474 LXXXII. EKICACE^:. (C. B. Clarke.) [Rhododendron. 



differs from some large-flowered glabrous examples of R. formosum, except by the 

 crisped-crenulate margin of the corolla. 



40. It. cinnabarinum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 8; leaves 

 oblong or elliptic glabrous, pedicels terminal clustered, calyx-lobes small 

 unequal or obsolete, corolla-tube long narrow campanulate, lobes ovate, 

 flowers orange rose or brick-red. Hook. f. in Journ. Hortic. Soc. Lond. vii. 80, 

 101 : Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4788. R. Roylei, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 7. 

 R. blandfordisenorum, Hook. Sot. Mag. t. 4930 ; Fl. des Serres (1856), t. 1173; 

 Gard. Chron. 1856, 548, with jig. ; 1871, 236, t. 63 ; lllustr. Hortic. ser. iii. t. 

 112. Rhododendron sp., Griff. Itin. Notes, 194, n. 1072. 



SIKKIM; alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. BHOTAN; alt. 10,000 ft., Griffith. 



A shrub, 4-8 ft. Leaves 2-3 by 1-lf in., acute or obtuse, beneath mealy white or 

 cinnamoneous with scattered glandular scales ; petioles -|- in. Pedicels |- in., 

 squamose or glabrous ; bracts glabrous with ciliate margins. Corolla 1^ by in., 

 pendulous. Stamens 10 ; filaments pilose at the base. Ovary 5-celled, glandular- 

 scaly. Capsule ^-^ by ^ in. Seeds ovoid or trigonous ; testa close, hardly produced 

 at all. A most variable plant. 



41. R. HLeysii, Nutt. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. (1853) 353; leaves lanceo- 

 late narrowed at both ends glabrous, pedicels pseudo-terminal clustered on short 

 axillary spurs, calyx-lobes minute, corolla-tube long cylindric lobes ovate, 

 flowers pale brick-red whiter at the mouth. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4875 ; FL des 

 Serres (1856), t. 1110; Regel Gartenfl. (1863) t. 415. Rhododendron sp., 

 Griff. Itin. Notes, 141, n. 655 and 190, n. 1010 and Ic. PL Asiat. t. 618. 



BHOTAN; alt. 8-10,000 ft,, Griffith, Booth. 



A shrub, 26 ft. Leaves 3 by 1 in., acute, base cuneate, beneath cinnamoneous 

 with scattered glandular scales; petiole |-| in. Pedicels \ in., scaly; bracts f in., 

 hairy. CoroUtt\ by ^ in., pendulous; lobes hardly spreading. Stamens 10; fila- 

 ments woolly below. Ovary 5-celled, glandular-scaly. Seeds oblong; testa close, 

 produced as a crest at one end. 



42. R. triflorum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 19 ; leaves elliptic 

 acute glabrous closely minutely scaly beneath, pedicels 1-5 fascicled terminal, 

 corolla yellow, tube short campanulate, lobes ovate obtuse erect-patent. Fl. des 

 Serres, vii. t. 673. R. virgatum var., Hook. f. in Journ. Hortic. Soc. Lond. 

 vii. 96. R. deflexum, Griff. Ic. PL Asiat. t. 519. Rhodoracea, Griff. Itin. 

 Notes, 192, n. 1046. 



SIKKIM and BHOTAN ; alt. 7-8000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H., &c. 



A shrub, 4-8 ft. Leaves 2 by 1 in., obtuse at the base ; petiole in. Pedicels 

 ~| in., scaly; bracts - in., obovate, scaly, ciliate; bracteoles in., linear. Calyx- 

 lobes subobsolete. Corolla-tube in., lobes | in , often scaly without. Stamens 10 or 

 8 ; filaments densely woolly near the base. Ovary 5-celled, scaly ; style glabrous. 

 Capsule by | in. Seeds oblong, acute ; testa close. 



SUBGENUS IV. Rhodorastrum (Sect. Maxim. Rhod. As. Orient. 15). 

 As Eurhododendron ; but pedicels axillary, solitary, each sheathed at the base 

 by several large caducous bracts. 



43. R. virgatum, Hook. f. Rhod. Sikkim Himal. t. 26, A ; leaves 

 narrowly oblong acute glabrous glandular-scaly beneath, calyx-lobes small ovate 

 obtuse, corolla purple, lobes 5 ovate entire spreading as long as the campannlate 

 tube. Hook. f. in Journ. Hortic. Soc. Lond. vii. 81, 95 (excl. syn. R. triflorum) ; 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5060. Azalea, Griff. Itin. Notes, 155, n. 776. 



SIKKIM; Choongtam, alt. 7-9000 ft., J. J). H. BHOTAN; alt. 7000 ft., Griffith. 



