338 RHODODENDRON 



late, wrinkled and slightly undulated segments, three of 

 which are erect, the other two downwards and forwards, so 

 that the corolla appears almost 2-lipped; yellow, the 

 upper more or less spotted with orange. Stamens 5, 

 exserted, sweeping forwards and upwards : anthers orange ; 

 pollen whitish and held together with arachnoid threads. 

 Ovary angular, cylindroid -conic, hairy: style long, filiform, 

 sweeping forwards and upwards beyond the _ stamens; 

 stigma green, capitate. 



Flowers purple^ neither fragrant nor very 

 viscid. Stamens 10. Leaves glossy and ever- 

 green. 



Rhododendron ponticum, L. Rose Bay. Shrub, with 

 glossy evergreen, broadly lanceolate leaves, and purple 

 flowers in terminal tufts. 



Flowers protandrous, with abundance of honey. Calyx 

 short, irregularly 5-lobed. Corolla almost bi-labiate ; the 

 tube short, the limb deeply divided into 5 rounded, 

 oblong, undulating segments, of which three are erect 

 and two sweeping forwards; reddish-purple, striate, the 

 upper middle segment marked with numerous red-orange 

 spots. Stamens 10, long, filamentous, pink, sweeping 

 forwards and upwards; anthers red; pollen smooth, in 

 tetrahedral groups of 4. Style long, filamentous, red, 

 projecting beyond the stamens, the upturned end ter- 

 minating in a pink capitate stigma. Ovary cylindroid, 

 angular, with 5 cells and numerous small ovules on axile 

 placentae. Capsule septicidal and septifragal. 



(/8) Stamens on the corolla-tube i. e. epi- 

 petalous ; as many as, or fewer than, its 

 lobes. Ovary two- celled. Flowers regular. 



[For (**) * Stamens 2. Corolla and calyx each 4-lobed, 



see p. 341.] valvate in buds; flowers in terminal thyr- 



