Lowiane. N. O. Ericee. 
TAB. DCCCXC. 
RHODODENDRON BUXIFOLIUM, Low. 
Frutex erectus glaberrimus plus minusve lepidotus, ramis robustis 
foliosis, foliis (parvis) plurimis sparsis (non verticillatis) crasse 
petiolatis oblongis elliptico-ovatisve obtusis subenerviis basi 
rotundatis v. obscure cordatis costa crassa marginibus obsolete 
crenulatis superne impresso-punctatis subtus squamulosis crassis 
coriaceisque, capitulis laxe 8-12-floris, pedunculis folio brevio- 
ribus, calyce parvo discoideo obscure 5-lobo v. lobis 1-3 in 
dentes subulatos productis, corolla campanulata extus lepidota 
lobis tubo brevioribus rotundatis patulis, staminibus 10, ovario 
lepidoto 5-loculari. 
Has. Borneo; Kini Balu, alt.8000 feet and upwards, 1. Low, Esq. 
When we first received Rhododendrons from Borneo, we re- 
garded the island whence they came as partaking, in respect of 
now that species not only multiply in extraordinary profusion, 
but are found to frequent all elevations and all localities from the 
from it, and yet twelve or fourteen of these are rons ! 
a genus whose name we associat with hardy evergreens e 
present species approaches JZ. verticillatum, Low, very closely 
indeed, but Mr. Low considers it distinct, and his MS. name is 
retained here. It differs in the smaller, less obovate, and longer 
petioled leaves, and larger flowers and calyx, which, like that of 
the Himalayan R. cinnabarinum, is sometimes a simple dise, but at 
others has this organ lobed, and one or more of these lobes pro- 
duced into a sharp tooth. J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Stamen. f. 2. Ovarium. /. 3. Portion of a leaf:— 
all magnified. 
