466 LXXXII. ERICACEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) [Rhododendron. 



VAR. nilagirica ; leaves elliptic or oblong subobtuse, the base rhomboid or often 

 rounded. K. nilagirica, Zenk. PL Ind. t. 15. R. arboreum, var. Wight III. t. 140, and 

 la. t. 1201. R. nobile, Wall. Cat. 1521, B. Mts. of South India and Ceylon, alt. 

 5-8000 ft., very common. The whole of the Deccan material at Kew is very homo- 

 geneous, and unlike the Himalayan ; Beddome's figure (FL. Sylv. t. 228) from fresh 

 Nilgherry specimens exhibits however nearly the Himalayan form. 



11. H,. niveuxn, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal., Conspect. p. 4 ; leaves 

 lanceolate narrowed at both ends mealy-tomentose beneath, not rugose, corolla 

 eainpaimlate lilac. Hook. f. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 78, 93 ; Sot. Mag. 

 t. 4730; Leinaire Jard. Fleur. iv. t. 421. Rhododendron sp., Griff. Itin. Note-s f 

 185, n. 947. R. Blumei, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. (1853) 366 ?. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; alt. 10-12,000 ft., frequent, J. D. H., Clarke. 



Closely allied to R. arboreum, but distinct. The leaves do not exhibit the nerves 

 impressed on the upper surface nor is the under surface so softly and opaquely tomen- 

 tose ; and lilac flowers are unknown in R. arboreum. The seeds of R. niveum are 

 narrow, oblong with a .very lax testa, much produced at both ends, and appearing as a 

 margin on both sides, differing from the seeds of R. arboreum. The pedicels are 

 longer, often f in. The capsule, which has been supposed different from that of P. 

 arboreum, is nearly the same, usually a little smaller. 



12. XI. campanulatum, Don in Mem. Wern. Soc. iii. 410; leaves 

 elliptic subobtuse at both ends with a close cinnamoneous tomentum concealing 1 

 the nervation beneath, corolla campanulate purple, ovary and capsule glabrous 

 or nearly so. Wall. Cat. 756 ; Don Prodr. 153 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1944 ; 

 Sweet Brit. FL Gard. vi. (1838) t. 241 ; DC. Prodr. vii. 721 ; Loud. Arb.Brit. 

 589, t. 1 1 14 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3759 ; Hook. f. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 78, 

 100 : Brand. For. FL 281. R. aeruginosum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 

 22. ' R. nobile, Wall. Cat. 1521, A, chiefly. R. Edgarii, Gamble Darjeeling 

 List. 52. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA; alt. 9-14,000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan, plentiful. 



A large shrub, 6-16 ft. Leaves 5 by 2\ in., often mucronate, glabrous, very 

 closely minutely reticulated above ; tomentum beneath sometimes more lax woolly, 

 sometimes flocculose and deciduous ; petiole f-1 in. Pedicels f-lj in., glabrous ; 

 bracts 1 in., broad-oblong, silky. Calyx-teeth scarcely ~ in., broadly triangular. 

 Corolla 1-1 5 by f-1 in., 5-lobed. Stamens 10; filaments glabrous. Ovary 5-9- 

 celled. Capsule |-1|- by ^-^ in. cylindric, more or less curved. Seeds linear-oblong, 

 compressed ; testa scarcely produced except at the end. 



VAB. Wallichii, Hook. f. ; leaves elliptic or oblong tomentum beneath lax often 

 caducous, petiole densely woolly. R. Walllohii, Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 5. R. 

 planifolium, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. (1853) 365. R. Batemani, Hook. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5387. Sikkim ; alt. 10-12,000 &., J. D. H., &c. BHOTAN; Booth. Leaves 

 sometimes 5 by 2 in. 



13. R. fulg-ens, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 25 ; leaves elliptic 

 base rounded cinnamoneous tomentose beneath, heads dense, calyx-teeth sub- 

 obsolete, corolla campanulate scarlet, ovary and capsule glabrous. Hook.f. in 

 Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 79, 100 ; FL des Serres, viii. (1852-3) t. 789. R. 

 nobile, Wall. Cat. 1521, in part. 



NIPAL ; Wallich. SIKKIM ; alt. 10-14,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 



Similar to E. campanulatum, except as to the points mentioned in the diagnosis ; 

 the leaves are often subcordate at the base. In flower it is at once recognised by it8 

 unequalled brilliant colour. 



14. B,. XLendrickii, Nutt. in Mag. Nat. Hist. 2, xii. (1853) 10 ; leaves 

 very narrowly lanceolate acuminate glabrous, heads dense many-flowered, calyx 

 minutely lobed, corolla campanulate bright-red, ovary strigose. Nutt. in Hook. 



