COAST RHODODENDRON 



Rhododen'dron califor'nicum 



B128 



Outer united flower parts (calyx) 

 bluntly 5-lobed, small and inconspicuous 



Stamens 10, colored, shorter than the 

 petals, without appendages 



United petals (corolla) somewhat ir- 

 regularly 5-lobed, top-shaped or bell- 

 shaped, white at base, shading to rose- 

 purple at the ruffled edges; upper lobe, 

 or "petal" greenish-dotted within 



Flowers 1J4 in. long, in showy end 

 clusters, from end buds with thin 

 bracts which soon fall off 



Seed pod (capsule) 5-celled, dry, 

 many-seeded, splitting 5 ways from 

 the top and away from the seed-bearing 

 center (placenta) 



Leaves alternate, evergreen, leathery, 

 oblong or elliptic, rich green above, 

 rusty or lighter below, with somewhat 

 inrolled edges, 2Jj to 6 in. long, crowded 

 toward ends of flowering branches 



-Stems usually 3 to 10 (sometimes, 

 when species treelike, up to 26) ft. 

 high, gray, rather straight and slender 

 (at least m the shrubby plants) 



Lilh. A. Hoen & C(i 



