472 LXXXII. ERICACE^;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Rhododendron. 



A shrub, more or less scaly- glandular throughout, 1-6 ft. ; branchlets very scabrid 

 glandular. Leaves %-l in., obovate and obtuse or lanceolate and subacute, base 

 narrowed ; petiole scarcely any. Pedicels - 1^ in., very scabrous. Calyx-lobes -^ in. 

 Corolla-tube ^ in. ; lobes % in. Stamens 8, very rarely 10; filaments hairy below. 

 Ovary 5-celled. Capsule \-% by %-\ in., erect. Seeds oblong, acute ; testa close, 

 hardly produced at the ends. 



34. R. setosum, D. Don in Trans. Warn. Soc. iii. 408, Prodr. 152; 

 branchlets bristly, leaves elliptic-obovate obtuse scaly on both surfaces and often 

 bristly beneath, pedicels 3-8 clustered short, calyx lobes elliptic, corolla red 

 tube very short, lobes oblong spreading. DC. Prodr. vii. 724 ; Hook.f. Rhod. 

 Sikkim Himal. t. 20, and in Journ. Hortic. Soc. Lond. vii. 81, 105. R. Antho- 

 pogon, Wall. Cat. 759, partly. 



NIPAL; Wallich. SIKKIM; alt. 13-16,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 



A small shrub, 1 foot. Leaves ^ by |- in.; petiole very short, usually bristly. 

 Pedicels \ in., glandular-scaly. Calyx-lobes - by ^- in., obtuse, glandular-scaly. 

 Corolla-tube | in. ; lobes by in. Stamens 8, sometimes 10 ; filaments hairy below. 

 Ovary 5-celled, glandular-scaly. Capsule \ by \ in., ovoid, hardly larger than the 

 calyx-lobes. Seeds ellipsoid, subacute at the ends ; testa close, not produced. 



35. R. nivale, Hook. f. Rhad. Sikkim Himal t. 26 ; prostrate, leaves 

 small elliptic, flowers solitary subsessile, corolla rose-red, tube short, lobes 

 obovate-elliptic spreading. Hook.f. in Journ. Hortic. Soc. Lond. vii. 81, 105. 



SIKKIM; alt. 13-16,000 ft., Phullong and Kinchinjhow, J. D. H. 



A dense, small bush ; hardly rising 2 in. from the ground. Leaves \-\ in., obtuse, 

 glabrous, scaly on both surfaces. Calyx-lobes in., elliptic, obtuse, unequal. Corolla- 

 tube ^ in. ; lobes ^ in., round-obovate ; hairy in the throat. Stamens 8 or 10; fila- 

 ments hairy below. Ovary 5-celled, scaly. Capsule % in. long, ovoid. Seeds 

 ellipsoid, compressed, subacute ; testa close, not produced. 



,36. XI. Anthopog-on, D. Don in Mem. Wemi. Soc. iii. 409, and Prodr. 

 153 ; leaves petioled elliptic subobtuse at both ends glabrous above densely 

 scaly beneath, pedicels short numerous fascicled terminal, corolla yellow, tube 

 cylindric, lobes wide-spreading, Wall. Cat. 759, chiefly ; Royle III. 260, t. 64, 

 fig. 2; Loud. Arb. Brit. 590, t. 1115; DC. P)-odr. vii. 725; Hook. f. Rhod. 

 Sikkim Himal. Conspect. 7, and in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vii. 82 ; Hook. Sot. 

 Mag. t. 3947 ; Brandis For. Fl. 282. R. aromaticum, Wall. Cat. 1520 (Jid-e 

 Hook, f., wanting in Herb. Wall. R. pahntre, Turcz.; DC. Prodr. vii. 715. 

 R. parvifolium, Adams in Mem. Soc. Mosc. ix. 237. R. parviflorum, F. 

 Schmidt Reis. in Amurl. 158 (fide Maxim.}. R. fragrans and micranthum, 

 Maxim. Rhod. As. Orient. 16, 18, t. 4, fig. 1-10. Azalea fragrans, Adams ; 

 Roem. et Sch. Syst. iv. 379. A. lapponica, Pall. Fl. Ross. ii. 52, t. 70, fig. 1, A, 

 B. Osmothamnus fragrans and pallidus, DC. Prodr. vii. 715. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA; alt. 11-16,000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan, common. Dis- 

 TBIB. Central and Northern Asia. 



A small shrub, 1 ft. ; branchlets scabrous and densely scaly. Leaves H by f in., 

 cinnamoneous beneath and as it were tomentose from the layer of gland's ; petiole 

 ~ in. Pedicels 4-12, - J in., glabrous; bracts in., ovate, hairy. Calyx-lobes 

 i-i in., elliptic, obtuse, margin villous. Corolla-tube i in., throat hairy ; lobes in., 

 elliptic-obovate, obtuse, entire. Stamens 6-8, included. Ovary 5-4-celled, scaly ; 

 style ^-^ in. ; 4-5 stigmatic points rising above the widened truncate summit of the 

 style. Capsule | in., ovoid. Seeds oblong, subacute ; testa lax, not produced even at 

 the ends. 



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Calyx vwy shortly, or obsoletely lobed. 



37. R. Bladdeni, Hook.f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 18; leaves oblong or 

 elliptic acute glabrous densely scaly beneath, corymbs 4-12-flowered, calyx- 



