282 XLVI. ERICACEAE. [Rhododendron. 



Himalaya 9500-14,000 ft., found in the inner more arid tracts {e.g., Kuna- 

 war), as well as on elevated points of the outer ranges (Ghur, Kedar Kanta). 

 From the Indus to Nepal. 11. Wallichii, Hook. fiL ; Rhod. Sikk. t. v. ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4928 ; from Sikkim, 11,000-13,000 ft.; is believed to be a variety of this 

 species. Fl. May- July. The leaves (Tamaku, hulas, patti Kasmiri) are brought 

 to the plains and used as snuff. Wood close-grained. Hardy in England. 



3. R. Anthopogon, Don j Eoyle 111. t. 64. Syn. Osmothamnus fra- 

 grans, DC. Vern. Niclini, rattankat, nera, Jhelaru; TazaJc-tsun, Kashmir; 

 Kai zabdn, morua, talisa, Ravi ; Talisri, Bias. 



A small alpine shrub, with a heavy aromatic odour, young parts with 

 glandular hairs and rust-coloured scales. Leaves approximate at ends of 

 branchlets, 1-1 J in. long, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, shining above, fer- 

 ruginous beneath, edge recurved. Flowers on short pedicels in short 

 terminal corymbs. Calyx -lobes oblong, obtuse, membranous, ciliate. 

 Corolla hypocrateriform, with a long slender tube, and a plain patent 

 limb. Capsule surrounded by the persistent calyx, 5-celled, 5-valved. 

 Style short, erect, clavate. 



Himalaya, Kashmir to Sikkim, generally above the forest limit, between 11,000 

 and 16,000 ft. Chur, Kedar Kanta, Kunawar. " Nothing exceeds the beauty 

 of its flowers, whether we consider the texture of the corolla, exquisitely tender, 

 translucent, or the rich blush of the first opening blossoms, which insensibly 

 passes into snowy white, then faintly tinged with sulphur, all colours seen on 

 one and the same plant." Hook. Rhod. Sikk. p. 7. Fl. June-July. Hardy at 

 Kew in sheltered places. 



4. R. lepidotum, Wall. ; Eoyle 111. t. 64. Vern. Names of preceding. 



A small alpine shrub, aromatic, young parts with silvery or rust-coloured 

 scales. Leaves approximate at ends of branchlets, f -1 in. long, oblong or 

 obovate-oblong, acute, the under side with a silvery or brownish film, edge 

 recurved. Flowers varying from red to dingy yellow, solitary or 2-3 

 together, on pedicels J-f in. long. Calyx-lobes oval, obtuse, not ciliated. 

 Corolla with a broad short tube and a patent concave limb. Style short, 

 thick, recurved. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved. 



Himalaya, Kashmir to Sikkim, between 10,000 and 16,000 ft. Lahaul, Hattu, 

 Kunawar, &c. The leaves of this and the preceding species (talisfar, Pb.) are 

 used as stimulants in native medicine. 



Order XLVII. MYRSINEZE. 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate, simple, entire or toothed leaves, with- 

 out stipules. Flowers small, usually pentamerous or tetramerous, in 

 axillary clusters racemes or panicles, rarely in terminal panicles. Calyx 

 free or rarely adhering to the ovary. Corolla regular, gamopetalous and 

 polypetalous, rarely wanting. Stamens epipetalous, as many as petals or 

 divisions of the corolla, and opposite to them. Ovary 1 -celled, ovules 

 numerous or few, attached to a free central placenta/which is often thick 

 and globular. Fruit an indehiscent berry or drupe, rarely splitting length- 



