Rhododendron.] LXXXII. ERICACEAE. (C. B. Clarke.) 465 



76, 97; Sot. Mag. t. 5552; Rev. Hortic. 1855, 421, t. 22. Rhododendron, 

 Griff. Notul. iv. 303 and Ic. PL Asiat. t. 521. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA; from Nipal to Bhotan, alt. 10-12,000, abundant, Griffith, 

 J. D. H., &c. 



A broad, round shrub, 10-20 ft. Leaves 10 by 4 in., obtuse, cuneate or rounded 

 at the base; petiole f-H in. Heads many-flowered, dense; bracts l by | in., 

 silky; pedicels 1-2 in., hairy. Calyx subobsolete. Corolla l by 1 in., 6-10-lobed. 

 Stamens 14-18; filaments glabrous or nearly so. Ovary glandular, scarcely pubes- 

 cent, 10-12-celled. Capsule 1^ by in., narrowly cylindric, curved, furfuraceous or 

 subtomentose. Seeds narrowly oblong ; testa hardly lax or produced except at the 

 end. 



9. R. Falconer!, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim. Himal. t. 10; leaves large 

 long-petioled elliptic obtuse ferruginous-tomentose beneath, very coriaceous, 

 corolla white or yellowish with purple spots at the base within. Hook.f. in 

 Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 76, 97; Fl. des Serres, v. (1849) t. 477-80; 

 xi. t. 1166-7; Regel Gartenfl. t. 658. R. eximium and venosum, Nutt. 

 in Hook. Kew Journ. v. 364, 365. Rhododendron, Griff. Itin. Notes, 140, 

 n. 654. 



From EAST NIPAL to BHOTAN; alt. 9-13,000 ft., abundant, Griffith, J. D. H., &c. 



A tree, 30 ft. ; or frequently a large gregarious shrub. Leaves 9 by 3-4 in., base 

 obtuse or subcordate, rugose by impressed nerves above; petiole f-lg in. Heads 

 many -flowered, dense; bracts large, densely hairy: pedicels 1-2 in., ferruginous- 

 tomentose. Calyx subobsolete. Corolla 1-2 by f-1^ in., 7-10-lobed, usually white, 

 sometimes yellow even when young. Stamens 12-16 ; filaments slightly hairy below. 

 Ovary densely ferruginous- woolly, 10-16-celled ; style glabrous; stigma very large. 

 Capsule 1-2 by |-1 in., more or less tomentose and curved. Seeds ellipsoid, com- 

 pressed margined. 



ft Corolla-lobes 5, entire or emarginate, stamens 10. 

 (a) Corolla purple, rose or white. 



30. R. arboreum, Sm. Exot. Bot. t. 6; leaves lanceolate or oblong 

 narrowed at both ends rugose- veined on both surfaces silvery or with rusty 

 tomentum beneath, corolla campanulate red pink or nearly white. Hook. Exot. 

 Fl. 1. 168 ; Sot. Reg. tt. 890, 1240, 1982 ; Wall. Cat. 755, and PL As. Rar. ii. 23, 

 t. 123 ; DC. Prodr. vii. 720 ; Hook. f. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 78, 92 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5311 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t/228 ; Brand For. Fl. 281 ; Kurz For. FL 

 ii. 93 ; in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 216. R. puniceum, Roxb. Hort. Beny. 

 33, and FL Ind. ii. 409. R. cinnamomeum, Wall. Cat. 760 ; G. Don Gen. Syst. 

 i\i. 844. R. album, Siveet Brit. Fl. Gard. v. (1838) t. 148. R. Campbell^, 

 Hook.f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 6. R. Windsorii, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Journ. 

 v. 1853, 357, var. ft included (not var. y). Bourans, Hardwicke in Asiat. Re- 

 search, vi. 359. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; alt. 5-10,000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan, very common. 

 KHASIA MTS. ; alt. 4-6000 ft., common. BIRMA; Karen Hills, Kurz. 



A tree, 25 ft. Leaves 5 by 1 ^ in., acute, rarely shortly so. base cuneate, tomentum 

 beneath usually hard white, sometimes cinnamoneous or more woolly; petiole %-% in. 

 Heads many-flowered, dense; pedicels 0-^ in., hairy ; bmcts densely hairy. Calyx- 

 lobes sometimes in., widely ovate, sometimes very obscure. Corolla i-l^ by |-1 in., 

 5-lobed, usually red, sometimes pink nearly white as depict^c by Wallich. Stamens 

 10; filaments glabrous or nearly so. Ovary mealy or ferruginous woolly, usually 

 7-9-celled. Capsule 1 by ^ in., cylindric, curved, furfuraceous. Seeds elliisoid, 

 testa scarcely lax except produced at the end. In R. Cam/>hr/li<e the leaves are 9 by 

 2^ in., with petiole f in. In R. Windsori, in all the numerous examples collected by 

 Booth, the calyx is, as Nuttall describes, minute; but, in the cultivated pant (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5008), they are ovate-lanceolate acuminate. 



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