‘Two other varieties were raised by Mr. Smith at the same time, from 
the same stock of seeds, one of which frequently produces semidouble flowers. (See 
Brit. Fl-Gard., April, 1835; and Gard. Mag., 11. p. 259.) 
& 32, R. sINE’NSE Swt. (A. sine’Nsts Lodd.) The Chinese Azalea. 
Identification. Swt. F1.-Gard., t. 290. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 846. 
Synonyme. Azalea sinénsis Lodd. Bot. Cab., t.885. 
Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 885. ; Brit. Fl.-Gard., t. 290.; and 
our fig. 957. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves elliptic, acutish, pilosely pubescent, 
feather-nerved, with ciliated margins, canescent beneath ; 
and, though deciduous, yet falling off so slowly, as to con- 
stitute it an imperfect evergreen. Corollasdowny. Stamens 
equal in length to the limb of the corolla. Flowers flame- 
coloured, pentandrous. (Don’s Mill., 3. p.846.) Itisa native 
of China, where it grows from 3 ft. to 4 ft. high, and flowers 
in May and June. It was introduced in 1823; and is in very 
general cultivation in British gardens. 
Varieties and Hybrids. 
R. s. 2 flavéscens Swt. Fl.-Gard, t. 290.; A.s. 2 fla- 
vescens; has yellow flowers. 
2. R.s.3macranthum Don’s Mill., 3. p. 846.; Azalea ma- 
créntha Bunge in Mém. Acad. Petersb., 2. p. 115. 5 
R. nitens D. Don MSS.— Leaves opposite, or 
3 in a whorl, obovate or lanceolate, mucronulate, 


