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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Rhododendron—continued. 
1886. Rk. Aucklandii is one of the parents, and a garden hybrid 
the other. 
R. multicolor (many-coloured). 7. few, horizontal, in terminal 
umbels; calyx minute; corolla dark red or bright yellow, lin. 
long, between funnel- and bell-shaped, the five lobes equal, 
one-third the length of the tube. Winter. J. whorled, three 
to seven together, 2in. to 3in. long, }in. to Zin. broad, elliptic- 
lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, contracted into the short 
petioles, dull green above, paler beneath. Sumatra, A small, 
Rhododendron—continued. 
corolla campanulate, about ljin. long, obtusely five-lobed. 
i. 44in. long, coriaceous, evergreen, oblong, rather obtuse at 
apex, cuneate at base, the margins revolute, glabrous above, 
beneath (as well as on the petioles, peduncles, and pedicels) 
densely white-floccose-tomentose. Caucasus, 1886. A tall shrub. 
(R. G. 1226, f. 2, d-g.) 
R. Ungerni (Baron Ungern-Sternberg’s). 1. white, corymbose- 
umbellate; calyx small, five-parted, the segments elongated ; 
corolla campanulate, obtusely five-lobed, the lobes reddish on 
Fic, 60. RHIPSALIS SARMENTACEA (see p. 597). 
glabrous, slender bush. (B. M. 6769.) Syn. R. Curtisii(F. & P. 
1884, 615). 
R. roseum odoratum (rosy, scented). 
fragrant, rather small, disposed in good-sized heads. 
Garden hybrid. 
R,. Sesterianum (Sester’s). A white-flowered, garden hybrid, 
of which Rk. Edgworthii is one of the parents. 
R. Smirnowi (Smirnow’s). 
umbellate; calyx minute, pelviform, the lobes 
fl. pale rose-coloured, 
1886. 
fl. deep purplish-scarlet, corymbose- 
very short; 
the back. /. coriaceous, persistent, oblong, nearly Tin. long, 
narrowed towards the base, cuspidate at apex, glabrous above, 
white - floccose-tomentose beneath; petioles (as well as the 
branches) tomentose-puberulous. Caucasus, 1886. A tall shrub. 
(B. G. 1227, f. 1, a-c.) 
R. Victorianum (Victor's). #. pure white, except the golden- 
yellow interior of the funnel-shaped tube, as freely produced as 
those of R. Dalhousie; limb spreading, five-lobed. J. as in 
R. ee 1887. A garden hybrid between the species 
named. 
