360 RHODODENDRON 



Ovary and style glabrous, the latter longer than the stamens. Calyx indistinctly 

 lobed, and, like the flower-stalk, glandular. 



Native of W. Szechuen, China; introduced by Wilson about 1904; first 

 flowered in the Coombe Wood nursery in the spring of 1913. The change in 

 colour of the corolla with age is rather marked. It is evidently very closely 

 allied to R. oreodoxa, and Wilson believes them to be identical. But the 

 latter (only known by description in this country) appears to differ' in the 

 stamens being hairy at the base, in the corolla being spotted, and in the 

 flower-stalk being smooth. It differs from its allies, R. Sheltonse and R. 

 Davidii, in its glabrous style and ovary. 



R. HANCEANUM, Hemsley. 



An evergreen shrub 3 to 4 ft. high; young shoots glabrous. Leaves 

 lanceolate to narrowly obovate, usually tapered, sometimes rounded at the 

 base, slenderly pointed; very unequal in size, and varying from i to 4 ins. in 

 length, by J to if ins. in width ; dark green, rather scaly above, pale and 

 freely sprinkled with small scales beneath ; stalk up to j in. long. Flowers 

 numerous in one or two terminal clusters. Corolla about i in. long, funnel- 

 shaped, deeply lobed, varying from white to clear yellow. Calyx-lobes ^ in. 

 long, oblong with a rounded end, scaly ; stamens ten, protruded, downy at the 

 lower half ; seed-vessel about half as long again as the persistent, deeply lobed 

 calyx ; style glabrous ; ovary scaly. It blossoms in March or April. 



Native of W. China; discovered by the Rev. E. Faber on Mt. Omi about 

 1886; introduced by Wilson in 1909. Young plants appear to be quite hardy 

 and vigorous. The species is very distinct in its numerous white or yellow 

 flowers, deeply lobed conspicuous calyx, and hard-textured leaves. 



R. KIRSUTUM, Linnaus. ROSE DES ALPES. 



An evergreen shrub of the same habit as ferrugineum, 2 to 3 ft. high ; 

 young shoots bristly and scaly. Leaves narrowly oval, occasionally somewhat 

 obovate or lanceolate, about I in. long, 5- to \ in. wide ; bright green above, 

 somewhat scaly beneath, the margins edged with conspicuous bristles. 

 Flowers rosy pink to rosy scarlet, J in. to f in. across, produced in June 

 in terminal clusters ; corolla slightly scaly outside, funnel-shaped at the 

 base, the lobes spreading. Calyx and flower-stalk bristly and scaly, the 

 latter ^ to i in. long. 



Native of the European Alps ; introduced in 1656. This species although 

 palpably a close ally of R. ferrugineum, and having the same popular name, 

 is in several respects very distinct. The bristly character of the leaves, 

 shoots, and calyx to which the specific name refers is, of course, its most 

 distinctive feature, but it differs also in being greener and less scaly under- 

 neath the leaf, and in the usually longer calyx-lobes and flower-stalk. In a 

 wild state it is always found on a limestone formation, and is therefore useful 

 as one of the few species thriving in gardens with a soil of that nature. 



Var. ALBIFLORUM. Flowers, white. 



Var. LACINIATUM. Leaves toothed ; a curiosity. 



Var. LATIFOLIUM. Leaves broad, almost rounded. 



R. HODGSONI, Hooker fil. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 5552.) 



An evergreen shrub or small tree up to 20 ft. high ; bark peeling. Leaves 

 large, slightly obovate, rounded at the apex, tapering at the base ; 6 to 12 ins. 



