CHAP. LXIX. ERICA'CE^E. TZHODODE'NDRON. 1149 



Varieties and Hybrids. 



* R. f. 2 pha-ntcfum Don's Mill., 3. p. 845. ; A. i. phcenfcea Stvt. Brit. Ft. -Card., 2d ser.,t. 128., 



Hook, in Bot. Mag., t. '2'k>7. ; A. /edifolia phcenicea Hook, in Kol. Mag., t. ,/A'!). ; has tin- 

 flowers purple, with the upper segments spotted. It is a native of China, where it forms 

 an evergreen shrub, from oft. to loft, in height, and in British gardens, where it is 

 greatly admired.it is commonly kept in the stove. It was introduced in 



* R. /. ;> p. Ji^rc plcno ; A. i. 3 fibre pltoo Hook, in Bot. Mug., 



t. 2"><>*J., Hot. Cab , t. 14t:i. ; lias double purple flowers. ; 



* R. i. 4 \edifnliitni ; It. /cdifMium Dun's Mill.,:',, p. 846. ; A. i. 



alb.i Lindl. Hot. Reg., t. M 1., Lodd. Rot. Cab., t. 1253., 

 ndOUrAr.998. ; A. /edifolia Hook, in Hot. Mn.,t. 2901.; 

 AhododeodrOD leucanthum Bungc ; has pure white flow- 

 ers, which are large and showy. It is a native of China, 

 about Pekin,and, being rather'hardier than the preceding 

 varieties, is commonly kept in the green-house. It was 

 introduced in 1819, flowers from March to May, and grows 

 to the height of 5ft. or 6ft. Splendid specimens of this 

 and the preceding varieties are annually exhibited at the 

 flower shows of the Horticultural Societies, both in Lon- 



don! and the country. In Cornwall, in the gardens of 

 Sir Charles Lemon, at Carclew, this variety grows in 



rows, forming evergreen hedges, like privet, and flowering 

 magnificently, without the slightest protection. 



* R. /. 5 pill ch mm Don's Mill., 3. p. 845. ; A. i. pulchra Hort. ; 



R. pnlchrum Swt. Fl.-Gard. '2d ser., t 117. ; R. indicum var. y Smfth/Y Swt. Hort. Brit. ; 

 has the calyx very hairy, with subulate segments. Leaves elliptic, acute. Flowers de- 

 candrous, terminal, '2 .'> together. Corollas large, of a deep rosy purple, spotted with 

 deep red inside. A hybrid from A. i. /edifolia, impregnated with the pollen of A. Indica. 

 H R. i. 6 igne'scens Swt, Don's Mill., 3. p. 845.; A.-.i. ignescens Hort. ; has the four lower seg- 

 ments of the corolla flame-coloured and the superior one lilac, and obsoletely dotted. It 

 is a native of China. 



* R. /. 7 aurantiacum G. Don in Mill. Diet, 3. p. 846.; A. i. aurantlaca Hort. Flowers of orange 



red colour. A native of China. 



R. i. 8 Ititeum Swt., Don : s Mill., 3. p. 84o. ; A. i. lutea Hort. ; has double yellow flowers. 

 a R. i. y spatlnilutum Blum., Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i. KWthu&ta Jfrri, ; has the leaves spa- 



thulate, mucronate, and beset with rusty strigaj. Flowers large, solitary, deep rose- 



coloured. Native of China and Japan. 

 41 R. i. 10 grandijidrum Blum., Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i. grandifl&ra Hort. ; has the leaves 



oblong-spathulate, mucronate, beset with bristles, or strigaa. Flowers large, solitary, 



deep rose-coloured. A native of China and Japan. 

 4t R. i. 1 1 angustifolium Blum., Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i. angustifblia Hort. ; has the leaves 



narrow-lanceolate. 



* R. i. \1fioribundum Blum., Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. ; A. i. floribunda Hort. ; has the leaves 



narrow, cuneate-lanceolate, beset with rusty strigie. Stem much-branched. A native 

 of China and Japan. 



* R. f. 13 Danielttiumm ; A. i. Danielszaraa Paxton's Mag. of Bot, July, 1834 ; is a variety 



with considerable distinctness of habit of foliage, and flowers of a carmine colour, some- 

 what striped. It was introduced from China by Captain Daniels, in 1830, and plants may 

 be had in theSloane Street Nursery, and at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



H R. /. 14 latcritium ; A. i. lateritia Lindl. Hot. Reg., t. 1700. ; has flowers of a bright clear brick 

 colour, a little tinged with rose; and the plant is remarkably bushy, and abundant in 

 leaves, which have a rusty tinge. It was introduced from China in 1823, by Mr. 

 M'Killigan ; and plants may be had in the Exotic Nursery, King's Road. 



H R. i. 15 vnricgatnm Blum., Don's Mill , 3. p. 846. ; A. i. variegata Lindl. ; has the corollas 

 variegated. This is a celebrated variety, which was long known to exist in China, from 

 the drawings of it sent to Europe ; and to procure which many attempts were made in 

 vain, from nearly the commencement of the present century, till 1832, when it was at 

 last brought alive to England, by the great care of Mr. M'Killigan, the purser of the 

 ship Orwell, and an ardent admirer of plants. There are specimens of this variety in the 

 Exotic Nursery. (See Gard. Mag., 9. p. 474.) 



* R. /'. \5spccibsum D. Don, A. i. specibsa 7/or(., is a hybrid, obtained by Mr. W. Smith in 1830, 



from seeds of A. fndica, the flowers of which had been impregnated with the pollen of A. 

 indic-i phrcnicea. Two other varieties were raised by Mr. Smith at the same time, from 

 the same stock of seeds, one of which frequently produces semidouble flowers. (See 

 Brit. Ft. -Card., April, 1835 ; and Gard. Mag., 11. p. 259.) 



ft 32. R. SINE'NSE Swt. (A. SINE'NSIS Lodd.) The Chinese Azalea. 



Identification. Swt. Fl.-Gard., t. 290. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 846. 

 Ki/nont/mc. Azalea sinensis Lodd. Bot. Cab., t.88.5. 

 Engraving. Bot. Cab., t. 885. ; Brit. Fl.-Gard., t. 290. ; and 

 our/fc. 957. 



Spec. Char., 8$c. Leaves elliptic, acutish, pilosely pubescent, 

 feather-nerved, with ciliated margins, canescent beneath ; 

 and, though deciduous, yet falling off so slowly, as to con- 

 stitute it an imperfect evergreen. Corollas downy. Stamens 

 equal in length to the limb of the corolla. Flowers flame- 

 coloured, pentandrous. (Don's Mill., 3. p. 846.) It is a native 

 of China, where it grows from 3 ft. to 4 ft. high, and flowers 

 in May and June. It was introduced in 1823 ; and is in very 

 general cultivation in British gardens. 



J 'ari'c firs and Hybrids. 



Sk R. s. 2 JtarfMCM Swt. Fl.-Gard, t. 290. ; A. s. 2 fla- 



veM-iMis ; lias yellow flowers. 



-i t^R. s.:>niiirrdnt!ntni Don's Mill. ,3. p. 846.; Azalea ma- 

 crantha Hiin<*\\i M<'m. Acad. Pctt'rsb.,'2. p. 115. ; 



R nitons J). Don .V.V.S. Leaves opposite, or % 957 



3 in a whorl, olxivatc or lanceolate, mucronnlate, 



