RHODODENDRON 



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is some variation in the bristlincss of the stems and leaves. In one form the 

 young wood is furnished with bristles and the leaf-stalk is bristly all round ; 

 bristles up to ', in. long. 



R. BRACHYCARPUM, Don. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 7881.) 



A robust evergreen shrub, 6 to 10 ft. high ; young shoots downy. Leaves 

 narrowly oblong, 4 or 5 ins. long, \\ to if ins. wide ; with a short, abrupt tip 

 and a rounded base ; upper surface smooth, the lower one more or less felted ; 

 stalk .\ to f in. long, very stout. Flowers creamy white, flushed with pink, 



RHODODENDRON BBOUOHTONII var. AUKEUM. 



produced in a rounded cluster 4 to 6 ins. across ; corolla 2 ins. across, broadly 

 funnel-shaped, five-lobed, the lobes broad and rounded, the three upper ones 

 spotted with brownish yellow. Calyx-lobes five, shallow ; stamens ten, hairy 

 at the base, ovary covered with brown down ; flower-stalk -j to \\ ins. long, 

 slightly downy. 



Native of Japan, where it is said to be abundant above the forest line on 

 Fuji-yama. It is a very hardy shrub of sturdy habit, flowering in June, and 

 very distinct in the colour of its flowers. This species and R. Metternichii 

 are the only two species of (true) Rhododendron found wild in Japan. 



R. BROUGHTONII var. AUREUM, Hort. 



A low, rounded evergreen bush, 2 to 3 ft. high, not densely branched ; 

 young shoots downy and rather viscid. Leaves narrowly obovate or oblong, 

 2 to 6 ins. long, -| to \\ ins. wide : dark dull green above, pale green and 

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