CHAP. LXIX. 



£RICA*CEiE. TJHODODE'NDRON. 



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Varieties and Hybrids. 



m H. /. 2 pha-nicciim Don'3 Mill., 3. p. 841?, ; A. i. phoenfcca Sivt. Brit. FL.Gard., 2d ser.,t. 128., 

 Hook, in Bot. Mag., t. 26(J7. ; A. /edifolia phoenicea Hoolc. in Bol. Mas., t. 3229. ; has the 



flowers purple, with the upper segments spotted. It is a 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. 

 it R. i. 3 p. fliire pltno ; A. i. 3 flore plfeno Hook, in Bot. Mag., 



t. 2.J09., Bot. Cab.,t. 141il. ; has double purple flowers. ; 

 it R. i. 4 ledifciliiim ; B. /edifolium Don's Mill. ,3. j). 846. ; A. i. 



&lba Lindt. Bot. Beg., t. 811., Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1253., 



and our^.!j. 9.j(j. ; A. /edifulia Hook, in Bol. Mag., t. 2901. ; 



ithododtndron leuc&nthumiJH7j^6' ; has pure white flow- 

 ers, which are large and showy. It is a native of China, 



about Pekin,aad, 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 lift. 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 country. In Cornwall, in the gardens of 



Sir Charles Lemon, at Carclevv, this variety grows in 



rows, forming evergreen hedges, like privet, and flowering 



magnificently, without the slightest protection. 



* R. i. 5 pulchrum Don's Mill., 3. p. 845. ; A. i. pillchra Hort. ; 



B. pulchrum Swl. Ft.-Gard. 2d ser., t. 117. ; B. fndicum var. y Smfth/V Swt. Hurt. Brit. • 

 has the calyx very hairy, with subulate segments. Leaves elliptic, acute. Flowers de! 

 caiidrous, 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. j. 6 ignt'sct-ns Swt., Don's Mill., 3. p. 845.; A.:i. ignescens Hort. ; has the four lower segl 



ments of the corolla flame-coloured and the superior one lilac, and obsoletely dotted. It 

 is a native of China. 



* R. ?'. 7 aurantiacum G. Don in Mill. Diet., 3. p. 846.; A. i. aurantlaca //orA— Flowers of orange 



red colour. A native of China. 



* R. i. 8 luteum Swt., Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i. liitea Horf. ; has double yellow flowers. 



* K. i. 9 spathululum Blum., Don's Mill., 3. p 846. ; A. i. tpathulJlta//o>A ; has the leaves spa. 



thulate, mucronate, and beset with rusty strigje. Flowers large, solitary deep rose- 

 coloured. Native of China and Japan. * 



* R. /. 10 graiidiflorum Blum., Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i. grandifl6ra Hort. ; has the leaves 



oblong-spathulate, mucronate, beset with bristles, or striga;. Flowers large solitary 

 deej) rose-coloured. A native of China and Japan. ' ' 



* R. i. 11 aiigustijolium Blum., Don's iMill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i. angustifftlia Hort. ; has the leaves 



narrow-lanceolate. 



* R. i. 12 floribunditm Blum., Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i. floribunda Hort. ; has the leaves 



narrow, cuneate-lanceolate, beset with rusty strigie. Stem much-branched. A native 

 of China and Japan. 



* R. i. 13 DanielsWnuva ; A. i. Daniels/«?«« 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. laterUia Lindl. Bot. Beg., 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. 



fi R. i. 15 variegdtum Blum., Doii's Mill , 3. p. 84(). ; A. i. variegata LiJidl. ; lias 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.) 



41 R. i. \6speciusitm D. Don, A. i. speciftsa Hort., is a hybrid, obtained by Mr. W. Smith in 1830, 

 from seeds of A. I'ndica, the flowers of which had been impregnated with the pollen of A. 

 indica phoenicea. 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.) 



iffi 32. B. sine'nse Swf. (A. sine'nsis iorfd.) The Chinese Azalea. 



Identifieation. Swt. Fl.-Gard , t. 290. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. 

 Syno7iymc. Azalea sinensis Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 88.5. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 885. ; Brit. Fl.-Gard., t. 290. ; and 

 our Jig. 957. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves elliptic, acutish, pilosely pubescent, 

 feather-nerved, w-ith ciliated margins, canescent beneath ; 

 and, though deciduous, yet falling off so slowly, as to con- 

 stitute it an imperfect evergreen. Corollas downy. Stamens 

 equal in length to the limb of the corolla. Flowers flame- 

 coloured, pentandrous. [Don's Mill., 3. p. 846.) It is a 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 Hi/brids. 



* R. *. 2 flavescens Swt. Fl.-Gard, t. 290. ; A. s. 2 fla- 



vescens ; has yellow flowers. 

 Jki^\i..s.3macrdntl>utn\ion's Mill., 3. p. 846.; Azalea ma- 

 crantha Bungc in Mem. Acad. Petersb., 2. p. 115. ; 

 B. nltens D. Don MSS. — Leaves opposite, or 

 3 in a whorl, obovate or lanceolate, mucronulate. 



