CHAP. LXIX. 



i:rica'ce^. tjhodode'ndron. 



1137 



Segments of corolla ovate, a little undulated. 

 Flowers pink, disposed in umbellate corymbs. 

 Corollas funnel-shaped. Capsules elongated. 

 (Don's Mill., iii. p. 8i4.) 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 i ft., and flowering in July and August. Intro- 

 duced in 17SG, and frequent in collections. 



Variety. 



* R./j. 2 mdjiis Ker,Bot. Reg.,t. 37 .• — Leaves 

 and flowers lai-ger. 



a. 9. R. ferrlgi'neum L, The rvi?>iy-lcavcd Rhododendron. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 562. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 844. ; Lodd. Cat., cd. ISjfi. 



Engravings. Jacq. Obs., 1. p. 26. t. 16.; Fl. Austr., 3. t. 255. ; Lodd. I5ot. Cab., 65. ; Lob. Icon., 366. ; 

 and OUT Jig. 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 3'oung, ciliated with 

 a few hairs at bottom. Flowers of a beau- 



■ 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, Dauphine, and Piedmont; where 

 this species and R. hirsdtum 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. 



J^ariely. 



a. R./. 2 album Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, has white flowers. 



M. 10. R. (? F.) HiRsu^TUM L. The hairy Rhododendron, 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 562. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 844. 



Engravings. Jacq. Austr., 1. t. 98. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1853. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 479. ; Lob. Icon., 468. ; and 

 ouTfig. 937. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, or elliptic, -^ ^ 



acutish, ciliated, with rusty hairs on the margins, gla- ^ ^1 ^iVt" -^^ i 

 brous above, dotted and hairy beneath. Calycine seg- s^^^^a,.^ T ,/5^ 

 ments fringed, bearded. Flowers pale red or scarlet, /.'AOjl ^ j 

 disposed in umbellate corymbs. Corollas funnel- mV)"~3>^ 



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- '^v^ 

 ing from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, flowering from May to July. ''^^^"^3 

 Introduced in 1656, and possibly only a variety of Sp^i^n 

 the preceding species. ^^|^ 



Varieti/. 



tt- R. (/.) h. 2 variegdtum has the leaves edged with yellow. 



937 



Identification. 

 p. 844. 



11. 72. SETO^suM D. Don. The bristly Rhododendron. 



D. Don in Wern. Soc. Trans., 3. p. 408. ; Prod. Fl. Nep., 152. ; Don's Mill., 



Spec. Char., SfC. 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, stiftj rauch-branched shrub. Leaves half an inch long Flowers 



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