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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



tained by Mr. Waterer of the Knaphill Nursery, between R. arbo- 

 reum and R. caucasicum, in 1 832 ; a most beautiful variety, quite 

 hardy, and an abundant flovverer. 

 R. c. 4 Nuhlelmnm Hart. (Bot. Reg., t, 1820. f. 1.) is a hybrid, very 

 much like the preceding one in all respects, except that its flowers 

 are of a deep and brilliant rose colour. 



I. 8. R. PuxcTA^TUM Andr. The Aotte^^-lenved Rhododendron. 



Identification. Andr. Bot. Kep., 3G. ; Vent. Cels., t. l5. ; Don's 



Mill.,:?. p.!<44. 

 Synonymcs. R. ferrugineum var. minus Pers. Ench. 1. j). 478. ; B. 



niiiuis Miclix. Fl. Bur. Amer. 1. p. 258. ; R. punctatum var. 



minus IVals. Denri. Bill. Ifi'Z A. 

 Engravings. Andr. Bot Kep., 3G. ; Dend. Brit., t. 162. A. ; and 



our^i'. 1109. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves oval-lanceolate, acute at 

 both ends, glabrous, beset w'th rusty resinousi 

 dots beneath. Pedicels short. Calycine teethj 

 short. Segments of corolla ovate, a little undu-" 

 lated. Flowers pink, j 



disposed in umbellate 

 corymbs. Corollas fun- 

 nel-shaped. Capsules 

 elongated. (Doii^s 



Mill.) A low ever- 

 green shrub. Carolina, 

 on mountains, parti- 

 cularly at the head 

 waters of the Savannah 

 River. Height 4 ft. 

 Introd. ] 786. Flowers 

 f)ink; July and August. 



1109. R. imnciatum. 



1110. R. p. majus. 



Variety. 



R. p. 2 majus Ker. (Bot. Reg., t. 37. : and ourfg. 1110.) Leaves 



and flowers larger. 



a. 9. R. ferrugi'neu.m L. The rusty-leaved Rhododendron. 



Idcntijicatiotu Lin. Sp., .5fi2. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 844. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab., 65. ; and o\irJig. 1111. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong, attenuated at both ends, glabrous, shinim 

 and green above, but thickly beset witli rusty dots beneath. Calycine seg' 

 ments dentately ciliated. Leaves like 

 those of the box tree ; when young, cili- 

 ated with a few hairs at bottom. Flowers 

 of a beautiful rose colour or scarlet, dis- 

 posed in umbellate corymbs, marked with 

 ash-coloured or yellow dots. Corollas 

 funnel-shaped. Filaments hairy at bottom. 

 (Don's Aim.) A low evergreen shrub. 

 Al|)s of Switzerland, Austria, Savoy, Dau- 

 phine, and Piedmont ; where this species 

 and R. hirsiitum terminate ligneous vege- 

 tation, and furnish the shepherds with 

 their only fuel. Height 1 ft. Introduced 

 in 1752. Flowers rose-coloured or scarlet ; May to July. 



raricit/, 



a. R./. 2 alhuni Lodd. Cat. ed. 1 836. Flowers white. 



11. 10. R. (?F.) iursu'tum L. The hairy Rhododendron. 



Identiflcaliim. Lin. Sp., 562. ; Don's Mill.. 3. p. S'14. 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1853. ; Bot. Cab., t. 479. ; and our Jig. 1112 



llll. R. ferrugineum. 



