Rhododendron.] LXXXII. EBICACE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) 469 



ix. 186, t. 17. R. nobile, Wall. Cat. 1521, partly. R. lancifolium, Hook. f. 

 Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 4. 



TEMPERATK HIMALAYA ; alt. 8-12,000 ft. ; from KUMAON to BHOTAN; common in 

 Sikkim. 



A tree, 30-40 ft. Leaves 6 by l|-2 in., base rounded, reticulated beneath ; petiole 

 - in., with bristles |-|- in. long, or (on the same branch) smooth. Pedicels ^- in., 

 glabrous ; bracts f in., oblong, hairy. Calyx-lobes \ by | in., glabrous. Corolla 1-1 

 in. wide-funnelshaped. Stamens 10. Ovary 5 9-celled, hairy. Capsule by 5- in., 

 hirsute. Seeds oblong, compressed ; testa lax, produced at both ends, and often 

 appearing as a margin round the seed. The type form of this plant from Nipal and 

 West^ Sikkim has the leaves generally glabrous ; they are sometimes setose beneath 

 and closely ciliate on the margin. 



VAR. Smithii ; leaves furfuraceous subtomentose beneath. R. Smithii, Nutt. ms. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5120. Rhododendron sp., Griff. Itin. Notes, 145, n. 693 and 159, n. 813 

 a. East Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 8-12,000 ft., frequent. 



tt Branchlets densely woolly. 



23. R. Edg-eworthii, Hook. f. Ehod. Sikkim Himal. t. 21 ; leaves 

 elliptic subacute strongly rugose-veined above, corolla very large broadly funnel- 

 shaped. Hook. f. in Joarn. Hortic. Soc. Lond. vii. 77, 94 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4936 ; 

 Hegel. Garienjl. v. t. 170 ; Fl. des Serres, viii. (1852-3) t. 797-8. Ericinea, 

 Griff. Itin. Notes, 155, n. 770. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; alt. 7-9000 ft., J. D. H. t &c. BHOTAN ; Griffith, Booth. 



A shrub, 4-6 ft., terrestrial and erect or epiphytic. Leaves 4 by If in., base 

 rhomboid, densely ferruginous, woolly beneath ; petiole ^-^ in. Pedicels ^-1 in., 

 densely woolly. Calyx-lobes % by | in., obtuse, unequal. Corolla 2-3 in., 5-lobed 

 about half-way down. Ovary and style below woolly. Capsule f by $ in., densely 

 ferruginous- woolly. Seeds linear ; testa shortly tailed at each end. There are round 

 glandular scales beneath the wool of the leaves ; the species might be arranged in 

 Series B. 



24. H. pendulum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 13; leaves elliptic- 

 oblong glabrous or thinly floccose above, corolla small shortly broadly funnel- 

 shaped. Hook. f. in Hortic. Soc. Lond. vii. 80, 103; Fl. des Serres, vii. 

 (185.1-2) t. 662. * 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; alt. 9-11,000 ft. ; Lachen, J. D. H.; Jongri and Dikchoo, 

 Clarke. 



Epiphytic ; branches pendulous, 2-4 ft. Leaves \\ by f in., obtusely rhomboid at 

 both onds, rusty-woolly beneath ; petiole -| in. Pedicels % in., rusty- woolly. Calyx- 

 lobes i by |- in., obtuse, rose-coloured. Corolla f in., 5-lobed about half-way down, 

 glandular without. Capsule \ by in., hirsute. Seeds linear-oblong ; testa shortly 

 tailed at each end. 



SERIES B. Leaves sprinkled beneath with sessile round glandular scales 

 (which in R. Anthopogon coalesce, forming apparently a tomentum). Large 

 or small shrubs. 



* Calyx prominently lobed, lobes longer than broad. 



25. Tim Dalliousiae, Hook.f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. tt. 1, 2; leaves obovate- 

 oblong cuneate at the base glabrous, pedicels 2-5 clustered, calyx-lobes elliptic 

 obtuse, corolla very large campanulate white. Hook, in Journ. Hortic. Soc. 

 Lond. vii. 77, 93; Bot. Mag. t. 4718; Fl. des Serres, v. (1849) t. 460-8. R. 

 macrocarpos, Griff. Itin. Notes, 138. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; alt. 6-9000 ft., frequent, J. D. H., &c. BHOTAN ; alt. 6800 ft., 

 Griffith, Booth. 



A laxly branched shrub, often epiphytic. Leaves 4-5 by 1^-2 in., obtuse or sub- 



