200 ERICACEAE. [Vaccinium. 



Filaments hairy. Anthers nearly as long as the corolla, the tubular points 

 long, and with 2 very short awns on the back, turned upwards. Ovary 5- 

 celled. Capsule almost divided into 10 cells by false dissepiments. Seeds 

 few. 



Happy Valley woods, Champion and others, but said not to be very common. Also on 

 the adjacent continent. It is doubtful also whether this may not be a variety only of a 

 species widely distributed over the mountainous districts of India, China, and perhaps Japan, 

 including V. Nilgherrense, V. affine, V. Donianum, and V. Griffithianum of Wight, and V. 

 bracteatum of Thunberg, in which case the latter name should be adopted for the whole ; but 

 there are slight differences in the shape and pubescence of the corolla, in the awns of the 

 anthers, etc., which require further investigation. 



2. ENKYANTHUS, Lour. 



Calyx free, 5-lobed. Corolla campanulate, shortly 5-lobed, and marked at 

 the base by 5 nectariferous almost pellucid pits. Stamens 10. Anther-cells 

 tipped with awn-like points, and opening longitudinally to the base. Ovary 

 5 -celled. Capsule hard, 5 -angled, opening loculicidally in 5 valves. 



A Chinese genus, of which only one species is known for certain. 



1. E. quinquefloras, Lour.; DC. Prod. vii. 732. A glabrous erect 

 shrub. Leaves deciduous, crowded at the ends of the branches, oblong or 

 obovate-oblong, acuminate, 2 to 4 in. long, entire, narrowed into a petiole of 

 3 to 4 lines, coriaceous and shining, strongly reticulate on both sides. Flowers 

 pedicellate, drooping, issuing several together from a bud enclosed in imbri- 

 cate scales, of which the inner ones are lengthened into petiolate oblong, spa- 

 thulate or linear, coloured bracts. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, varying much in 

 length and breadth, usually 1 to 2 lines long. Corolla about \ in. long ; the 

 tube broad, usually pink or deep red ; the lobes obtuse, more or less recurved 

 or spreading, and often white. Stamens shorter than the corolla. — E. quin- 

 queflorus and E. reticulatus, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xi. t. 884 and 885. 



Abundant on the hills, Champion and others. Also on the adjacent continent, but not 

 known out of S. China. The E. unifiorus, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. i. 489, originated 

 in a mistake. 



3. RHODODENDRON, Linn. 



Calyx free, 5-lobed or 5 -toothed. Corolla obliquely campanulate, rarely con- 

 tracted into a narrow tube, or rotate with scarcely any tube, 5-lobed or very 

 rarely 10-lobed. Stamens 10 or rarely more, declinate. Anthers without 

 awns, the cells opening in terminal pores. Ovary 5- to 10-celled. Capsule 

 opening septicidally in 5 to 10 valves. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves evergreen, 

 entire, often with a mealy or scaly pubescence. Flowers in dense terminal 

 corymbs or heads, or rarely solitary, issuing with the young leaves from scaly 

 buds. 



A large and beautiful genus, numerous in the mountains of tropical and subtropical Asia, 

 with a few N. Asiatic, European, or N. American species. 



1. R. Championae, Hook. Bot. Mag. ^.4609. A shrub of 6 or 7 ft., 

 the young leaves and branches more or less clothed or fringed with stiff 

 spreading hairs or bristles. Leaves chiefly at the ends of the branches, shortly 

 stalked, oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, 3 or 4 in. long, dark green above, 

 rather rusty-coloured underneath, with prominent veins. Flower-buds very 



